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Old 02-13-2004, 12:18 PM   #9
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Originally posted by Deckard_BR
OR: Reverse my slave and master HDD's so that my old slave drive is the new master, and put the new WinXP copy on the new master (which contains nothing of any importance). Only thing is, the old slave is f: and the old master is d:, which may be a non-issue, but I'm not sure. It should just be a matter of jumper settings and IDE cables, right?
That's actually not a bad idea if you don't have anything you need to save on the slave HD. That way, you can install Windows on the HD without worrying about deleting files, and then you can save everything from the other drive. The drive letters aren't an issue.
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