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Tumbleweed36 · 01-08-2007, 07:05 PM

Hi,

If you want the Sata to be the main boot drive and call it drive C:, I would guess you might have to reinstall with the other drive out of the system.

If you don't have data that is important and that was my system and wanted it to work flawlessly, then I would format both drives and install or a clean install on the Sata with the other drive out of the system. You have to choose and when i know exactly what your status is on that, we will try to help.

At any stretch of the imagination, if you (and you do) want your Sata to be drive C:, you would be better off to reinstall the OS with the other drive out. Then, after you get it up and running, you can put the other drive back in the system and use it to retrieve the data if you have important programs on that drive or as a secondary drive. Since your boot drive would be Sata C:, Windows would most likely assign the letter D to the extra drive.

Just make sure when you do these things that you have the Hard Disk Priority and the Boot Order set properly.

01-08-2007, 07:05 PM	#4 (permalink)
Tumbleweed36 Asst Manager Hardware Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 19,467 OS: XP Professional	Hi, If you want the Sata to be the main boot drive and call it drive C:, I would guess you might have to reinstall with the other drive out of the system. If you don't have data that is important and that was my system and wanted it to work flawlessly, then I would format both drives and install or a clean install on the Sata with the other drive out of the system. You have to choose and when i know exactly what your status is on that, we will try to help. At any stretch of the imagination, if you (and you do) want your Sata to be drive C:, you would be better off to reinstall the OS with the other drive out. Then, after you get it up and running, you can put the other drive back in the system and use it to retrieve the data if you have important programs on that drive or as a secondary drive. Since your boot drive would be Sata C:, Windows would most likely assign the letter D to the extra drive. Just make sure when you do these things that you have the Hard Disk Priority and the Boot Order set properly. __________________ ---------- I don't receive email notifications of replies to subscribed threads. (Internet provider policy) Therefore, if I don't respond to your post within 24 hours, please send me a reminder PM and include the link to your thread.