OK, I swapped the cables and put the IDE HDD on IDE1, and disconnected the CDRW/Zip altogether. The computer boots into Windows fine. I plugged the CDRW/Zip into IDE2 and here's what happens: Boot-up shows: Plextor CDRW - Primary Master Iomega Zip - Primary Slave Secondary Master - (none) Secondary Slave - (none) I go into the BIOS and it shows: IDE Channel 0 Master - HDD (WDxxxxxxxxx) IDE Channel 0 Slave - (none) IDE Channel 2 Master - (none) IDE Channel 2 Slave - (none) IDE Channel 3 Master - (none) IDE Channel 3 Slave - (none) My email address is cajun@xxxxxxxxxx ) ( [_]? dj -- <Please delete this line and everything below.> To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/