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

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

Sounds like you copied, but did not remove the original hard drive during
the first boot after the copy. Why are you making the background
information a mystery and subject to speculation?

--
Jonny
"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

not sure what you mean by backround information. This is my first time using
this so I may know be familiar with all the terms. I bought a new 100 gig
hard drive and formatted it and installed xp on it. should i remove xp from
original old hard drive now. I now have 2 hard drives and I want to keep the
old one for backing up stuff.

"Jonny" wrote:

> Sounds like you copied, but did not remove the original hard drive during
> the first boot after the copy. Why are you making the background
> information a mystery and subject to speculation?
>
> --
> Jonny
> "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
>
>
>

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
>
>
>

Background information is what happened prior to the symptoms. Such makes
it easier for the mechanic to fix the car. We have no remote diagnostic
equipment connected to your PC. The only thing we have to go on is what you
tell us.

--
Jonny
"dd" <dd@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news723798D-940C-4075-B3EF-28B8189CB0C7@microsoft.com...
> not sure what you mean by backround information. This is my first time
using
> this so I may know be familiar with all the terms. I bought a new 100 gig
> hard drive and formatted it and installed xp on it. should i remove xp
from
> original old hard drive now. I now have 2 hard drives and I want to keep
the
> old one for backing up stuff.
>
> "Jonny" wrote:
>
> > Sounds like you copied, but did not remove the original hard drive
during
> > the first boot after the copy. Why are you making the background
> > information a mystery and subject to speculation?
> >
> > --
> > Jonny
> > "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
> >
> >
> >

I have no problems with hard drive other than wanting to know if I should
have win xp on both drives. the original drive was named c and now it is the
slave and named d:. the new larger drive is master and named c: . my
desktop defaults to d: and so does it any time it add programs instead of
defaulting to new drive c:. should it be this way? should i take win xp off
slave drive? thanks
--
Den


"Jonny" wrote:

> Background information is what happened prior to the symptoms. Such makes
> it easier for the mechanic to fix the car. We have no remote diagnostic
> equipment connected to your PC. The only thing we have to go on is what you
> tell us.
>
> --
> Jonny
> "dd" <dd@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news723798D-940C-4075-B3EF-28B8189CB0C7@microsoft.com...
> > not sure what you mean by backround information. This is my first time
> using
> > this so I may know be familiar with all the terms. I bought a new 100 gig
> > hard drive and formatted it and installed xp on it. should i remove xp
> from
> > original old hard drive now. I now have 2 hard drives and I want to keep
> the
> > old one for backing up stuff.
> >
> > "Jonny" wrote:
> >
> > > Sounds like you copied, but did not remove the original hard drive
> during
> > > the first boot after the copy. Why are you making the background
> > > information a mystery and subject to speculation?
> > >
> > > --
> > > Jonny
> > > "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
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>
>