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Posted by on December 18, 2005, 7:44 am
Please log in for more thread options 250 gig Hitachi U/sw hard drive as drive zero (master drive) and have retained the original 30 gig Western Digital drive as drive one (slave drive) . Have used Norton Ghost to clone complete contents of the old drive onto the new drive. The computer is now booting up on the new hard drive, but the drive letters of the new hard drive are now designated as letters M through U while the original letters of the original partitioned hard drive remain C through K. Is it possible to change the drive letters of both drives so that the new master drive letters start with C through K? I have Norton Ghost as well as Partition Magic 8. best, Aaron | |||||||||||||
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Posted by old jon on December 18, 2005, 7:57 am
Please log in for more thread options drives and booted on your new drive as Primary master. It would have been seen as C:,D:, etc. This is assuming your original drive was C:. You would then add any further drives. I don`t think you can reassign the boot drive letter on the OS drive. bw..OJ | |||||||||||||
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Posted by on December 18, 2005, 11:38 am
Please log in for more thread options Dear OJ: thank's for quick reply! When you say "when you cloned our
drive, you should have disconnected all other drives". This I don't understand , how can I clone a drive onto another drive if the other other drive is disconnected. Were you referring to non hard drives such as floppy drives or dvd drives? Please advise! best, Aaron | |||||||||||||
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Posted by Bob on December 18, 2005, 11:55 am
Please log in for more thread options On 18 Dec 2005 08:38:10 -0800, aaronep@pacbell.net wrote:
>Dear OJ: thank's for quick reply! When you say "when you cloned our
>drive, you should have disconnected all other drives". This I don't >understand , how can I clone a drive onto another drive if the other >other drive is disconnected. Were you referring to non hard drives >such as floppy drives or dvd drives? Please advise! best, Aaron Is English a second language for you? He clearly meant *after* you clone the drive. You do not want the signatures of the other drive to compete with the new boot disk. Even then there may be a conflict when you reintroduce the old drive after establishing the new drive as the boot device, in which case you are going to have to learn how to read English or you will never figure out what to do. | |||||||||||||
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Posted by old jon on December 18, 2005, 2:25 pm
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> Dear OJ: thank's for quick reply! When you say "when you cloned our
Bob says it in his reply.
> drive, you should have disconnected all other drives". This I don't > understand , how can I clone a drive onto another drive if the other > other drive is disconnected. Were you referring to non hard drives > such as floppy drives or dvd drives? Please advise! best, Aaron > You have your original drive in your computer, as Master. You plug your new drive to it as Slave. You clone Master to Slave. Now you have 2 identical `drives`. Switch off the computer and substitute the New drive for the old. making sure it is set as Master. If you want to reconnect your original drive to the system, you Must make it a Slave, and only add it after you`ve booted with your new drive to ensure it`s working OK. bw..OJ | |||||||||||||
> 250 gig Hitachi U/sw hard drive as drive zero (master drive)
> and have retained the original 30 gig Western Digital drive as drive
> one (slave drive) .
>
> Have used Norton Ghost to clone complete contents of the old drive onto
> the new drive.
>
> The computer is now booting up on the new hard drive, but the drive
> letters of the new hard drive are now designated as letters M through U
> while the original letters of the original partitioned hard drive
> remain C through K.
>
> Is it possible to change the drive letters of both drives so that the
> new master drive letters start with C through K?
>
>
> I have Norton Ghost as well as Partition Magic 8.
>
>
> best, Aaron
>