Adding / Formatting a 2nd Hard Drive
As a result of replacing my hdd with a larger capacity one, I now have a 'spare' drive - lets call it Z.
I installed the drive (Z) as a slave drive in an older pc which is running ME with the intention of formating it (Z) and installing a new version of XP on same. My intention then is to replace the old drive in the ME machine with a larger (Z) drive complete with a new recently installed version of XP. (Still with me...?)
While the slave shows up in the bios, it doesn't show under 'my computer' and I can't access it. Not to be outdone, I disconnecetd the original drive, and called my new (Z) drive the master. Well, the PC had a fit and refused to start, whinging about new hardware. Restoring the original drive to the pc was required.
I appreciate that the two file systems are different - XP using NTFS and ME using FAT32. However, is there any way around the problem. Maybe the Z drive didn't start as Windows recognised the pc was a different one with a completely diffferent hardware spec etc.
I simply wish to replace the smaller hdd in the ME pc with the larger drive and a new copy of XP which I will then allow me to 'play' with lots of other goodies without the risk of stuffing my main pc.
Any thoughts?
All help gratefully received.
Thanks
HJ