With how picky WinXP is with hardware, will it lock up if I use a slave hdd from time to time for storage. I have an 80gig hard drive that I will be using as my main, but I have a 20g, that I need to extract data from, and a 8.5g that kinda works (grinding sounds) that I also need to extract data from. Will Windows get screwy becuase of the hardware swapping?
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WinXP and slave Hdd
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Komataguri
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I didn't experiance any problems when I rotated 3 harddrives through my XP system to get all the data I wanted off.
hulksterjoe
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never had a problem either
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Yeah, changing hard drives shouldn't be a problem as long as you don't switch out hte master with windows installed on it.
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That would be badness, definately
You should not have a problem....though I ran into trouble with using cable select on my WinXPHome system. But it could be just me since I added a DVD-Rom drive and had to reregister even though that was my first hardware change. But since I went back to using the jumpers(master for the main drive with windows on it, and slave for the ones I change out.)
Oh and didn't you here? It is called secondary now you RACIST!
Just kidding.....thats PC for yah.
Oh and didn't you here? It is called secondary now you RACIST!
Just kidding.....thats PC for yah.