Re: Master/Slave

In order to use the old hd as the win boot disk you would need to run a
repair installation of win and install drivers supplied with your mobo
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
This assumes your version of win is not an OEM version which is bios locked
to the oronal hw

In edition if hooked up as slave
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421/en-us

"Jo" <Jo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:92507E26-6C1F-4698-B98F-93D2AD98CB91@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
My old computer had windows xp home edition. The mother board went out, I
finally got a computer to put my hard drive in. As a master it will not
acknowledge windows. As a slave, it will not let me into my documents and
settings folder. I believe because I had my computer password protected.

This is how I see it. Because part of windows is embedded into the bios
and
the cmos, that is why it will not fully load window while being connected
to
another motherboard. Now I know a bit about DOS And the Registry, so I
imagine that is were I will have to change things. Also I had a slave
drive
along with this master that is now the slave. Lol anyway the in slaved
one,
shows no files when I hook it to the master I now have. This one totally
baffles me, cause when I check it's properties, it shows it's full.

I have 60 gigs full of graphics music and zipped programs and all my BOS
stuff.


.

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