Computer Gurus...need some help
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Computer Gurus...need some help
I'm playing around with some old hard drives, and I want to install one as a slave drive onto my mom's computer. Her comp, which I will be using as the main drive, is running win98se. The slave drive that I've installed has XP Pro. I have the pin settings correct on both hard drives, and the slave drive is now readable under my computer, but not openable. When I try and open it, it gives me this error: "D:/ is not accessable. A device attached to the system is not functioning." The main drive is functioning as normal.
Does this mean that the MAIN drive has to be running XP pro as well? My dad said they they are reverse compatable, meaning if the main drive had XP and the slave had 98 that it would work. Unfortunately he thinks that it isn't forward compatable.
Can anyone clear this up for me?
Does this mean that the MAIN drive has to be running XP pro as well? My dad said they they are reverse compatable, meaning if the main drive had XP and the slave had 98 that it would work. Unfortunately he thinks that it isn't forward compatable.
Can anyone clear this up for me?
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If your XP is formatted as NTFS and the 98 is setup on a FAT32 system then you are going to have some problems 
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Originally Posted by Nightshade
If your XP is formatted as NTFS and the 98 is setup on a FAT32 system then you are going to have some problems
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The problem is that its not letting me access the slave drive...BUT, when I right click and access properties, it says the file system is "FAT". It doesn't say fat32 though...
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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.
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.