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port187 · 08-06-05

Hello. Quick question for you.
I configured a system with 3 hdd's and one cd rom. I set it up as follows:

Primary ide:
Master-cd rom drive
Slave-30gb hdd.

Secondary ide:
Master-4gb hdd.
Slave-3gb hdd.

I assumed placing the 30gb hdd as the primary slave windows would automatically place this as the C:\. However when installing winxp, xp seen the 30gb drive as the E:\ and not the C:\. Looked something like:
4gb c:\
3gb d:\
30gb e:\
So I could choose to put xp on the 30gb E:\ and it put the boot files on c:\ and boots up fine.

I had a word with a pal who said to get the 30gb as the c:\ i'd have to phyiscally take out the hdd's and re arrange them so windows see the 30gb as the c:\. Is there another way round this?
Thanks for any ideas on this.

P.s what's happening with the faq's I posted one but then got some message saying:

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SPHERE · 08-06-05

set the 30gb as master and the cdrom as slave then go into the bios and disable the other 2 hdds until windows is loaded or just unplug em also disable or unplug any usb card readers during setup those will mess up drive letters too

*ncsa* · 08-06-05

Quote:

Originally Posted by port187

Hello. Quick question for you.
I configured a system with 3 hdd's and one cd rom. I set it up as follows:

Primary ide:
Master-cd rom drive
Slave-30gb hdd.

Secondary ide:
Master-4gb hdd.
Slave-3gb hdd.

I assumed placing the 30gb hdd as the primary slave windows would automatically place this as the C:\. However when installing winxp, xp seen the 30gb drive as the E:\ and not the C:\. Looked something like:
4gb c:\
3gb d:\
30gb e:\
So I could choose to put xp on the 30gb E:\ and it put the boot files on c:\ and boots up fine.

I had a word with a pal who said to get the 30gb as the c:\ i'd have to phyiscally take out the hdd's and re arrange them so windows see the 30gb as the c:\. Is there another way round this?
Thanks for any ideas on this.

P.s what's happening with the faq's I posted one but then got some message saying:

Thank you for posting! You will now be taken to your post. If the administrator has selected to moderate all posts in this forum, you will be taken back to the forum and your post will be displayed presently. If you opted to post a poll, you will now be allowed to do so.

I didn't see my post. Do I have to wait for it to appear?

If you are installing for the first time disconnect all drives but the one you wish for the OS to be installed upon. This must be on the Primary IDE and set as Master, it would be best then to have you CD-rom drive on the Secondary IDE as slave as the controllers will default to the slowest device speed which is not what you need for the OS Boot drive.

SPHERE · 08-06-05

Quote:

controllers will default to the slowest device

thats a myth lol or at least it doesnt work when i try it

ive put a ata 33 and a ata 133 hdd on the same chanel and i still pulled 50 a sec off the 133

*ncsa* · 08-06-05

Quote:

Originally Posted by SPHERE

thats a myth lol or at least it doesnt work when i try it

ive put a ata 33 and a ata 133 hdd on the same chanel and i still pulled 50 a sec off the 133

Maybe .. but good practice to keep slow drives away from the fast ones.. esp if you are doing a CD Copy or backup between the devices.

johndoe · 08-06-05

i know how to rename the drives but ill have to fiddle with it before i can figure it out again. i did the same thing

johndoe · 08-06-05

click start, right-click my computer, manage,disk management, right-click on the big white space with the name and size and drive letter, and then there is an option to change drive letter. if that doesnt work then you might have to move cables around

port187 · 08-06-05

I think I got that sorted. But what about the faq posting thing. It hasnt been updated for days. Is it broken?

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SPHERE ATI Enthusiast Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 6,214 Rep: 743 Unique Rep: 330 FAQs Submitted: 17 Folding Team Rank: 1124 Hardware Reviews: 14 Trader Rating: 4	set the 30gb as master and the cdrom as slave then go into the bios and disable the other 2 hdds until windows is loaded or just unplug em also disable or unplug any usb card readers during setup those will mess up drive letters too

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