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Old May 22, 2004 | 03:22 PM
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Well, I've got an XP cd that I can install on the main drive, so that both systems will be running XP, the only problem is that the 25 digit code to install XP is in Corvallis and my dumb ex couldn't find the XP box in my room, so I'd have to wait til next week to install it h:. I contemplated changing the pin arrangement on the drives and them making the XP drive as the main, but the bios of the computer that I'm running it on is set for 98 SE, so it'd probably crash.
yea swapping drives with the system files arent just plug and play.
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Old May 22, 2004 | 03:25 PM
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are you sure the primary hdd is set to "master" and not "single"
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Old May 22, 2004 | 03:25 PM
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also, you have the slave in the middle of the ide and the master on the outside, right?
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Old May 22, 2004 | 03:27 PM
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Originally Posted by spankaveli
are you sure the primary hdd is set to "master" and not "single"

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