Re: Resequence Hard Drive Connections

Toyman

Have you run it with the WD drive only attached?.. does it work ok?.. if
everything is there and kind of working, put the SG back as slave and format
it using the XP native tools..

My Computer - right click and select 'Manage'.. when the window opens, go to
Storage - Disk Management..

Format the Seagate.. when done, close out of the window..

Now you need to go to www.acronis.com and download Acronis TrueImage.. use
this program to clone the OS onto the second drive..

Follow the instructions implicitly.. at the end of the process, you should
have an SG that will boot to Windows.. obviously, you have to remove the WD,
jumper the SG as master, and reboot..

OK.. does the SG work ok?.. do all of the programs work as well as they did
on the WD?..

If the answer is YES..

You can now jumper the WD as slave, install it back into the case and format
it as you did the SG..

The part where you do have a problem.. you need XP installation media on CD
to be able to fix the problems with the OS, and installation media for any
other program on the computer that has a problem..

--
Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/User


"The Toyman" <o1nyx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> OK guys.
> I've got the drives resequenced and running, with the WD as master, SG as
> slave (both on IDE1), and the optical drive alone on IDE2. Programs run
> although with an occasional hiccup - e.g. the system spontaneously
> rebooted
> when I closed a MS Word file - every time. As I look closer, I'm finding
> identical program files on both the WD & the SG drive - like MS Word.
> Seems
> as if when the SG was originally installed, a lot of program files were
> copied to it during the install. Things just don't feel 'stable'. I
> suspect there's a major catastrophe (O/S reinstall) in my future.
>
> Unless you disagree, I think my next step should be to remove as many
> unnecessary files and replaceable programs as possible from the older WD,
> so
> there's room to install SP 2, then format and partition the SG so it's
> ready
> to be cloned from the WD. After the SG is cloned, I'll resequence it to
> be
> the boot master , then if all is well, wipe the WD slave for other use.
>
> If you know, tell me a bit about installing XP, SP 2. Will it prompt for
> the XP O/S disk, to verify authenticity? And have you heard of any
> problems
> with installation crashing the system, necessitating an O/S reinstall? Or
> should I look elsewhere?
>
> Thanks for the help to-date.
>
> Toyman
> ______________________________
>
> "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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