Did you install WinXP on the second internal hard drive which is now
the master? Or, did it have XP installed on it
already? Machine running slow should have nothing to do with WinXP
being installed on the drive that is now slave.
You could move any important data from the slave drive and then just
format it. Unless you have a dual boot situation
nothing will get messed up by formatting. You might want to check
that DMA is enabled for your Master Drive.
"dd" <dd@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I installed a second internal hard drive and made it the master and the old
> hard drive is now the slave. I can access both drives ok. the problem is
> windows xp is on both drives the original and new bigger hard drive.
> should
> windows be on both or only master drive?? I called gateway support, but
> not
> much help there. Seems like computer is running slower now even though I
> installed 100 gig hard drive. Should I remove windows from old drive?
> Will
> that mess anything up? Thanks for your help.
>
> DD