I installed xp on second drive which is now master(c. I noticed that when I
create a new folder or try to save a file it always defaults to (d which
was old drive that was origianlly (c. I want C: to be default and use d:
(slave) for backing up stuff. does that make sense?? Thanks.

Den

"Rich Barry" wrote:

> 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
> news:8269F099-30D4-469E-8854-EB996CFDB763@microsoft.com...
> >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
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