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    Windows XP Windows XP Hard drive issues

    I purchased a Windows XP desktop because my old XP desktop motherboard died. I wanted to be able to put my old hard drive (SATA100 7200RPM 160GB) in it and keep on using it. The new desktop has a smaller (looks like 80GB) hard drive that I would like to make a slave out of. I think it is an...
    • Wrong Way Willie
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    • compatibility data access desktop hard drive ide installation motherboard sata slave drive storage troubleshooting windows xp
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 8 Recover lost data

    I had to clean install yesterday and rightfully so, i lost all of my date from drive (D). Now, i would like to know how to recover any of this data after formatting? (How do i make my internal HDD become a slave and therefore readable and able to recover data?)
    • sameh83
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    • backup clean install data loss data recovery data retrieval disk utility drive management file recovery file system formatting hdd internal drive partition slave drive storage system restore windows
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support

  3. Windows 7 Install Win7 on slave drive or new hard drive on work PC

    Ok, don't know if this has been asked before, but I want to use my work laptop as a PC as well. Here are my two options: Option 1, install Win 7 on "slave" drive, the HP laptop I have for work has two hard drive bays, and dual boot Win 7 Pro and Win 7 Ultimate. Option 2, install Win 7...
    • James Walton
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    • backup dual boot hard drive hp laptop installation it issues laptop performance pro version slave drive specs system admin tech support troubleshooting ultimate windows 7 work pc
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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    Windows 7 Reformating old hard drive...

    Hi :), I have a older hard drive that has win xp pro on it and I want to install it as a slave drive in my Win 7 ultimate computer. I was going to install it as a slave and make sure that none of the boot devices point to it in my bios. I will then reformat it. Will this cause any issues with...
    • melissarose
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    • art files bios settings computer help hard drive installation reformat slave drive storage windows 7 windows xp
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Windows Hardware
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    Windows 7 Random but Frequent BSOD

    Hi I have been having issues with random BSOD for months and seems to be happening more often now. I have run the Dell tools to check all hardware and not getting any issues. I ran last summer and had a bad hard drive which Dell replaced but was the slave drive and was having the BSOD before...
    • Darrell Pinter
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    • analysis blue screen bsod computer cpu-z dell diagnostics dump files error logs hardware performance random issues slave drive support system crash tech support troubleshooting update windows windows tools
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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    Windows 7 Slave Drives Not Detected After Install

    I formatted my HD in the spring for Windows 7 Beta (No Issues). Three months ago, I formatted again and installed 7RC (again, no issues). Today however, the following happened: After the computer rebooted to finish the installation, it rebooted once more (as normal to get into Windows)...
    • VlyCal
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    • bios drive management dual boot hardware issues installation partition reboot slave drive troubleshooting windows 7
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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    Windows 7 Slave Sata HDD cant be found in Win7, Laptop.

    Hey guys, Kinda new to windows 7. I've tried to install a slave sata hard drive in my machine. Im running an Asus G50 laptop. It has a slave drive bay and all and is being found in the bios but not in windows. It's not being found via diskmgmt.msc either. The hard drive is a 160 gig Seagate...
    • Maros
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    • 160gb 5400 rpm 5400.3 asus bios compatibility disk management external storage hard drive hdd laptop sata seagate slave drive storage tech support windows 7
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Hardware
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    Windows 7 Will Clean Install of Win 7 Upgrade Affect Slave Drive?

    This is an important question to bring up, I think (sorry if it's been brought up before), but, as I've said previously, I've been having issues doing the in-place upgrade for Win 7. It's BSOD'd on me four times now (fourth time I even uninstalled everything it said for me to) every time it gets...

  9. Windows 7 Install W7 on new hard drive and make existing hard drive slave

    Hey there. I'm thinking I'm going to purchase a new hard drive to Install Windows 7 on. My idea is to simply swap the jumpers on my existing primary hard drive to make it a slave drive and not worry about backing up my existing data. Seems simple enough, which makes it scary that I can't...