Installing Windows XP on new Hard drive

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Gerald Bramwell

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
 
Gerald Bramwell said:
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
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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.
 
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.
Click to expand...


Many thanks.

Gerald
 
Gerald said:
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?
Click to expand...

You can disconnect the power cable or the data cable or both.

Or, if you're REALLY careful, neither [not recommended].
 
Gerald Bramwell said:
Many thanks.

Gerald
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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.
 
You will of course need the SATA drivers for your particular
chipset during the install unless you are installing XP SP1

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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.
Click to expand...


Many thanks.

Gerald
 
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