[dba-Tech] Windows won't reboot

Point made.

Jim

----- Original Message -----
From: Gary Kjos <garykjos at gmail.com>
Date: Saturday, July 5, 2008 6:19 pm
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Windows won't reboot
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>

> Sure plugging it in isn't difficult. The plugs can only fit the one
> way. And not like it used to be with the master and slave 
> jumpers you
> had to deal with. I would just be leary of what evil things happened
> to that hard drive while it was in that other system. It wasn't moved
> so much as temporarily connected to another system and then put back
> where it was. At least that was how I read it.
> 
> GK
> 
> On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 7:57 PM, Jim Lawrence 
> <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote:
> > Moving a hard drive from one computer to another is actually 
> one of the easiest things to do. There is only one cable that 
> has to be connected (excluding the power supply cable which is a 
> no brainer) and you can not even put the connections in 
> backwards as there is a tab which stops that.
> >
> > The only other way to screw up a single drive move is if you 
> do not check that the cables are firmly, in place and again 
> there is no way to screw that up either as there is no other 
> connectors that could confuse.
> >
> > If you can plug in a coffee pot you can plug in a moved hard 
> drive. ;-)
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Gary Kjos <garykjos at gmail.com>
> > Date: Saturday, July 5, 2008 4:59 pm
> > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Windows won't reboot
> > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues <dba-
> tech at databaseadvisors.com>>
> >> Close enough isn't close enough in this case. If the bios
> >> doesn't see
> >> it the operating system isn't going to either. Seems like trouble
> >> waiting to happen moving a hard drive from system to system.
> >>
> >> GK
> >>
> >> On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 7:50 AM, Susan Harkins
> >> <ssharkins at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > I checked on it last night and I'm sure the guy didn't hook it
> >> up right --
> >> > it even says so, just before it displays the message to
> >> replace disk and hit
> >> > any key. Unfortunately, I was unable to help. I need to 
> take a
> >> class or
> >> > something -- it's ridiculous that I'm such a wienie where 
> hardware's>> > concerned.
> >> >
> >> > Susan H.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >> And perhaps also to hit Delete or F8 or whatever it is on
> >> that model to go
> >> >> into BIOS setup and see what the system thinks is attached.
> >> >
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