Hard Drive Wont Format

[Brian]

XP will not let you format the boot device (master hard
drive) You will have to create a bootable floppy with
Fdisk and format on it. Or boot to the XP install cd and
use it's partioning section to repartion the drives.
I've never actually tried to flip flop master and slave
drives like this but I would suspect it's a rather tricky
operation for the above reasons... Good luck!
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Ami,
>
>I am so confused! Why don't you refer to the HD's as
the
>new and the old instead of Master and Slave because
after
>the first paragraph I am not sure if you are referring
to
>the old HD or the new HD as Master/Slave. Does anyone
else
>have the same problem I have in deciphering what Ami
wants
>to do?
>
>Sleepless
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Hi, got a new bigger harddrive and reinstalled programs
>etc, i set it as a
>>slave and the old as a master, now ive got the slave
ready
>i want to format
>>the master and turn it to a slave,
>>
>>im using dual boot at the moment, but will want the
slave
>to boot
>>automatically which should happen once i format the
>master, if not i know
>>about removing the second line in boot.ini
>>
>>i know about the jumper settings and can change those,
>question is will XP
>>have any probs as it was installed on a slave drive and
>now will be a
>>master?
>>
>>secondly i cant format the master at all i tried using
the
>disk mamagement
>>feature but the thing is greyed out same as partioning,
>but on the slave i
>>can, ive used the right click on c: and selected format
>but at the end it
>>says it cant
>>
>>any ideas how i can format the master harddrive?
>>
>>
>>.
>>
>.
>

[Ami]

soz, about the wording, i got a new hardrive, which i have installed stuff
on to it and XP (faster and bigger) i did this while the new was a slave and
my old one a master, now i want to format the old one and turn it into a
slave, then can turn the new one into a master via jumpers


"Brian" > wrote in message
...
> XP will not let you format the boot device (master hard
> drive) You will have to create a bootable floppy with
> Fdisk and format on it. Or boot to the XP install cd and
> use it's partioning section to repartion the drives.
> I've never actually tried to flip flop master and slave
> drives like this but I would suspect it's a rather tricky
> operation for the above reasons... Good luck!
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hi Ami,
> >
> >I am so confused! Why don't you refer to the HD's as
> the
> >new and the old instead of Master and Slave because
> after
> >the first paragraph I am not sure if you are referring
> to
> >the old HD or the new HD as Master/Slave. Does anyone
> else
> >have the same problem I have in deciphering what Ami
> wants
> >to do?
> >
> >Sleepless
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>Hi, got a new bigger harddrive and reinstalled programs
> >etc, i set it as a
> >>slave and the old as a master, now ive got the slave
> ready
> >i want to format
> >>the master and turn it to a slave,
> >>
> >>im using dual boot at the moment, but will want the
> slave
> >to boot
> >>automatically which should happen once i format the
> >master, if not i know
> >>about removing the second line in boot.ini
> >>
> >>i know about the jumper settings and can change those,
> >question is will XP
> >>have any probs as it was installed on a slave drive and
> >now will be a
> >>master?
> >>
> >>secondly i cant format the master at all i tried using
> the
> >disk mamagement
> >>feature but the thing is greyed out same as partioning,
> >but on the slave i
> >>can, ive used the right click on c: and selected format
> >but at the end it
> >>says it cant
> >>
> >>any ideas how i can format the master harddrive?
> >>
> >>
> >>.
> >>
> >.
> >

[WinXP Blues]

Hi Ami,

I assume you have data/other files on the old HD that you
want to keep, right? Why not do this:

Jumper the new HD as Master and the old HD as Slave.
Go into Bios and set the boot sequence to CD first, then
IDE0, then Floppy.

Put WinXP installation CD in the CDRom, restart the
computer.

Go through the installation process for WinXP.

Once WinXP is installed and operating correctly, (don't
forget to go back into Bios and change the boot sequence
back to IDE0 or floppy first, whichever you prefer, and
CDRom second or third) you can use Window Explorer to
access the old HD and copy all your data/other files onto
the new HD. After all the files have transferred correctly
to the new HD, use Window Explorer to format your old HD
and use it as a backup data storage. Good luck.

Sleepless

>-----Original Message-----
>soz, about the wording, i got a new hardrive, which i have
installed stuff
>on to it and XP (faster and bigger) i did this while the
new was a slave and
>my old one a master, now i want to format the old one and
turn it into a
>slave, then can turn the new one into a master via jumpers
>
>
>"Brian" > wrote in message
...
>> XP will not let you format the boot device (master hard
>> drive) You will have to create a bootable floppy with
>> Fdisk and format on it. Or boot to the XP install cd
and
>> use it's partioning section to repartion the drives.
>> I've never actually tried to flip flop master and slave
>> drives like this but I would suspect it's a rather
tricky
>> operation for the above reasons... Good luck!
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >Hi Ami,
>> >
>> >I am so confused! Why don't you refer to the HD's as
>> the
>> >new and the old instead of Master and Slave because
>> after
>> >the first paragraph I am not sure if you are referring
>> to
>> >the old HD or the new HD as Master/Slave. Does anyone
>> else
>> >have the same problem I have in deciphering what Ami
>> wants
>> >to do?
>> >
>> >Sleepless
>> >
>> >>-----Original Message-----
>> >>Hi, got a new bigger harddrive and reinstalled
programs
>> >etc, i set it as a
>> >>slave and the old as a master, now ive got the slave
>> ready
>> >i want to format
>> >>the master and turn it to a slave,
>> >>
>> >>im using dual boot at the moment, but will want the
>> slave
>> >to boot
>> >>automatically which should happen once i format the
>> >master, if not i know
>> >>about removing the second line in boot.ini
>> >>
>> >>i know about the jumper settings and can change those,
>> >question is will XP
>> >>have any probs as it was installed on a slave drive
and
>> >now will be a
>> >>master?
>> >>
>> >>secondly i cant format the master at all i tried using
>> the
>> >disk mamagement
>> >>feature but the thing is greyed out same as
partioning,
>> >but on the slave i
>> >>can, ive used the right click on c: and selected
format
>> >but at the end it
>> >>says it cant
>> >>
>> >>any ideas how i can format the master harddrive?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>.
>> >>
>> >.
>> >
>
>
>.
>

[Frank]

Ami wrote:

| soz, about the wording, i got a new hardrive, which i have installed
| stuff on to it and XP (faster and bigger) i did this while the new
| was a slave and my old one a master, now i want to format the old one
| and turn it into a slave, then can turn the new one into a master via
| jumpers


Once the new drive has everything that you want on it take it out.
Using a w98 or comparable bootdisk run FDISK to delete the non
dos partition (old drive). Remove it and install the new drive.
(jumpered correctly). It should boot if it don't run a repair install.
Then install the old drive (jumpered correctly). Admin tools,
disk management, format the old drive.