I do not see the second hard drive to install second OS 3

[wallysugar]

I have two hard drives hooked up to one computer.
On first hard drive I installed Windows 2000.
On the second hard drive I want to install XP
but I do not see where to install it. I went to FDISK
and the partition only shows the first hard drive.
The first hard drive I made the master, do I slave
the second hard drive? They are both on the same
cable. I would appreciate some step by step instructions.
Thanks.

 

[SESaskDFC]

Howdy:

The second hdd must be set as "slave" in your setup and it will have to be formatted before Windows will see it..

Murray

 

[AckNack]

Yes, if the drives are both on the same cable, one needs to be master and the other needs to be slave. Check the jumper settings on the label of the drives to see how to set this. If you don't have documentation, it can usually be found online at the manufacturers web site.

Some hard drives have the same jumper setting for single/standalone and master.

There are also different types of data cables (the flat cables with 40 pin connectors). Some have 40 wires with typically connectors that are all the same color. Some have 80 wires with typically different color connectors. 80-conductor cables are required for drives faster than ATA 33 (33 MB data transfer).

If you have the 40-conductor data cable, you can connect it any way it physically is convenient.

Regarding 80-conductor IDE cables.
These cables will have three connectors for drives. From the center connector picture this: the center connector is slightly off center. There is a "long end" and a "short end" to each of the end connectors.

The long end must be connected to the motherboard. The short end must be connected to the master or single drive. The center connector must be connected to the slave drive (if it exists).

The cables may or may not work if they aren't connected this way, but your drives will be slowed down to ATA 33 speed, even if you have a faster ATA 66, ATA 100, or ATA 133 drive connected to the cable.

You will also need to enter CMOS Setup to tell your computer that you have installed the drives. Check your motherboard documentation on how to do this for your particular computer.

AckNack

http://www.diypctech.com

 

[AckNack]

One other note. Once you get both drives recgonized by your computer and you are going to FDISK, make sure you are FDISKing the drive you intend to FDISK.

Drive 1 will be your master drive and drive 2 will be your slave drive.

In FDISK, once both drives are recognized by your computer, you will have a 5th choice to change drives from 1 to 2.

AckNack

http://www.diypctech.com

 

[wolluf]

To install XP on second drive, just boot from the XP install CD. When it gets to bit where you choose location for install it will show both drives - the second as unpartitioned. You can use its tools to create/format partition (you don't need fdisk UNLESS you want to create a Fat32 partition > 32GB - as that's max size fat32 XP will create - though it will happily install on larger - ntfs is better (IMO) anyway).

If you use this method, a dual boot menu will also be created for you (2k/XP). This will reside in the boot sector of the C: (2k) drive - so if you wipe that drive later you'll lose ability to boot XP (you can recover from this).

If you don't want a dual boot menu and/or you want an independent XP installation, disconnect the 2k drive while you install XP (must disconnect, not just turn off in bios, as XP will still see it). After install you can create a dual boot menu by editing 2k's boot.ini file to look like:-

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect

(this will default to XP after 30 seconds). You'll also need to copy the files ntldr & ntdetect.com from root of XP drive to root of C: (to overwrite 2k ones).

Now if something wrong with 2k/you want to wipe it, XP drive will still boot on its own.

HTH