- Adding a second Hard Drive
- Posted by M. on January 13th, 2004
I want to add a second (slave) hard drive to my computer
without losing the data that is already on that drive. Is
there a way to do this without having to backup all my
data first and then partition and format the drive?
Thank you
M.
- Posted by John John on January 13th, 2004
You don't need to partition and format anything. Just slave the drive
and you should see it with Me providing that it is turned on in the BIOS
and that the file format is compatible.
John
M. wrote:
- Posted by M. on January 13th, 2004
Thanks John, that's what I was hoping, but I had heard
differently. Both drives are a FAT32 IDE drive. Do I have
to manually enter the BIOS and turn it on, or will ME
automatically do it? Which key do I hit to enter the BIOS,
there's no prompt for anything?
Thanks,
M.
- Posted by John John on January 14th, 2004
You may have to go in the BIOS and turn it on, it should be referred to
as HDD1, HDD0 will be the primary drive. If it shows otherwise it's
because you slaved it upside down, happens more often than you might
think, you'll know if Windows doesn't want to boot it's because the
slave has been made HDD0. You can simply check that by turning off HDD0
in the BIOS. If the pc boots off of HDD1 then the drives are upside
down. The BIOS should see the drive as "automatic" or set it to AUTO.
John
M. wrote:
- Posted by John John on January 14th, 2004
Oh, for the BIOS key... check your owners manual, it should be in there.
Common keys are Del or F2 or Esc. Sometimes it's a combination of
keys. If you post the make and model number of your pc someone may know
the key offhand. You can also do a search on the net. Usually when you
boot the pc it says something like "... to enter setup press..."
John
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