Lappy's dying and taking hd...

[GeWeKe]

...out and converting the 2.5" 40G hd to a portable drive via an external USB 2.0 enclosure, do i need to set jumper to "slave" and "cable select". Or do reformat, it does contain my old XP Home.

I am not tech savvy but uses the comp for my graphics during course of work...any kind bro/ sis can help? Btw this is my virgin post.

Cheers n season greetings

[pam123]

Welcome to the Mech GeWeKe and seasons greetings to you too.

The drive must be set to Master.
It'll be in the instructions that comes with the enclosure.
As for reformatting, once you've gotten any data you want off the drive, yes reformat.
Use disk management from within XP to do so.
Start>Control Panel>Administrative Tools>Disk Management.

[GeWeKe]

Great, TQ for enlightening, greatly appreciated...:)