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Originally posted by andrewas:
Try putting the 80Gb in where your 20Gb is - same settings, same cable. If that fails you know youve got a dead drive.
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I've tried that, but then it won't boot up unless I boot it up using the WinXPPro that the guy put on the 80GB drive - the OS I'm trying to get RID of.
What if I do this...I put the 80GB in as the primary, boot it up using WinXPPRo (since that's the only way I can do it) and then format the bugger. Then when it's fully formatted I do the master/slave thing again. I may need to buy a longer IDE cable though if I want to have the second HDD as a primary on the second IDE cable, otherwise the cable won't reach from my 20GB HDD1 to the CD-ROM.
One more question, andrewas...could the fact that I upgraded my OS from WinME to WinXP (it wasn't a clean install) be influencing the fact that there seems to be some missing WinXP file when I try to do my Master/Slave thing?
And finally...if I could fly you over here, I would, mate - I'm at the stage where my computer's pissing me off so much I just want to kick the @#$% out of it.
