Barry Hi No problem, install the drive as slave, make sure it shows in the bios ntfs file systems can see fat 32 but not the otherway round, so you may want to format to ntfs to do this go into my computer,right click on your slave drive,click the format...

have the option of burning it to > CD or installing a slave drive and storing non-application files and media > files on the slaved drive? >> Galen Got a reading comprehension problem? The OP wrote and I quote: "i do a scan disk & defrag in safe...

xp with SP1 on the master drive and set your second >>drive as slave and install xp containing sp2 on the slave drive. After >> the SP2 version has been installed on the slave drive and you have >> rebooted you should get an option menu to either boot...

use? Thanks, Jim D. Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers () 1. You'll need to set your drive jumper settings to Master for one drive and Slave for the other drive. 2. No, you can only install Windows XP once. A second installation...

so I plan to reformat the new hard drive and >>> re-install Win 98. My question is: How do I reformat the >>> hard drive? >>> When you installed the 2nd hard drive, you should have > left the first hard drive as Master and the new hard drive> as Slave....

Someone on this forum said that re-installation is not the answer. So my question is: What should I do next short or reformatting and/or re-installing windows? Thank you in advance for any help. Costas (not an expert, not even in asking questions)....

Slave drive not accessible after XP reinstall. Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware () I did a clean reinstall of XP onto my C: drive. after the install, the slave D: does not show up in windows explorer. It does appear in the disk...

disk from a Windows XP PC and install it as a slave drive in another Windows XP PC can I then examine and or edit the registry file of the now slave hard drive by importing the slave PC's registry file into the host PCs "regedit". I also need to be sure...

Boot the CD and do a repair install. Press the enter key when the CD loads and select install, then select to install over the existing installation (repair). See -- The people think the Constitution protects their rights; But government sees...

off) my slave drive, then transfer my system info & important things from the primary drive to the slave for backup if needed. I imagine I'll need Ghost, or another program to achieve this. I installed the slave (a WD) after buying the computer & no program...