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From: Gerald Bramwell on 2 Aug 2010 17:44 Hi, I want to install a new SATA drive and install Windows XP on it. Will I have to completely disconnect all the present hard drives or can I just disconnect just the power leads or just the data leads of each drive? Thanks Gerald
From: Mark Adams on 2 Aug 2010 19:04 "Gerald Bramwell" wrote: > Hi, > > I want to install a new SATA drive and install Windows XP on it. Will I > have to completely disconnect all the present hard drives or can I just > disconnect just the power leads or just the data leads of each drive? > > Thanks > > Gerald > . > I've seen enough people ask here in these newsgroups how XP installed to the wrong drive and/or drive letter to suggest disconnecting all of the hard drives except the one you want to install on. Easy to avoid this error if only one drive is in the system during the install. Disconnect the data cables, the install cannot proceed if the data can't get to those drives.
From: Gerald Bramwell on 2 Aug 2010 19:34 On 03/08/2010 00:04, Mark Adams wrote: > > > "Gerald Bramwell" wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I want to install a new SATA drive and install Windows XP on it. Will I >> have to completely disconnect all the present hard drives or can I just >> disconnect just the power leads or just the data leads of each drive? >> >> Thanks >> >> Gerald >> . >> > > I've seen enough people ask here in these newsgroups how XP installed to the > wrong drive and/or drive letter to suggest disconnecting all of the hard > drives except the one you want to install on. Easy to avoid this error if > only one drive is in the system during the install. Disconnect the data > cables, the install cannot proceed if the data can't get to those drives. Many thanks. Gerald
From: HeyBub on 3 Aug 2010 11:36 Gerald Bramwell wrote: > Hi, > > I want to install a new SATA drive and install Windows XP on it. Will > I have to completely disconnect all the present hard drives or can I > just disconnect just the power leads or just the data leads of each > drive? You can disconnect the power cable or the data cable or both. Or, if you're REALLY careful, neither [not recommended].
From: "KernelDebugger" kerneldebugger on 4 Aug 2010 20:36
"Gerald Bramwell" <newsgroups(a)animals-in-distress.net> wrote in message news:OIMQ1spMLHA.6100(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > > > On 03/08/2010 00:04, Mark Adams wrote: >> >> >> "Gerald Bramwell" wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I want to install a new SATA drive and install Windows XP on it. Will I >>> have to completely disconnect all the present hard drives or can I just >>> disconnect just the power leads or just the data leads of each drive? >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Gerald >>> . >>> >> >> I've seen enough people ask here in these newsgroups how XP installed to >> the >> wrong drive and/or drive letter to suggest disconnecting all of the hard >> drives except the one you want to install on. Easy to avoid this error if >> only one drive is in the system during the install. Disconnect the data >> cables, the install cannot proceed if the data can't get to those drives. > > > Many thanks. > > Gerald You could just disconnect the power cable. I use that method, only I do it with toggle switches, to turn on or off different SATA drives internal to the PC. I need to be able to turn them on or off so I can: 1) boot to the drive I want, and 2) turn on more than one drive to use Drive Image 2002 in Caldera DOS. |