Current PC = 20GB HD with Win98SE
I have just added a new hard drive (Excelstor 60GB 7200 ATA100) which I want to install Win XP onto it, but cannot get it to be the C: drive, it always comes out as F:
Steps taken so far:
1. Set jumpers on new drive as master
2. Set jumpers on old drive as slave
3. Using the existing cable for the old drive, connected the new drive to the end of the cable and the old drive (which was at the end of the cable) now to be in the middle.
3. Booted from floppy
4. at the A: prompt, could only see C: and this was the old drive.
5. Set BIOS to allow boot from CD
6. Re-booted, with WinXP disk in CD drive.
7. WinXP started to install - but it saw C: as the old drive and allowed me to create a partition on the new drive, which it named F:
8. After WinXP installed OK, re-set BIOS not boot from CD.
8. Re-boot and PC loads WinXP with no apparent problems - except that it is all F: drive.
What have I done wrong? I want WinXP to be on the new drive as C: and use the old drive as a different letter.
Help / suggestions please
Many thanks
I have just added a new hard drive (Excelstor 60GB 7200 ATA100) which I want to install Win XP onto it, but cannot get it to be the C: drive, it always comes out as F:
Steps taken so far:
1. Set jumpers on new drive as master
2. Set jumpers on old drive as slave
3. Using the existing cable for the old drive, connected the new drive to the end of the cable and the old drive (which was at the end of the cable) now to be in the middle.
3. Booted from floppy
4. at the A: prompt, could only see C: and this was the old drive.
5. Set BIOS to allow boot from CD
6. Re-booted, with WinXP disk in CD drive.
7. WinXP started to install - but it saw C: as the old drive and allowed me to create a partition on the new drive, which it named F:
8. After WinXP installed OK, re-set BIOS not boot from CD.
8. Re-boot and PC loads WinXP with no apparent problems - except that it is all F: drive.
What have I done wrong? I want WinXP to be on the new drive as C: and use the old drive as a different letter.
Help / suggestions please
Many thanks