Re: Slave Hard-Drive probs
- From: "Anna" <myname@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 17:09:43 -0400
"Perplexed" <Perplexed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Have just taken Hard-Drive from old PC with XP Home on it and fitted it in
> new PC with XP Pro on it. XP Pro has been set as Master and old XP Home
> as
> Slave. Old XP Home shows up as F Drive on new system.
>
> I may sound a bit ignorant or naive here but the expectation I had on
> doing
> this was that when I clicked on to the F Drive my old XP Home GUI would
> automatically appear on my monitor but alas this does not happen.
>
> Is there something simple that I am overlooking or have my expectations
> been
> wide of the mark.
>
> Also having difficulty finding all my previous files and folders from old
> XP
> Home system, I know they are there as I just ran an anti-virus check on F
> Drive and seen them but trying to find through the F drive explorer is
> proving a bit tiresome.
>
> Hope this makes sense and thanks in advance for any advice given.
Perplexed:
1. With your "old" drive connected to your XP machine as Slave and with the
hard drive in that machine connected as Primary Master, you will, of course,
boot to the PM drive, which I'm sure you understand.
2. Under those circumstances, there should be no problem in your accessing
the "old" drive (that's now connected as a Slave) in terms of moving,
copying, saving, etc. files.
3. "Clicking" on that "old" drive, now designated as your F: drive, will
*not* cause that drive to boot. It will not "automatically appear on (your)
monitor". I think you're probably referring to the possibility of that drive
booting to a Desktop. But it *can't* at this point. All you can do while
that drive is connected as Slave after booting up with your "new" drive is
access the contents of that F: drive, as noted in 2. above.
4. If you want that "old" drive to boot (I *think* that's what you want,
no?), you will have to disconnect the "new" drive and boot to the "old"
drive. If that *is* what you want, it probably would be best if after
disconnecting the "new" drive, that you connect the "old" one as Primary
Master. It's possible it may boot from the Slave position (after
disconnecting the current PM) but it may not.
5. But it's possible, even likely, that the "old" drive will not boot
because you have removed that drive from a completely different (I assume)
system and installed it in this *new* system. There's a way to get around
this, but it gets a bit complicated and I'm not entirely sure you're even
interested in booting to your old drive in this new system But if you are,
let us know.
Anna
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