Well, I switched everything around, and no change. I disabled the new drive, and it wouldn't boot at all. It seems the problem is that the boot menu is no longer recognizing the original internal drive. Once the computer is running I can bring it up just fine, but the boot menu doesn't have it listed.
The only BIOS update from Gateway is older than my machine itself. It also requires making a boot floppy disc, and I don't have a floppy drive. Does the CD/DVD drive count? Also Sandra the PC explorations system gave me a warning: BIOS is flashable but externally mounted. An incorrect update could be fatal.
Can I get the thing to recognize the internal hard drive again?
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