| You might try making the new drive master and the original slave - you can still assign either to be C or D regardless of whether they are master or slave.
But troubleshooting options are limited without getting into the bios. There's really only one way to get past a bios password - reset the bios. The problem with that is that you lose any settings your bios has. If you decide to do it though, you'll need instructions for your motherboard. Most motherboards have a jumper on the board that you can set to reset the bios - just put a jumper (perhaps the extra one from that hard drive - I sent you two just in case you needed the second one for your primary drive) on whatever two pins the instructions tell you to and reboot.
If you can't find instructions for your motherboard, you could try calling Comcast (I gather they are the ones who provided your computer). If they can't help, look for a serial number on your motherboard - it's usually printed directly on the main board, not on one of the chips attached to the board - and do a search for it in google. With any luck you'll be able to find out who made the board that way. Then go to that company's web site and look for instructions for your board. If you can't find them, email the company.
Also, I can't remember off hand if the drive I gave you had multiple slave and master settings. Some drives will have a 1 jumper setting and a 2 jumper setting for each. If it does, the settings will be listed on the top of the drive. If there are two jumper settings for that drive (or for your original drive) try them.
-Dyllan
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