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Yeah, when and if you get a windows cd, you're going to have to call Microsoft and explain what happened and hope they give you a new cd key. I'm telling you bro, at least give the Acronis thing a go before wiping your old HD.

King_County_Downy wrote:

Yeah, when and if you get a windows cd, you're going to have to call Microsoft and explain what happened and hope they give you a new cd key. I'm telling you bro, at least give the Acronis thing a go before wiping your old HD.

He doesn't have to wipe the old one if he installs the new one. And if it doesn't work then he can try to clone the old

Noo not a mac cd, look if you have never installed an o/s before you are not going to find it easy...sure try it if you want to educate yourself but belive me it takes time and youll make mistakes, perhaps even have to start over again.

There are plenty of sites with tutorials and help on installing, its pointless trying to repeat them here, suggest you read up on it a LOT before carrying on.

Oh and assuming you have a legit windows sticker on your box then any old cd with the right version of windows will work, when you are done, give M$ your code within 30 days and tell them it was a reinstal.

I have this Sata thingy to connect to my hdd but I'm not getting the slave thing, So i put the Sata to the master and now there is a powerline that can connect to two HDD but what do i do?

I've removed that little plastic thing from my fucked up hdd to make it a slave... help?

Ok, forget about the IDE stuff I said...obviously, you have SATA. As long as you can see both hard drives in question, you should be fine. Just go through the wizard and tell it which hard drive is the source, and which is the destination drive.

Yeah, in the initial post screen (the first screen on bootup) it should show Primary Master, Primary Slave, etc.

Just keep moving the jumpers around til you find the slave position. Like I said it can't hurt the drive, it either works or it doesn't. You'll get it eventually. It usually takes me a few tries too.

Marlboroman82 wrote:

King_County_Downy wrote:

Just keep moving the jumpers around til you find the slave position. Like I said it can't hurt the drive, it either works or it doesn't. You'll get it eventually. It usually takes me a few tries too.

thats what she said

Ahahaha I resisted, but thanks for the laugh.
I want to see this picture of his setup, and of his hard drive.

must be a dell, and it is sata boyeeeeeeee

if you want to to set it to slave you must do it in the bios

Marlboroman82 wrote:

if you want to to set it to slave you must do it in the bios

What in the hell are you talkin' aboot? Jumpers. Jumpers. Jumpers. Marsha. Marsha. Marsha.

King_County_Downy wrote:

Marlboroman82 wrote:

if you want to to set it to slave you must do it in the bios

What in the hell are you talkin' aboot? Jumpers. Jumpers. Jumpers. Marsha. Marsha. Marsha.

sorry brain fart, but if you have to drives plugged into the baord you should be able to set one as master and slave in the bios

*   STEP 1: Decide which hard drive will be the startup (master) drive. If this drive was the startup drive previously, or if it's a new hard drive, then the master drive designation will already be set.
    * STEP 2: To change the designation of a new drive to be a slave drive, skip to step 4.
    * STEP 3: To change the designation of an existing drive to be a slave drive: Turn off the computer, unplug the power cord, remove the drive from its drive bay, and disconnect the drive from its power cord and ribbon cable.
    * STEP 4: Check the hard drive documentation or the label on the drive itself for master/slave jumper settings.
    * STEP 5: Find the jumpers on the circuit board of the drive. Jumpers are plastic plugs with metal sleeves that form a circuit between a pair of pins. Jumper locations are labeled on the board with a J followed by a number (such as J20).
    * STEP 6: Use tweezers or very small pliers to remove or reposition the jumpers to the configuration shown in the documentation or on the disk label.
    * STEP 7: Install (or reinstall) the hard drive in the computer. (See "How to Install a Second Hard Drive.")

Refer back to my picture on page 1. Se the little diagram on the back of the hard drive that shows you the jumper positions? You will have to remove the hard drive from the case so you can see it. An yes, you have to put a jumper in the correct spot for it to become teh slave!