>C the OS partition is on the small drive that is master on IDE channel 0
>port 0 partition 1
>D is the system recovery partition on the small drive that is master on IDE
>channel 0 port 0 partition 2
>E is the CD-ROM
>F the old OS partition on the large drive that is master on IDE channel 0
>port 1 partition 1
>G is on the small drive that is master on IDE channel 0 port 1 partition 2
YES to all above as far as I can tell
Jim
>If neither of the partitions C or D are active, then the question is how
did
>the system boot with just this drive in the case
>is there a boot.ini file in the root directory of partition 1 on this
drive?
SO I'm confused now, shouldn't C be the active drive?? because it is
definately booting into the C drive which shows as the
Healthy(System) under Disk Management. What does active mean anyway?
>F is active as it was OS partition, and the hardware will use it to boot IF
>the drive on port 0 is not bootable)
Do I need to change any of these settings??
Jim
-----Original Message-----
From: Windows Home/SOHO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf
Of James Button
Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 3:29 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: How to install slave drive
So:
C the OS partition is on the small drive that is master on IDE channel 0
port 0 partition 1
D is the system recovery partition on the small drive that is master on IDE
channel 0 port 0 partition 2
E is the CD-ROM
F the old OS partition on the large drive that is master on IDE channel 0
port 1 partition 1
G is on the small drive that is master on IDE channel 0 port 1 partition 2
If neither of the partitions C or D are active, then the question is how did
the system boot with just this drive in the case
is there a boot.ini file in the root directory of partition 1 on this drive?
F is active as it was OS partition, and the hardware will use it to boot IF
the drive on port 0 is not bootable)
Given that the old system that this drive came from will never be reused,
and you have recovery/restore CD's for the working OS, I'd suggest you
reformat (quick) the 7.31Gb partition (currently known as G) on this drive
as NTFS and use it for a backup copy of your personally entered data and
email.
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