Question on adding an additional hard drive

[OUDoc]

It's another internal drive I stole off a spare computer (my drive was starting to act funny, so I though I could back it up on the spare drive). When I start, it keeps putting my old drive as the E: drive and the new as the C: drive. I want the old drive to remain the C: drive. I've changed the jumpers a few times, making the new drive the slave and changed the old drive to "enable cable select" after leaving it on "master or single drive" didn't work. The bus (whatever it's called) is marked for "master" and "slave" and the drives are hooked up to it accordingly. Is there something I'm missing (obviously)?

BTW, I tried to just give up on this idea, but windows won't load properly when I take the newer drive back out. It hangs on my desktop wallpaper with no icons loaded.

[Howzit]

Norton sucks.

[OUDoc]

Ed Norton? Because I always wondered about him.

[sooneron]

I hate thread with ADD in the title twice, they distract me.

[Hamhock]

change out the dikfur

[sooner_born_1960]

Make them both cable select, and be sure you have them cabled correctly.

[OUDoc]

Make them both cable select, and be sure you have them cabled correctly.
I'll try that. If I'm not back soon, it didn't work. :)

[sooner_born_1960]

change out the dikfur What's a dikfur? :)


60 second flood control succs.

[Howzit]

Did you reboot?

[JohnnyMack]

Hit Alt+F4

[Howzit]

run ipconfig and give us your ssn.

[OUDoc]

A/S/L?

[JohnnyMack]

run ipconfig and give us your ssn.

He's not in the Navy you moron.

[OUDoc]

It didn't work. Still has them lettered backwards (but it boots correctly).
Problem is, it's looking for programs on the C: drive, which has now been labeled E:, so it can't find them. I can probably change it, but I was hoping there'd be a better way.

[sooner_born_1960]

are they on separate cables ?

[RacerX]

Check the cable connections. sometimes they're specific for Master and Slave drives.

[Howzit]

Check the cable connections. sometimes they're specific for Master and Slave drives.

Yes mistress.

[OUDoc]

are they on separate cables ?
No. One cable.


Check the cable connections. sometimes they're specific for Master and Slave drives.

They're labeled and appear to be connected correctly. I never unplugged the first drive, so it should have always been hooked to the "master" cable. But the labels match the way I want the drives hooked up.

I'm wondering if I shouldn't just switch them anyway and see what happens.

[sooner_born_1960]

What could it hurt?


Wait! Don't answer that.

[Hotel Bravo]

I don't know if this will help or not, but in XP there is a way to change the drive letters around in disk management. Right click on the My Computer icon, select manage. In the left pane there will be a Disk Management icon under Storage. You can then right click the on the actual drive and there is an option to change the drive letters and paths.

[SoonerTerry]

No. One cable.



They're labeled and appear to be connected correctly. I never unplugged the first drive, so it should have always been hooked to the "master" cable. But the labels match the way I want the drives hooked up.

I'm wondering if I shouldn't just switch them anyway and see what happens.

You should and it will work

[SoonerTerry]

If you decide to get a new drive, seagate has a utility that will clone your failing drive to your new drive.

I just used it and it worked very well

[jeremy885]

If you decide to get a new drive, seagate has a utility that will clone your failing drive to your new drive.

I just used it and it worked very well


How long has that been out? Could have used it a couple of years ago.

[SoonerTerry]

Dunno, I did mine bout 2 weeks ago.

[SoonerTerry]

BTW doc, If your hard drive is failing the best thing to do is go aahead as slave it and recover all the data on it that you want. Then trash the failing thing before you are tempted to use it again.

I can do that for ya if you could help me with these sinus and tension headaches I get:D

[OUDoc]

If you decide to get a new drive, seagate has a utility that will clone your failing drive to your new drive.

I just used it and it worked very well
I changed the letter of the drive. It's not a drive anymore. I may be in trouble. :(

If I get a new drive, will it clone my version of Windows onto the new drive as well?

[OKC-SLC]

I think the problem is related to the drives or their connections. Additional possibilities would include operator error.

YWIA.

[RacerX]

PEBKAC

[OUDoc]

PEBKAC
Not once I got through with it. It now exists with the hard drive as well.
So there.

[OKC-SLC]

Dammit, Doc. You're a doctor, not a computer knowledge-haver.

[OUDoc]

Computer Masters (they must be good) now have my work computer. We'll see what happens. BTW, this is the first time in 15 years I've had to take a computer to a computer-fixer guy. I'm disappointed in the SO.
Duck your heads in shame.

[Sooner_Bob]

Wait, you actually took it to a compooter shop?


Duuuuuude.

[Partial Qualifier]

And not just any computer shop.. you took it to Computer Bastards..

;)

[sooner_born_1960]

Computer Masters is just gonna do the stuff we recommended. They are just going to do it right. ;)

[BigRedJed]

Sorry I didn't see this sooner, Doc. DEFINITELY sounds like an ID-10T problem.

[Sooner_Bob]

Um yeah . . . . Jed did you get that TPS report finished yet?

[OUDoc]

Sorry I didn't see this sooner, Doc. DEFINITELY sounds like an ID-10T problem.
So you're the man for the job?

[BigRedJed]

Hey, I'm no ID-10T.

http://images.thinkgeek.com/action/large/21117bf.jpg

[BudSooner]

Thats ****ing awesome! :D

[Kels]

If you decide to get a new drive, seagate has a utility that will clone your failing drive to your new drive.

I just used it and it worked very well

Is it DiskWizard?