I previously had two drives: one 20.5GB and one 60GB. Windows is
installed on the 20.5GB and the 60GB was a Slave. The 60 was not
cutting it, so I decided to buy a 250GB and thought that I would be
free of any troubles in the future. Now I have installed the 250GB and
the computer sees it and says it is working properly but it is not
showing in the My Computer window. And I have all updates that I know
of. Can it be fixed without partitioning the drive?
Re: Possible Sleeping Virus ... Remember that System Restore only tracks SYSTEM files - not yours. ... You should periodically defragment your hard drives as well as check them ... using Windows XP "prettifications". ... You should at least turn on the built in firewall.... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers)
Re: Can Only Boot with Boot CD in Drive ... install are pointing to the wrong drive, because when you installed the 2nd Windows, THAT became the C: ... When I insert the Recovery disk to re-install windows, it always refers to my drives backwards ... ... Place the drive on which you want to install Windows at the Master position on the Primary IDE controller. ... When you say "Place the drive on which you want to install Windows at the Master position on the Primary IDE controller", I'm not really sure I know how to do that. ... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
Re: another Windows nightmare ... after i hook this hdd up to the other laptop, will i be able to see contents ... of the windows directory.... is that just because of the boot issue? ... You will need a computer with two cd drives, one of which is a cd/dvd-rw ... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
Re: Can Only Boot with Boot CD in Drive ... The boot files remained there when you reinstalled to the wrong drive. ... are pointing to the wrong drive, because when you installed the 2nd Windows, THAT became the C: ... When I insert the Recovery disk to re-install windows, it always refers to my drives backwards ... ... Keep the other driveOUT of the machine until you have Windows installed properly and up and running, these other drives can be brought online after you install Windows. ... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
Re: Can Only Boot with Boot CD in Drive ... are pointing to the wrong drive, because when you installed the 2nd Windows, THAT became the C: ... When I insert the Recovery disk to re-install windows, it always refers to my drives backwards ... ... Keep the other driveOUT of the machine until you have Windows installed properly and up and running, these other drives can be brought online after you install Windows. ... When you say "Place the drive on which you want to install Windows at the Master position on the Primary IDE controller", I'm not really sure I know how to do that. ... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
