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fallon
I've had a motherload of problems not being able to
access files on my old C; drive which is now installed as
the E: drive on my new system, which runs XP pro.
I have tried EVERYTHING to copy these files, read them,
burn them, no luck. I continue to get parameter errors,
and read errors.
Someone I spoke to tonight suggested that I actually open
the system and look at the drive set-ups in the slots and
the jumper settings. I looked in my BIOS to see what it
reads and this is what it tells me.
Primary: My new drive which is 80 gig (my new C: drive)
Primary Slave: DVD/CD/CDR
Secondary: Old C: drive (or my E: drive on new system) 20
gig
Sec. Slave: Old CD Burner that the tech took out of old
system on put into new one.
Is this a dodgey set-up? Should the old drive be set as
a slave on the primary cable? Shouldn't the secondary be
the DVD/CDR or the old cd burner?
Can someone tell me what the drive set-up should be and
what the appropraite jumper settings shuld be for each
slot?
Confused. I'm going to take the system in tomorrow, but
am trying to figure out if this is the issue or not as to
why I cannot access a lot of my old files. Does windows
XP not like having this old drive present that used to
run ME?
Note: This is not a dual boot system. When in explorer
it just shows the 2 drives as C: and E:
Thanks for any tips.
Fallon
access files on my old C; drive which is now installed as
the E: drive on my new system, which runs XP pro.
I have tried EVERYTHING to copy these files, read them,
burn them, no luck. I continue to get parameter errors,
and read errors.
Someone I spoke to tonight suggested that I actually open
the system and look at the drive set-ups in the slots and
the jumper settings. I looked in my BIOS to see what it
reads and this is what it tells me.
Primary: My new drive which is 80 gig (my new C: drive)
Primary Slave: DVD/CD/CDR
Secondary: Old C: drive (or my E: drive on new system) 20
gig
Sec. Slave: Old CD Burner that the tech took out of old
system on put into new one.
Is this a dodgey set-up? Should the old drive be set as
a slave on the primary cable? Shouldn't the secondary be
the DVD/CDR or the old cd burner?
Can someone tell me what the drive set-up should be and
what the appropraite jumper settings shuld be for each
slot?
Confused. I'm going to take the system in tomorrow, but
am trying to figure out if this is the issue or not as to
why I cannot access a lot of my old files. Does windows
XP not like having this old drive present that used to
run ME?
Note: This is not a dual boot system. When in explorer
it just shows the 2 drives as C: and E:
Thanks for any tips.
Fallon