Hi,
I'm on a Dell Dimension 2400.
I've been having some problems with my Maxtor 6E040L0 40GB HDD so I'm going to get another HDD and use the Maxtor as a secondary (till it dies).
I don't have much experience with the hardware so I need help on a few particulars.
1. It looks like the CD-RW drive is on a secondary cable with an extra jack and bay for a DVD drive, whereas the current HDD is on a cable of its own with no other jacks.
Is there any reason not to put the second drive on the cable with the CD-RW drive?
2. What I was thinking about doing is first installing the new drive as a slave, booting to Windows XP to format and partition it, then switching it to the master and installing Windows.
Is there any reason why this shouldn't work?
Also, if I do it this way would I have to change anyhting in the BIOS?
Thanks,
John
I'm on a Dell Dimension 2400.
I've been having some problems with my Maxtor 6E040L0 40GB HDD so I'm going to get another HDD and use the Maxtor as a secondary (till it dies).
I don't have much experience with the hardware so I need help on a few particulars.
1. It looks like the CD-RW drive is on a secondary cable with an extra jack and bay for a DVD drive, whereas the current HDD is on a cable of its own with no other jacks.
Is there any reason not to put the second drive on the cable with the CD-RW drive?
2. What I was thinking about doing is first installing the new drive as a slave, booting to Windows XP to format and partition it, then switching it to the master and installing Windows.
Is there any reason why this shouldn't work?
Also, if I do it this way would I have to change anyhting in the BIOS?
Thanks,
John