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Windows XP Pro not recognizing second hard drive
CyberMorph aft...@NOSPAM.ntlworld.com comp os ms-windows misc Are all hard drives enabled for access from explorer in XP Powertools, for instance?? -) vvll wrote: I installed a slave drive into my PC (W XP) which was actually the primary on another machine. Changed jumper, went into BIOS, confirmed it was both

hard drive problem
John Cari \(MS-MVP\) Wrote: Once XP has booted, right click on My Computer and select Manage. On the following screen, select Disk Management. The new drive should now show up on the right hand side of the screen, from where you can partition it, format it and assign it a drive letter.

Cloned Drive XP Pro showing hal.dll error
Steve Urbach dragonsc...@NOTmindspring.com alt os windows-xp On Sat, 23 Feb 2008 16:51:54 -0800 (PST), tfor...@yahoo.com wrote: Are your drives jumpered correctly? Should be. I thought if the jumpers were set wrong, the drive would not be recognized? I have seen Intermittent with Slave only configurations.

Installing Win XP and hard drive question
I have an older Pentium MMX, Windows 95 computer and a 6 GB harddrive. I am about to purchase a Dell Dimension 8250 with Windows XP Home Edition and a 30 GB harddrive. I need to preserve the complete contents of my existing harddrive. I was thinking it might be a good idea to install it as a slave in the new

Import e-mail from slave drive.
I have added a second hard drive to my system. The slave drive already has an operating system on it (XP PRO). My master has win 98SE. When I look in BIOS the slave shows up correctly. It also shows up in device manager. My problem is that it won't show up in "My computer". Can anyone tell me why?

Hard Drive Letter F: after clean install
Michael Stevens Mstev...@mvps.org microsoft public windowsxp general David Woolsey wrote: I have an old hard drive that I want to add as a slave to computer running XP. Under Win2000 I had no problems, but under XP, it doesn't read the second drive. Any suggestions? Jumpers set correctly? -- Michael Stevens MS-MVP

Help with slave drive
LinkId=4483 "Paul" <pauld...@netvigator.com> wrote in message news:ca4c01c20f6f$445542a0$3aef2ecf@TKMSFTNGXA09... Want to install XP Home on 1st partition on slave hard drive. At present running ME on primary drive which is of course the boot drive, what's is the best way to install and then operate from the slave

Primary Slave Hard Disk Drive not found in Windows XP
I set the jumpers for master and slave. "Win Me" computer has an ATA HD also "hard drive y". Cables are Ok, BIOS , POST and, Win Manager recognizes both HD BUT NOT Windows Explorer... I made the Win XP "hard drive X' the master and I can start Windows XP but then i have to validate windows, I can't because it is a

Corrupted Windows XP OS, now a slave drive...
SurfTronicCaboose mystrcy...@attbi.com alt os windows-xp Hey I'm with you!.....But how did you format the drive for XP? Did you let the XP installation CD format it by the "new hard drive/clean install option? I did,... and never had the FAT 32 option presented to me during setup.......So now I can't read my SLAVE

Slave Hard Drive on XP?
So I cant upgrade to Ultimate and as of the moment I have the brand new hard drive turned off in the bios and the old hard drive connected as a slave My only thought is, is that I use the original discs that came with the original harddrive (XP) and try it all over again or does someone know a step around that?

please help - Installing slave hard disk using XP Home and ...
Ray R...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windowsxp accessibility Greetings, I just completed a re-install of XP and find that Windows doesn't show my 200 Gb Seagate. Prior to the re-stall both the "C" and "D" drives were present. The "D" or "slave" does show during the BIOS sequence and I ran a Seagate

How Move OS XP from Old to New HD?
Installation went very smoothly, and XP is up and running flawlessly. The only thing that bothers me is why did XP assign my Hard Drive with the MBR as drive F:? I have my Hard Drive as the Master on the Primary IDE, the ZIP100 as the Slave on the Primary IDE, and the 2 optical drives on the Secondary IDE.

MCE wont recognize Slave Hard drive
Ken Blake, MVP kbl...@this.is.an.invalid.domain microsoft public windowsxp general In news:La40c.6173$qo.921@fe1.texas.rr.com, Jim <jmcconaug...@houston.rr.com> typed: I've got a 120gb hard drive which is on the verge of failing. I took it out intact, (OS and all) put in a new one, and got it up to speed.

Slave Drive not accessible after Win XP install
-----Original Message----- I'm currently running Windows XP Pro on a PIII GHz PC. My main Hard Drive is a Maxtor 40 GB set as the primary master (no primary slave), with a Pioneer DVD-ROM as my secondary master with an 80 GB Maxtor HD as the secondary slave. Along with Windows XP Pro, I was running Norton

An odd case of new hard drive
I currently have XP and I want to plan toward the day when I get a new PC with Vista. I have been thinking of getting an external hard drive to back-up my files as an it should be a non issue as long as you set the jumper configuration for the proper Master/Slave/CS setting the drive will be insatalled at.

Saving Data in Slave Drive
2) As a back up, can I copy my documents, emails, itunes, etc. to my D (second hard drive). Should something go wrong, will they be safe there, I guess another option would be to physically remove the D drive. (I have cable select vs master and slave if that makes a difference). 3) For the XP transfer wizard,

installing windows 95 slave drive in windows xp computer
Do a repair install http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN- US;Q315341&ID=KB;EN-US;Q315341 Alvin AuthorizedUser wrote: Good afternoon; I installed a new hard drive over the week-end and installed Windows XP Pro on it. It has two partitions. Now I want to install my old hard drive as a slave with

Can not install programs
Phil Weldon pwel...@mindspring.com alt comp periphs mainboard abit On which drive is the Windows XP operating system actually installed? It sounds as if your master IDE hard drive is the boot drive, but that the Windows XP operating system is installed on the slave drive and not on the RAID.

Slave drive?
Run XP setup by booting from the CD, make a partition on your new HD (Primary Master) and it will be C:. After XP installs, your old Win98 hard drive will be D:. You can do whatever you want with it then. Note that to set up the hard drives as Master and Slave, you have to change the positions of the jumpers on the

Win XP Pro & slave hard drive
If, like PartitionMagic, it allows you to manage your partitions, then just delete all your partitions under PartitionMagic and start again with Drive Management or fdisk. Leonm. -----Original Message----- I have recently got a new computer running XP. I have added the hard drive from my old computer (ran W98) in