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| 433737 | 2006-02-25 05:31:00 | ok on my mates comp im maknig his 250gig drive his main drive(c drive) im not sure if its set to master or slave there are 3 drives, a 40gig a 250gig and a 4gig i want to make the 250 gig the c drive(its currently G) the 40gig drive into the g drive the 4 gig drive is already h so its alright i dont need to doanything to it. what do i need to do physically to change all this and in the settings etc? plus im gonig to format and reinstall windows xp pro after ive done this so someone please help me |
Codex (3761) | ||
| 433738 | 2006-02-25 05:36:00 | Change the bootdisk in the BIOS to the 250 GB, then reformat/reinstall XP on it. (If the 250 GB isnt the bootable disk / hdd with XP on it now). I would either slipstream SP1 or 2 on a CD. Or partition the 250 GB in the XP setup screen. Before u reinstall XP again. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 433739 | 2006-02-25 05:40:00 | Change the bootdisk in the BIOS to the 250 GB, then reformat/reinstall XP on it. (If the 250 GB isnt the bootable disk / hdd with XP on it now). I would either slipstream SP1 or 2 on a CD. Or partition the 250 GB in the XP setup screen. Before u reinstall XP again. how do i chnage the drive letter?? and why would you slipstream it? its my serial amnd cd im installnig on his comp then changing it to his serial becuase his cd is a bit broken...dogs got to it lol |
Codex (3761) | ||
| 433740 | 2006-02-25 05:56:00 | how do i chnage the drive letter?? and why would you slipstream it? its my serial amnd cd im installnig on his comp then changing it to his serial becuase his cd is a bit broken . . . dogs got to it lol Do you know what slipstreaming is? It'll amalgamate / merge XP with either SP1 or 2 . It'll install either SP1 or 2 while its installing XP . And save u doing it after XP has been installed . It may also help if you're not going to partition the 250 GB hdd . XP might actually see all of it, if u slipstream SP1 or 2 before u install XP again . Well, I wouldnt change the drive letter for the 250GB in windows now, if it hasnt got the OS on it . Otherwise it'll screw things up . Nothing will work on the hdd thats got XP on it now . It'll be better if you format the 250GB from a clean install, it'll then be C, when XP has been installed on it . Just make sure you change the 250GB to the bootable hdd in the BIOS, and select the 250GB for the XP install . And if its SATA it'll only be Master . Since SATA's dont use Slaves . |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 433741 | 2006-02-25 06:18:00 | Do you know what slipstreaming is? It'll amalgamate / merge XP with either SP1 or 2 . It'll install either SP1 or 2 while its installing XP . And save u doing it after XP has been installed . It may also help if you're not going to partition the 250 GB hdd . XP might actually see all of it, if u slipstream SP1 or 2 before u install XP again . Well, I wouldnt change the drive letter for the 250GB in windows now, if it hasnt got the OS on it . Otherwise it'll screw things up . Nothing will work on the hdd thats got XP on it now . It'll be better if you format the 250GB from a clean install, it'll then be C, when XP has been installed on it . Just make sure you change the 250GB to the bootable hdd in the BIOS, and select the 250GB for the XP install . And if its SATA it'll only be Master . Since SATA's dont use Slaves . well xp is on the 250 right now whats slipstreaming all about anyway, the install i have is only sp1 only i have to install sp2 i want to keep all files on the other drives . |
Codex (3761) | ||
| 433742 | 2006-02-25 06:31:00 | Hmm ok if you're using the 250 GB as the main hdd now, then u can change the drive letter thru control panel / admin tools / computer management / disk management. Highlight the 250 GB and select change drive letter and paths. Change it to C: Just as long as the 40GB and 4 GB dont have XP on them now, it should be fine. If you change the 250 GB to C in XP. You'll soon find out. Info on slipstreaming here (en.wikipedia.org(computing)) another word for it, would be integrating SP1 or SP2, into the XP install. So you dont have to install either later. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 433743 | 2006-02-25 06:44:00 | Hmm ok if you're using the 250 GB as the main hdd now, then u can change the drive letter thru control panel / admin tools / computer management / disk management. Highlight the 250 GB and select change drive letter and paths. Change it to C: Just as long as the 40GB and 4 GB dont have XP on them now, it should be fine. If you change the 250 GB to C in XP. You'll soon find out. Info on slipstreaming here (en.wikipedia.org(computing)) another word for it, would be integrating SP1 or SP2, into the XP install. So you dont have to install either later. ok i changed the drive letter, but i cant change the 250 drive letter, right now im using autostreamer to streamline sp2 into my install |
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