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Making a Slave Drive the Main Drive

Discussion in 'Windows XP' started by Coolpal39, 2009/06/09.

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    Coolpal39

    Coolpal39 Inactive Thread Starter

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    How do I make a slave drive the main bootable drive. Can I just install a new copy of XP on it? This is to replace a drive that has bad sectors on it.
     
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    surferdude2

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    Easy way would be to remove the failing drive and connect the former slave as the master. If you have 80 cond. data cable, it's necessary to plug the master on the end connector and generally place the jumper at the Cable Select position. Older 40 cond. cables will likely require you to place the jumper in the Master position.

    Then when you reboot and get the drive recognized properly, you can proceed to install the system to it.

    After the install completes and you have rebooted a couple times successfully, you can then reconnect the failing drive as a slave (may need to change the jumper) and see if you can recover any data from it.
     
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    PeteC

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    Disconnect the bad drive - jumper the old slave drive as master and install XP. If the same copy of XP was installed on the old drive you may not be able to activate over the Internet and will need to use telephone activation to explain the situation to MS.

    Bear in mind that only a single installation can be made from one CD on one computer. If the copy of XP has been activated on another computer you will be unable to activate.
     
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    mattman

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    How does the current Windows installation run? If there are no big problems running Windows (it depends on where the bad sectors are), you could try cloning the drive. Some HDD manufacturers offer a cloning utility from an old drive to a new one. If the old drive basically "works ", run CHKDSK (Error Checking) on it one or two more times, then try running the HDD manufacturer's cloning utility.

    Look for information at the new/slave HDD manufacturer's website for how to change/upgrade/install a new drive.

    Matt
     
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