heey tech,
I just pulled a 160G HDD out of my dad's PC, it has windows XP home edition on it.
I tried to install the HDD but I didn't succeed, here's the info:
I inserted the HDD on the flat cable which is also connected to my DVD drive, the label on the connector said (HDD cable)
so I booted and it would try to boot my dad's HDD so I booted again and pressed F8 and chose my own HDD.
When PC was ready whit booting I did START > My computer. I wound out that I could see my own HDD but not my dad's
and my DVD drive was missing. I did a reboot and did DEL so I got into some kind of menu. it said: SATA1 : 320gblablalba
Sata 2:.. sata3:... and well I could only find my own HDD so I'm like wtf. So I go to a TAB where I can select the boot device
I could select CD drive / 320 GB / 160 GB my 320 gb boot device was already selected as primary boot device.
I did a reboot and It would still try to boot my dad's 160 GB. I don't really know how to format the old HDD and just get it to work.
I tried to find a way to select the 160 GB as master and the DVD drive as a slave but I couldn't find a way to do that.
PLZ techies help me with getting my HDD to work
I just pulled a 160G HDD out of my dad's PC, it has windows XP home edition on it.
I tried to install the HDD but I didn't succeed, here's the info:
I inserted the HDD on the flat cable which is also connected to my DVD drive, the label on the connector said (HDD cable)
so I booted and it would try to boot my dad's HDD so I booted again and pressed F8 and chose my own HDD.
When PC was ready whit booting I did START > My computer. I wound out that I could see my own HDD but not my dad's
and my DVD drive was missing. I did a reboot and did DEL so I got into some kind of menu. it said: SATA1 : 320gblablalba
Sata 2:.. sata3:... and well I could only find my own HDD so I'm like wtf. So I go to a TAB where I can select the boot device
I could select CD drive / 320 GB / 160 GB my 320 gb boot device was already selected as primary boot device.
I did a reboot and It would still try to boot my dad's 160 GB. I don't really know how to format the old HDD and just get it to work.
I tried to find a way to select the 160 GB as master and the DVD drive as a slave but I couldn't find a way to do that.
PLZ techies help me with getting my HDD to work