OK,
Re-checked ALL the BIOS settings and everything looked fine. I re-set all the BIOS defaults and all original settings remained. (I'm assuming because they were already at default)
I'm beginning to believe more and more this computer is f'd up.
I am dumbfounded as to how the drives have been switched and I STILL believe the root cause of how it happened is the reason this machine is just not working properly. I have never seen a PC out of the box with the smaller installed drive being the primary HD.
What boggles my mind is that the recovery process configured the machine like this 2 times in a row. I had originally thought I screwed up the first time I did the recovery but on the 2nd try, same thing.
I guess my next step would be requesting advise on how to change the current (smaller of the two) "C" drive from being the primary drive. I looked in the BOOT section of set-up and the only choice I have when highlighting "Primary Drive" is "Maxtor 4D060H3". I imagine worse case is swapping the ribbon between the two but I don't believe that's a wise choice seeing that the case has never been opened and that may compound the problem more.... HELP!!
DG
