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The crashed disk contains the C drive where the WinXP installed.
I want it with a single disk setup because I would like to recover the
crashed disk myself.
I want the WinXP setup on the blank disk first, and put the crashed disk on
the primary slave later.
Trying to see how much I can have the data back.
I assume the disk was not damaged seriously.
Thanx
"peterk" <peterk@nomalarky.net> wrote in message
news:et0M9rxkFHA.1384@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> You do not have to remove the 2nd HD if it is working.
> You need only to replace the non working HD.
> The question is which HD broke?? the C drive where XP was installed or the
> other HD.??
> If it was the C drive that had XP on it and you replaced it with a new one
> then you would need to reinstall XP onto that drive but do leave the other
> drive connected.When you hook up your new drive make sure you set the
> jumpers on the back of the drive to master.Leave the 2nd drive connected
> during the XP installation so that it can read the programs on that drive
> and enter the correct parameters in the registry and rebuild the shortcuts
> to start the programs.
> In order to install XP you need to enter the BIOS and change the boot
> sequence so that the CD drive is 1st boot device.Then place the XP CD in
> place and reboot.watch the bottom of the screen it will say "push any key
> to boot from CD"....push any key and the XP install should take over from
> there.After the installation is finished you can change the boot order
> back.here is a website with more details.
>
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sg_clean.asp
> If your secondary drive broke which is not your boot drive you just need
> to remove it and install the new drive in its place making sure the
> jumpers on the back of the drive are set to slave.Your system should still
> boot since XP was not on that drive.
> let us know how you make out
> peterk
>
>
>
> --
> It's so much easier to suggest solutions when you don't know too much
> about the problem
> "dh" <a@mail.com> wrote in message
> news:eSY9khxkFHA.1048@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> My system have two harddisks.
>> I got my system harddisk crash, and I decide to replace it by a new one.
>> I want to remove the second harddisk and install the WinXP on the single
>> blank harddisk.
>> Is there anything to set for the BIOS? jumpers?
>> I have tried a few times to boot the system by blank harddisk and WinXP
>> CDROM.
>> However, the system even doesnt show anything on the screen.
>> Thanx a lot
>>
>
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