Ok right now on my rig I've only got around 34.6GB of harddisc in total. I have a spare one, originally my mum's (40gb) and I would like to install it as drive D so I end up having a drive C: and D: on my computer. C: for the OS, games, media etc. D: only for mp3's since I now have a radio station... (#k3dge) I would liek to know what I would need to do to get it up and running. Plug it in the pc obviously, what else do I have to do, install the same copy of XP I did to my 1st drive and it will suddenly appear as Drive D: ? Much help appreciated, thanks.
If the hard drvie has previously been used in a windows xp, or any windows pc then you can simply plug it in and it will automatically detect it and give it a letter. You may want to format it and convert it to NTFS. That can all be done in XP form the computer management (I think) It really is very simple and theres nothing you really have to do to the hard drive, no installing software or anything. Make sure you have the jumpers on the back in the right position though. If they are both on the smae line, one should be master and one slave.
What if the installation of Windows on the 2nd drive is kind of "messed up" and I need to reinstall windows etc. Do I just plug it in like u say and then reinstall from there?
Hello, You don't need to reinstall the OS on the hardrive you are installing since that will be your storage drive. Just plug in the specified cable, change the jumper setting to "slave", and plug in the molex cable. After you boot up into Windows you should be able to see the drive, format the one you installed if you don't want the "bad" copy of Windows residing on your storage drive. If your computer halts on POST for a while and/or both drives become invisible, switch the jumper on the slave drive to the alternate one on its own cable. If the storage drive was not detected, check to make sure the cables are plugged in and check the jumper also. Hope that helps
