Boot Files

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  1. Surge1989

    Surge1989 Geek Trainee

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    Hey, I've got an old pc, which has just had a new hard drive installed.

    I kept the old hard drive in there and just installed XP to the new hard drive.

    So I know have 2 versions of XP on my computer, however, my old hard drive is on the way out, and all the boot settings are on there.

    Does anyone know how to write a new mbr to the new hard drive? So it looks on there for boot information insted of my old drive?

    Thanks, Surge
     
    Surge1989, Jan 7, 2008
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  2. Ghostman 1

    Ghostman 1 Mega Geek

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    New hard drive set as master and old hard drive set as slave. You can't boot the old.But you still can access the files through new..
     
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  3. Surge1989

    Surge1989 Geek Trainee

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    New HDD == SATA old HDD == IDE

    Does the master/slave setting really matter?
     
    Surge1989, Jan 7, 2008
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  4. Fred

    Fred Moderator

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    No, since the new one is SATA, that wont matter. What you will have to do is go into the BIOS and change the boot order. Not just the CD ROM - HDD - Floppy boot order, but the hdd boot order. Most newer BIOS' have a hdd boot order. So be sure to check for that and you'll be able to specify the SATA hdd as the primary boot drive.
     
    Fred, Jan 8, 2008
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