Hi, a couple of weeks ago, some of you out there helped me add a new HD to my system. I loaded XP home on to the new drive and validated it. Then transfered all the bits and pieces I wanted from the old drive. So far so good.
Now I want to physically remove the old drive. When I do this and leave the new one in. It won't load. I've checked the jumper to make sure it's in the right place, but nothing.
Now I'm back with both drives on cable select. The thing fires up and lets me chose which drive I want to open. Could my problem be the old drive is C and the new one D?
Thanks for taking the time to read this post and I hope you have a good weekend.
Best Regards James.
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Jump to Postyou need to install the XP bootloader to the second drive
you can do this by removing the old drive and booting off your xp cd (cant remember what the exact command is)
Jump to PostDont worry i double posted
Jump to Postwierd.
shouldnt you have done this in the first place?
- instaleld clean xp on new drive (master)
- plugged in old drive as slave
- copied files to new system
- removed old drivethats the way ive always done it
Jump to Postyou should never install XP to a slave as it screws up the bootloader, which is the problem you now face
Jump to PostThere should be an easier way.
If only one drive is installed, whether it is jumpered as master or slave, the BIOS calls it C:. So it is appearing. Now you just need to add the boot sector (which is what that command is). I believe it is a …
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