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The Seagate Part 0971U drive is indeed an ATA drive, not SCSI. &nbsp;Specs for it are available here: <a href="http://support.ap.dell.com/docs/storage/0971u/specs.htm" rel="ugc">http://support.ap.dell.com/docs/storage/0971u/specs.htm</a>
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The Seagate Part 0971U drive is indeed an ATA drive, not SCSI.  Specs for it are available here: http://support.ap.dell.com/docs/storage/0971u/specs.htm [http://support.ap.dell.com/docs/storage/0971u/specs.htm]

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i think u trouble shoot this from BIOS side.<br />
load the latest BIOS for your computer and update it.<br />

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i think u trouble shoot this from BIOS side.
load the latest BIOS for your computer and update it.


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I am trying to add a second hard drive to my system (a Seagate ATA drive) but I have the following problem: I recently upgraded the OS from Win98SE to Win2000. The System Hardware Device Manager reports that my hard drive is a SCSI device. I thought the hard drive that came with this computer was an IDE drive (P/N 0971U, IDE Seagate 7200 RPM, 27 GB). But, as I said, Win2000 reports this as a SCSI drive.<br />
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The Seagate installation utility tells me that since there is no ATA drive in my system, I need to make the new ATA drive the boot disk - which means reinstalling the OS and programs!<br />
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My questions are: Do I really have an SCSI drive in my system?<br />
If so, how do I add a second hard drive (what kind of drive should I buy?)<br />
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Thank you very much!<br />
<br />
Rafael Aviles<br />

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I am trying to add a second hard drive to my system (a Seagate ATA drive) but I have the following problem: I recently upgraded the OS from Win98SE to Win2000. The System Hardware Device Manager reports that my hard drive is a SCSI device. I thought the hard drive that came with this computer was an IDE drive (P/N 0971U, IDE Seagate 7200 RPM, 27 GB). But, as I said, Win2000 reports this as a SCSI drive.

The Seagate installation utility tells me that since there is no ATA drive in my system, I need to make the new ATA drive the boot disk - which means reinstalling the OS and programs!

My questions are: Do I really have an SCSI drive in my system?
If so, how do I add a second hard drive (what kind of drive should I buy?)

Thank you very much!

Rafael Aviles


Do I really have a SCSI drive in my system?

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