IDE SSD won't seem to work.... ideas?

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yegg57
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IDE SSD won't seem to work.... ideas?

#1 Post by yegg57 »

I found IDE SSD 128G drives on Ebay for $80-90 so I decided to get one and put it into newly acquired CF29.

I was thinking Win7 to access my network and server as XP doesn't seem to want to, but I can't get the install DVD to boot from the DVD drive (not sure if its maybe a 32bit vs 64 bit issue).

I finally decided to make an image of the 80g hard disk on my desktop and restore it to the SSD with a USB adaptor and after I did that the desktop could read files just fine, but I couldn't get the CF29 to boot from the IDE (not SATA-adaptor) SSD even though it was detected as primary master by BIOS (in setup).

Any ideas?

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Shawn
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Re: IDE SSD won't seem to work.... ideas?

#2 Post by Shawn »

More detail please..

Full model number?
versions of the OS xp tablet, sp1, sp2, win7, etc ?
32 bit or 64 bit?
What is the DVD drive model? It's probably not set to master. That's the DVD drive issue. A quick solder job cures that.

Some CF29's are picky about hard drives....
Life will beat you into submission.

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