help with master / slave hard drive

[SS]

I have a new hard drive (master) on my PC. my old hard drive (now slave) has
a version of windows xp and all sorts of other unwanted programmes on it.
I have run the PC with just the new (master) hard drive and all is ok and
nothing missing.
Do I now just right click the D drive (slave) and click on format to eraze
all and then I can just use as backup and extra storage.?

Thanks for any guidance.

 

[John John (MVP)]

John

I have a new hard drive (master) on my PC. my old hard drive (now slave) has
a version of windows xp and all sorts of other unwanted programmes on it.
I have run the PC with just the new (master) hard drive and all is ok and
nothing missing.
Do I now just right click the D drive (slave) and click on format to eraze
all and then I can just use as backup and extra storage.?

Yes.

John

 

[Terry R.]

The date and time was 11/18/2008 10:47 AM, and on a whim, SS pounded out

I have a new hard drive (master) on my PC. my old hard drive (now slave) has
a version of windows xp and all sorts of other unwanted programmes on it.
I have run the PC with just the new (master) hard drive and all is ok and
nothing missing.
Do I now just right click the D drive (slave) and click on format to eraze
all and then I can just use as backup and extra storage.?

Thanks for any guidance.

Hi SS,

Just to clarity, does it run fine without the slave attached (is that
what you meant by "just")? If so, yes.

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[John Barnett MVP]

So long as Windows XP can see the drive, which I assume it can with you
suggesting right clicking on it to format, and you can see and access the
contents from Windows explorer then, Yes all you need do is format the slave
drive and you can use it as a backup drive.

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[Unknown]

The answer to your question is yes. However, play it safe and wait a few
weeks before formatting.

 

[SS]

Thanks to all for replying. I have been running with only the new hard drive
in place for over week and all was ok. I have since added the `old `one
back as a slave and was just confirming I was doing the correct procedure in
order to use it as a back up. Since I posted I have formatted the old
drive and everything appears to be ok.

Once again thanks to all for the advice and replies.

 

[Terry R.]

The date and time was 11/18/2008 12:01 PM, and on a whim, SS pounded out

Thanks to all for replying. I have been running with only the new hard drive
in place for over week and all was ok. I have since added the `old `one
back as a slave and was just confirming I was doing the correct procedure in
order to use it as a back up. Since I posted I have formatted the old
drive and everything appears to be ok.

Once again thanks to all for the advice and replies.

You're welcome.

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[Ghostrider]

Thanks to all for replying. I have been running with only the new hard drive
in place for over week and all was ok. I have since added the `old `one
back as a slave and was just confirming I was doing the correct procedure in
order to use it as a back up. Since I posted I have formatted the old
drive and everything appears to be ok.

Once again thanks to all for the advice and replies.

Just an added word of caution. Make very sure that the old hard
drive is really Drive D. If there is one point of error, it is the
jumpering (or positioning) of the old master drive, or old Drive C.
One needs to be absolutely sure that the computer did not boot up
from the old master drive when both it and the new hard drive are
connected together.

Our positive solution has been to always format or clean old hard
drives externally by using an USB drive enclosure or dock before
placing it inside any computer.