file tranfers

[jlusignan1]

Im trying to transfer some data from my old Western Digital 30G hard drive to my new Maxtor 80G SATA drive. When i hook up the old drive in my new comp, as a Primary Slave, i cannot get i to boot from my Maxtor, and it actually dosent even recognize my Maxtor drive at all. If any one has any insite on this issue it would be appretiated. Thanks

[brianmann]

be sure the settings on the Maxtor are set to Master. If it is usually a single drive in the system, then it does not need to be set up. When you added the old drive as a Primary slave, the Maxtor needs to be set to master. Good luck

[)BIG"B"Affleck]

and it actually dosent even recognize my Maxtor drive at all

make sure you double check the ribbon

[feigned]

You'll need the SATA drivers for your chipset for the OS to recognize that the drive is even there.

This will depend on your motherboard, or less likely, an add-on PCI card.