Re: XP Home(SP2) on 2 hard drives
- From: "mooky" <mooky9669@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 26 Nov 2006 20:29:26 -0800
mooky wrote:
Thanks for the info. I'll read the article later when my eyes aren't
tired. Also, could I get away without having to wipe the data of the 2nd drive and if I have to wipe it, after moving files to the new drive, what's the quickest and easiest way to do it?
Ronnie Vernon MVP wrote:
As Shenan stated, this should work as long as you are simply retrieving the data files and then formatting the slave drive.
You may need to take ownership of the data files on the slave drive, since they were created using a different account. See the following article for instructions.
HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421
With XP Home, you will need to take ownership in Safe Mode.
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Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User
mooky9669@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
OK, here's the deal...looks like I am getting a new PC soon that comes
with XP Home SP2...I am currently using the same OS on the PC I
currently have. The drive that comes with the new machine is a serial
ATA and this one I'm on is IDE. I wanted to know that of I set my IDE
drive as a slave and keep my current operating system on it would it
be recognized and would I be able to boot to the master and then still
recognize the slave to be able to use it for storage and drag files to
the master? The reason I'm wanting to do this is so I don't have to
burn a bunch of CDs with my backup files and then do a reformat of the
drive before installing. Also I am not looking to boot from the slave
as I just want to set it up to boot the master and still be able to
have access to the 2nd drive for storage and moving files to the
master drive. If this is possible, would I have to set permissions
for files and folders on the slave drive that I want to move or have
access to ? Also, I'm assuming I'd have to set the boot options in
BIOS??? I hope someone can help me out. I'm planning ahead here so I
know what to do when I get my new system. One more thing, how do you
set the IDE jumper to slave?
.
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