when i put in the floppy with smartdrv.exe , there show

searching for Boot Record from floopy..OK
Remove disk or media
press any key to restart

i just found that if i change the BIOS setting it will change back and i did save it, is it because there something wrong with the thing within the pc that was install wrong like the hard drive, cpu, or motherbroad?

when i use the hard drive on other pc it show "Operating System not found on any device"
so i install xp then it just go like before want to reinstall again. i want to ask if i put the non-o/s hard drive as a slave to other pc that have a o/s drive master with it, can i get back the date that in the non-o/s drive?

if you want to put the HD from the non-working PC into a working PC as slave, there should be no problems with this!

providing the HD is working and formatted using a methot compatible with the o/s on the working PC

(sorry is this is confusing)

how to set it as slave, i try it and i dont even know what happen the pc wouldnt go to loading window

i try many hd in the pc and each have different result why, is it becasue the thing need it own type of HD or something?
those result 1> unable access Hard Drive
2>invalid system disk
3> no o/s

also some HD at the start of checking there CMOS Battery Low


Also i want get a website that have the mostly all HD information .

help!

i try many hd in the pc and each have different result why, is it becasue the thing need it own type of HD or something?

No, as long as you are using the correct type of HD (the most common are IDE/ATA, if you can plug it in correctly, you have the correct drive) also, you need to make sure the slave it not at the end of the cable

where it says master/slave selector is your jumper, baisically a piece of metal (usualy coated in plastic) that shorts 2 pins out.


The above image shows where your drives plug in.

those result 1> unable access Hard Drive
2>invalid system disk
3> no o/s

you must set the jumper to slave (should be information actually on the drive, the jumper settings vary from drive to drive)

also some HD at the start of checking there CMOS Battery Low

I have never heard of this problem, I will look for ideas

Also i want get a website that have the mostly all HD information .

Try these:
http://www.computerhope.com/help/hdd.htm
http://www.computercraft.com/docs/evstools.shtml

Hope this helps
Mike

what the image at the top i cant see it, is there a website describe the type of the HD?

the top picture is just showing where the jumper pins are found. They are usualy in between the power cable and ribbon cable

some of the HD work and some dont, there message like before