Posted by DAN on October 02, 19100 at 17:38:42:
In Reply to: HD jumper settings posted by david on October 02, 19100 at 12:54:35:
YOU WOULD HAVE IT JUMPERED TO SLAVE AND PARTITIONED AND FORMATTED AND DETECTED IT BIOS AS SLAVE,,THEN USE WHAT EVER SOFTWARE TO COPY OLD HD TO SLAVE,,THEN CHANGE JUMPERS TO MAKE IT MASTER AND OTHER DRIVE AS SLAVE IF YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE A SLAVE THEN REDETECT IT IN BIOS SET UP. DON'T THINK YOU WILL EVER PULL OFF THE COPYING USING DISKCOPY DUE TO THE COMPLEX COMMANDS TO COPY SYSTEM FILES,,YOU WOULD DO BETTER USING DRIVE COPY OR
SIMULAR,,I USE A SEPARATE DRIVE AS C: THEN PUT ON SECONDARY CABLE EITHER DRIVE AS MASTER AND OTHER AS SLAVE ,,DETECT IN BIOS AND THEN I USE LAPLINK 95 OR LAPLINK 2000 AND CLICK ON C: OF THE DRIVE TO BE COPIED TO C: AND DRAG AND DROP ON THE DRIVE TO BE COPIED TO THEN PUT NEW DRIVE BACK IN ORIGIONAL COMPUTER AS MASTER AND DETECTED IN BIOS,,WORKS FIRST TIME EVEY TIME
DAN
: When I install my new drive and I want to use disk copy to make it my primary, do I first set it up as the slave and then after copying old drive do I make it the primary? I guess what i am wondering is if I set it up after installation as the Primary will my computer still boot-up?
: Thanks, David