2nd H/D as slave WITHOUT LOSING DATA! How?? 2

[roscelin]

2nd hard drive to Win98
HI.

I am very new to this so bear with me.
I want to add a 40G H/D to an existing PC as a second H/D.
The 40 has come out of a PC that ran XP as the OS. I want to connect it as
slave or Master(??) to Win98SE.
Is this viable?
I wish solely to do this in order to retrieve data from the 40.
I am not sure how to tell whether its SCSI or what.
The key is that the H/D to be added has data THAT MUST NOT BE LOST (it came
from a PC that burnt its capacitors - or so I am told by the repair man).
Can any one help me through the steps required to ensure that no data is los
t as I add it as a slave drive?

Any help greatly appreciated.

The drive to be added is a Maxtor model 5T040H4.

Thanks!

 

[cdogg]

First of all, it won't take more than a glance to see whether or not your IDE cable will connect to the back of the drive (to tell whether you've got SCSI or IDE).

Data will stay preserved on the drive. Connecting/disconnecting cables won't affect that, so don't worry about losing data.

Make sure the Win98 drive is left as the master. The reason is because both drives have boot partitions, and the master's will be used first.

The problem that you might run into is the file system. XP can work in either FAT or NTFS. Win98 can only see FAT partitions. So unless you install 3rd-party software in 98, that's going to be your restriction. Hopefully the XP drive is FAT32!


~cdogg
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[stormbind]

You might want this, NTFS driver for Win98:

http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/ntfswin98.shtml

I think you will need access to WinXP (or know someone who does) to get the *.sys file.

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[roscelin]

Wow.
Thanks good people!
I will attempt to install, but if I may indulge your knowledge banks again, another question: I have been to the Maxtor site to access the details regarding this particular drive(for installation) and the info suggest NOT putting the drive on the IDE cable as slave to the existing H/D BUT suggest its better to make it the Master on the secondary IDE and the CDROM its slave with the two configured as Cable Select......
Of course I only sorta understand the method to all this . . . I mean I understand that they state that the data transfer will slow considerably have to drives being accessed accross the one cable...there is also something about ATAPI components requiring the cable select config due to conflicts(or some such)...
Anyway, my question is, is all this overkill just to access my data, or do I follow strictly by the book?

Again, any help greatly appreciated!

The details to this that I refer can be found on page 9 of the manual on the link below(NB-the number between index and true manual are out by 2 pages: page 9 manual = page 11 index!

http://www.maxtor.com/_files/maxtor...nstallation_guides/ata_installation_guide.pdf

 

[roscelin]

Wow.
Thanks good people!
I will attempt to install, but if I may indulge your knowledge banks again, another question: I have been to the Maxtor site to access the details regarding this particular drive(for installation) and the info suggest NOT putting the drive on the IDE cable as slave to the existing H/D BUT suggest its better to make it the Master on the secondary IDE and the CDROM its slave with the two configured as Cable Select......
Of course I only sorta understand the method to all this . . . I mean I understand that they state that the data transfer will slow considerably having two drives being accessed accross the one cable...there is also something about ATAPI components requiring the cable select config due to conflicts(or some such)...
Anyway, my question is, is all this overkill just to access my data, or do I follow strictly by the book?

Again, any help greatly appreciated!

The details to this that I refer can be found on page 9 of the manual on the link below(NB-the number between index and true manual are out by 2 pages: page 9 manual = page 11 index!

http://www.maxtor.com/_files/maxtor...nstallation_guides/ata_installation_guide.pdf

 

[cdogg]

If there is a large amount of data to transfer, then you might want to consider placing it on the other IDE channel. However, for short term use it really doesn't matter and I doubt you'll notice any difference in speed.

As for cable select, avoid it. It should play fine as the slave on the primary IDE channel. Rarely is it ever needed to get around a conflict.


~cdogg
[tab]"All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind";
[tab][tab]- Aristotle
[tab][navy]For general rules and guidelines to get better answers, click here:[/navy] faq219-2884

 

[AckNack]

Plus, cable select requires a special cable.

AckNack

http://www.diypctech.com

 

[roscelin]

Oh I c.
Ok...Will attempt it then.

Thanks again for your help as the data has sentimental value!
Will advise on success/problems!

Hope i can in some small way return the help in future!

Cheers

 

[roscelin]

All done!!
Old data accessed and being >gently!< transferred to portable H/D.
Thanks again all who helped . . . a weight off.

Cheers