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Jean wrote:
> THANKS for the help- I read how to change the drives so I was ready to make
> the change. I changed the keyboard and was able to access the bios enough
> for it to think about itself. I then let XP try to boot up- I don't know how
> long it ran- I left it on overnight and it suddenly started operating. I've
> shutdown and restarted a couple of times- everything looks okay. I still
> don't trust the machine - I'm going to copy all the document type files and
> then try and update the bios. But for now it's dong better than I expected.
>
> Thanks again
>
> "gls858" wrote:
>
>
>>Jean wrote:
>>
>>>No, not yet- Any suggestions on how to do it now. I can't seem to get to it
>>>through setup- can I swap cables in the PC?
>>>
>>>"gls858" wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Jean wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Thanks for the help. Before I got your reply I actually was able to format
>>>>>the old C- it got rid of the second copy but now when it boots up I get the
>>>>>Windows XP banner and then the screen goes blank. I'm guessing that I have a
>>>>>corrupted copy on D or a hardware issue.
>>>>>I'd like to get the computer to boot from the XP disk but it doesn't seem to
>>>>>want to read the drive. The bios before I started changing things had the
>>>>>primary master hard drive with the other hard as the slave and the 2 CD's as
>>>>>secondary master and slave. Also to make matters worse when I try to enter
>>>>>setup it's not recogonizing the del key. Any suggestions.
>>>>>Thanks again.
>>>>>
>>>>>"Thorsten Matzner" wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>"Jean" <Jean@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I've just upgraded to XP on an old 266 machine with a small C drive and a
>>>>>>>larger D drive somehow I've got XP on both drives. I'd like to remove one
>>>>>>>copy. I can completely wipe the C if there is any easy way.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Edit the BOOT.INI file and delete the C-installation from here. See
>>>>>>"How to Edit the BOOT.INI File in Windows XP"
>>>>>>(http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=289022) for details. Then you can
>>>>>>manually delete the Windows files from C.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>--
>>>>>>(tm)
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Did you set your D drive to the master? It's probably
>>>>still trying to boot from C
>>>>
>>>>gls858
>>>>
>>>>gls858
>>>>
>>
>>There are jumpers on the back of the drive. Chances are you will
>>have to remove the drive to get to them. Usually there are directions on
>>the drive for jumpers placement to make it a slave or master.
>>If you know the brand and model number there should be instructions
>>on the company web site.
>>
>>gls858
>>
Glad you got it sorted.
gls858
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