re: new hard drive
Friday, October 28, 2005 at 12:11 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Big John
(105 messages posted)
WOW! A lot questions! I'm guessing that you're trying to setup your old HD as a second
drive in your new PC. I'll asume that both are EIDE devices. First make sure the
jumpers on each drive are set correctly. The HD that came with the new PC should
be set to MASTER, and the other set to SLAVE. Check each drive as most newer drives
has this info printed on them. Next you need to set the BIOS to read each drive.
On some systems this is now PnP and no settings needed. Once all of this is done,
boot up and you should see your drive in MY COMPUTER. Caution! In XP having one drive
formated in NTFS and the other in FAT32 can cause failure on FAT32 drive. Good Luck!
BJ
On Thursday, October 27, 2005 at 11:43 pm, Jenny wrote:
>okay peeps i need ur help please.
>i have a dvr that i have taken the hard drive out of. i am attempting to connect
>it to my computer to get the movies that ive saved on it onto my computer for burning
>to dvd.
>
>my first question is can hard drives be locked like a floppy drive can, also is
there
>a way a manufacturer can keep u from being able to access a drive?
>
>i ask because my computer is acting peculiar. if i go into my system properties
and
>expand out the disk drives it shows the hard drive there, however it does not show
>up in my computer when i open it. go figure!
>i will add that this drive i know runs at a faster rpm than the drive that came
with
>my computer cuz the cable that was used in the dvr system has more lines, they r
>thinner or whatever, u know what i am talking about right? i know that i should
use
>that cable so please dont tell me i should cuz i know and i tried it just to see
>if by some weird chance the drive would have an operating system on it but it doesnt.
>
>so my next question is if there is noo way for me to get into the drive thru windows
>how do i get to a dos prompt where i can copy the files to my drive? is there any
>program out there that is free and can assist me in my quest, its just soo weird
>that my bios and even the windows system properties says the drive is there but
it
>dont show up in my computer, even norton systemworks system info shows it there.
>
>one last thought, the computer i have the drive hooked up to has a smaller drive
>than the dvr drive, could that be an issue? anyways thanx in advance for any and
>all help! Jen
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