Slave Drive

Question

Have an ASUS PC. Upgraded from a DELL Dimension 8100. The 40 GB hardrive went bad, so using it as a slave drive. Logging into Windows XP with the main drive a 160GB hardrive, I cannot recognize the slave drive when it's plugged in. I want to copy my files from the slave drive over to the main drive or a CD-RW disc. The slave drive has WinME. I was able to log onto that drive in safe mode, but I did a restore, and now I can't log into it at all.   What can I do to get my data transferred to a CD-RW disc or over to the main drive?   When I was able to log into the slave drive in safe mode, it never recognized the CD-RW drive but did recognize the A: drive. I was only able to copy my outlook express address book and transfer it over to the main drive.   Any suggestions?   Thanks

osprey4 · Answer

With Dell systems, you normally set the drive jumpers to cable select, but with your Asus, you might want to try the old master/slave jumper settings. Then boot to the BIOS and make sure both drives are visible.   CD-RW are really not practical for transferring hard drive information. They're simply too small. The alternative should this not work would be to purchase an external drive enclosure, drop that 40-GB drive in there and plug it into the USB port.

GallupingGoose · Answer

Thanks for input. How do you boot into BIOS?   Thanks.

shesagordie · Answer

GallupingGoose

Try clicking the 'Delete' key on bootup.

Bev.

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GallupingGoose · Answer

Thanks Bev. I was able to boot into BIOS, however there was nothing about this slave drive. Just master drive then slave drive then 4th master and 4th slave drive. I wouldn't know what to click on without Messing up the whole system. The new system is WinXP and the old slave drive is WinME.

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