Hey. I just trying something. My old 29.6 GB hard drive just crapped out on me and started to fail, the start up went first. I just bought a new 160 GB hard drive and Windows XP home edition. I upgraded it and got the 160 GB HD to work and im trying to hook up my old HD to a slave drive so I can extract some important files off there.. or what i can extract off..
I'm pretty sure I did it correctly because when I had turned on the comp with it was making the clicking sounds the 29.6 GB HD was making before the start-up crapped out.
I dunno if this will help but on startup I turned on the monitor and it said something along the lines of,
"Updated C:/ 160GB and CD Drive"
Then it restarted and did it one more time then it opened XP. I tried to look around for the new slave drive but it was as if i didnt install it.
I think the problem is I don't have adminstrative powers.. but then again im wondering is there a way to get around that? or do i have to tell the comp I gonna be installing a slave drive before I do it?
Any help would be appreciated. Thx!
I'm pretty sure I did it correctly because when I had turned on the comp with it was making the clicking sounds the 29.6 GB HD was making before the start-up crapped out.
I dunno if this will help but on startup I turned on the monitor and it said something along the lines of,
"Updated C:/ 160GB and CD Drive"
Then it restarted and did it one more time then it opened XP. I tried to look around for the new slave drive but it was as if i didnt install it.
I think the problem is I don't have adminstrative powers.. but then again im wondering is there a way to get around that? or do i have to tell the comp I gonna be installing a slave drive before I do it?
Any help would be appreciated. Thx!