How do I load OS on a slave drive

jburton5377 · 11-09-2009, 06:32 PM

We are using an older version of Xp on our hard drive right now. I have a 40G slave drive. I used a xxclone program to try to clone it but it didnt work. What it did was take all the files from the main drive and clone them to the slave drive BUT it deleted to Operating system off the slave drive.

Now when I try to boot from the slave drive it is a black screen and it says it cant find the operating system. Ive put in the XP O/S CD but it wont read it. The black screen says to take out CD and press any button. Please help. We want to use the 40G drive

**raptor_pa** · 11-09-2009, 06:45 PM

If you just want to use the slave for storage - you don't need to install an OS on it.....Just use it for storage, it will be identified by the os as another drive. It may need initialized and formatted...

jburton5377 · 11-09-2009, 06:53 PM

No I want to use it as my main drive not storage. It will not boot.

**raptor_pa** · 11-09-2009, 06:59 PM

The clone will overwrite the the existing data. After the clone you will have to remove the original boot drive, replace it with the clone, and it should boot, if not then the clone is incorrect.

11-09-2009, 06:32 PM	#1 (permalink)
jburton5377 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 2 OS: XP	How do I load OS on a slave drive We are using an older version of Xp on our hard drive right now. I have a 40G slave drive. I used a xxclone program to try to clone it but it didnt work. What it did was take all the files from the main drive and clone them to the slave drive BUT it deleted to Operating system off the slave drive. Now when I try to boot from the slave drive it is a black screen and it says it cant find the operating system. Ive put in the XP O/S CD but it wont read it. The black screen says to take out CD and press any button. Please help. We want to use the 40G drive

11-09-2009, 06:45 PM	#2 (permalink)
raptor_pa Mod Hardware Team Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Central PA Posts: 4,820 OS: XP	Re: How do I load OS on a slave drive If you just want to use the slave for storage - you don't need to install an OS on it.....Just use it for storage, it will be identified by the os as another drive. It may need initialized and formatted... __________________

11-09-2009, 06:53 PM	#3 (permalink)
jburton5377 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 2 OS: XP	Re: How do I load OS on a slave drive No I want to use it as my main drive not storage. It will not boot.

11-09-2009, 06:59 PM	#4 (permalink)
raptor_pa Mod Hardware Team Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Central PA Posts: 4,820 OS: XP	Re: How do I load OS on a slave drive The clone will overwrite the the existing data. After the clone you will have to remove the original boot drive, replace it with the clone, and it should boot, if not then the clone is incorrect. __________________