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"Snuffy "Hub Cap" McKinney" <[email protected]> wrote in
message news:[email protected]...
Pardon the cross-posting.  win2000 newsgroup is practically dead.

What could have happened to cause this problem?    Master and slave drives were
switched without me doing anything.....

The system has Windows 2000 Prof.   Today I shut down powered down the system
as usual - Start > Shut down, etc.  The an hour later powered up.  When the
first screen came up, I noticed the slave drive mfr/model was listed as master
and vice versa.   I let it start up as normal, and the desktop was like when
first installed.  Opened Windows Explorer and  c: drive was in fact the former
slave.  Former master was now one of the other drive letters.  All the other
drives were there, but with different letters.

I also noticed something in the recycle bin - which is normally empty.  It has
a couple of backup folders that had been on the original master.  They were 1-2
GB each, and there's no way I would have deleted those accidentally.  If they
were deleted it would take a minute on this machine to go thru the deletion
process.   So I moved them back to a safe place on a drive.

Then I hit start > shutdown > restart.  Hit DEL and sure enough they were
showing up as being switched.  I set it up to manually set them back, rebooted
and all came up normally again.

Now all is back to normal.

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"philo" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
>
> I'd correct the settings in the BIOS and if they don't stick, then it's
> time for a new CMOS battery

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Thanks, philo.  No time/date or other errors seen, but this system is 9 years
old and past due for a new battery.   I found this info that might help someone
else....

http://ccm.net/faq/625-replacing-the-battery-of-your-motherboard-cmos-battery

Symptoms

If your computer is experiencing problems with the date and time or you see the
following error messages:

- bios cmos checksum error defaults loaded
- bios cmos battery low cmos wrong memory size
- no operating system
- CPU overclocking failed
- New CPU has been installed

Replacement sequence
It is recommended that you change the CMOS battery every 5 years.

Saving the BIOS data
Open the BIOS screen and note all the information on a piece of paper. It's
important that you don't make any modifications. Once completed this document
will be useful to check out if all the parameters are correctly inserted after
replacing the battery.


Removing the discharged battery
First of all, be sure that your System unit is laid down horizontally. The
positive pole of the battery should be visible. Remove the battery, but avoid
forcing it and any contact with other parts of your motherboard (refer to the
manual provide with your motherboard). Go to your local retailer any buy a
battery of the same model or something equivalent.


Installing the new battery
Be sure that the battery is placed correctly (firmly) in the slot allocated
Verify the BIOS data and resetting the clock

Once the operation complete, it is important to configure the BIOS settings:
- Start your PC.
- Enter the BIOS.
- Modify the date.
- Check the parameters are the same as the ones noted in step 1.  Perform any
modifications required if not
- Save and quit BIOS.
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