Re: Resequence Hard Drive Connections

Peter

The computer would be better off if the larger drive was the boot drive.. a
13gb drive is getting to be a little long in the tooth, too..

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Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/User


"peter" <peterk@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Mike is right in hia assesment but there is another way.
> Leave the original drive in its original location on the cable and hook up
> the new drive as the slave drive on the same cable.Dont forget to jumper
> it as a slave.
> You will have to format the new drive in order to use it...admin
> tools/disk managent
> Take a look at the programs you have on the old drive and see which ones
> you have the original CD to....remove those under control Panel/add&remove
> and reinstall to the new drive.This will make some room on the old drive
> for future XP updates
> Any new programs/games that you install in the future can be installed
> onto the new drive you just need to watch during the install.
> This way you have changed nothing,XP is still where its expected to be and
> you have lots of room on the new drive for whatever
> peter
> "The Toyman" <o1nyx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>I need to resequence an existing hard drive setup for a friend. He added
>>a
>> 160GB Seagate (SG) to supplement a 13GB Western Digital Caviar (WD). The
>> Seagate is jumpered as a master - shows up in the BIOS as Primary master
>> (plugged into IDE1 connector). The Western Dig. is jumpered as a single
>> drive (only drive in the box), and shows up in the BIOS as a Secondary
>> master. I think it's showing as Secondary master because it was plugged
>> into IDE2 connector on a separate cable. I'll change that to have both
>> on
>> the same cable going to IDE1. Boot files were copied from the WD to the
>> SG,
>> and the system boots from the SG.
>>
>> All programs are on the WD, but the Registry thinks they're still on the
>> boot drive (the SG) At least programs won't run from the Start button -
>> will run OK from the executable file. To try to hopefully 'fix' things,
>> I
>> hope to:
>>
>> 1. unplug the SG (pull the power & data cable) so the PC sees the WD
>> as
>> the boot drive
>> 2. boot the PC
>> 3. install XP, SP 2 (so the machine will see all avail. space on the
>> SG). Have it on CD from MS. SP 1 has not been installed.
>> 4. plug in the SG and jumper it as slave, and jumper the WD as master
>> 5. boot the PC
>> 6. run Partition Magic (PM) and use the 'copy' function to copy
>> (mirror?) all files from the WD to the SG.
>> 7. Rejumper the SG as master, and the WD as slave
>> 8. Cross my fingers, boot the beast, and hope it works.
>>
>> Here's a major problem: The XP Pro O/S disk is lost, so if I need to
>> re-do
>> the O/S, I'm up the proverbial 'crick' without the proverbial paddle.
>>
>> Here's some questions:
>>
>> 1. I've heard from others who have tried to install SP 2, that it
>> could: 1) lock/freeze the O/S, necessitating an O/S reinstall; 2) the O/S
>> disk must be inserted to verify it's a legitimate copy before SP 2 will
>> install. Having no O/S disk will put me up that 'crick'. Any thoughts
>> here?
>>
>> 2. After I do #'s 1 & 2 above (unplug the SG & boot the PC), is there
>> anything I need to do in the BIOS or Windows - e.g. remove the SG from
>> the
>> BIOS, or will that happen automatically? And how about Windows?
>>
>> 3. I assume plugging in the SG (#4 & 5 above) will simply be a case
>> of
>> 'follow the instructions', which I have.
>>
>> 4. Also, when reinstalling the SG, should I format & partition it, or
>> leave it alone, since it's formatted, partitioned and in use now?
>>
>> 5. I've tried running PM from the boot floppy & CD, but keep getting
>> an
>> error message about 'the hard disks are recognized, and the appropriate
>> software is installed, but hasn't been activated' (not the exact words,
>> but
>> close). Then it goes back to a DOS prompt. Since the WD wasn't on the
>> same
>> cable as the SG, nor jumpered as a slave, I'm hoping that
>> recabling/rejumpering it will 'fix' this problem. If not, then I guess
>> I'll
>> be back for more help. Comments here would be appreciated.
>>
>> Here's another thought re PM: I've never used PM for this purpose before
>> (have Norton Ghost, but have never used it and know nothing about it).
>> I'm
>> assuming that the drive with all of the programs (the WD) needs to be the
>> boot drive (maybe not?). I wonder if it's possible to copy all files
>> from
>> the WD to the SG, with the SG as the boot drive & the WD as the slave.
>> Then
>> I could simply try to install SP 2 onto the SG, and if successful, use PM
>> to
>> copy all files from the WD to the SG. That's if I can get past the boot,
>> error message.
>>
>> This entire operation should be pretty straight-forward, but since I
>> don't
>> have experience, don't know how to respond to the PM error messages, and
>> especially since I don't have an XP Pro O/S disk, I'm reluctant to 'damn
>> the
>> torpedoes, full speed ahead'.
>>
>> Comments, observations & opinions are welcome, particularly if you have
>> experience with some or all of this.
>>
>> I've been to the 'windowsxp.newusers' group - it was suggested I come
>> here.
>>
>> Toyman
>>
>>
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