Active Partition

[Guest JAG CHAN]

I am using Windows XP with SP2.

 

As my present HDD is of only 40GB I bought one 80GB HDD along with

external case to use it as external HDD through USB Port.

 

While trying to format the external HDD I have accidently made my first

partition Actve.

 

Now how can I correct the problem?

 

Further as I am using an internal HDD as an external one, how should I

set up my drive - Master or Slave ?

 

Your advice in this regard will be of great help to me.

 

Thanks.

[Guest M.I.5¾]

Re: Active Partition

 

 

"JAG CHAN" <rup@invalid.com> wrote in message

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>

> I am using Windows XP with SP2.

>

> As my present HDD is of only 40GB I bought one 80GB HDD along with

> external case to use it as external HDD through USB Port.

>

> While trying to format the external HDD I have accidently made my first

> partition Actve.

>

> Now how can I correct the problem?

>

 

It would only be necessary to do this if youwere planning on making the

external drive bootable. The easiest way would be to delete the partition

and then create anew one but don't make it active. If you have already put

data on it, you would need to copy it elsewhere first.

 

There would probably be no harm in leaving the partition active if you do

not select it as bootable in your BIOS, though you may have problems with

the system not booting if the drive is connected at boot time. Just

disconnect it, boot and then connect it once windows is booting up.

> Further as I am using an internal HDD as an external one, how should I

> set up my drive - Master or Slave ?

>

 

According to the instructions of the external box. They normally require

the disk to be set as Master, but some prefer Cable Select. Some don't seem

to care either way.

> Your advice in this regard will be of great help to me.

>

> Thanks.

[Guest JAG CHAN]

Re: Active Partition

 

"M.I.5¾" <no.one@no.where.NO_SPAM.co.uk> wrote in

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>

> "JAG CHAN" <rup@invalid.com> wrote in message

> news:Xns9A65BBFFD5060JagChan@207.46.248.16...

>>

>> I am using Windows XP with SP2.

>>

>> As my present HDD is of only 40GB I bought one 80GB HDD along with

>> external case to use it as external HDD through USB Port.

>>

>> While trying to format the external HDD I have accidently made my

>> first partition Actve.

>>

>> Now how can I correct the problem?

>>

>

> It would only be necessary to do this if youwere planning on making

> the external drive bootable. The easiest way would be to delete the

> partition and then create anew one but don't make it active. If you

> have already put data on it, you would need to copy it elsewhere

> first.

>

> There would probably be no harm in leaving the partition active if you

> do not select it as bootable in your BIOS, though you may have

> problems with the system not booting if the drive is connected at boot

> time. Just disconnect it, boot and then connect it once windows is

> booting up.

>

>> Further as I am using an internal HDD as an external one, how should

>> I set up my drive - Master or Slave ?

>>

>

> According to the instructions of the external box. They normally

> require the disk to be set as Master, but some prefer Cable Select.

> Some don't seem to care either way.

>

>> Your advice in this regard will be of great help to me.

>>

>> Thanks.

>

>

>

 

Thanks & Regards.

[Guest Lil' Dave]

Re: Active Partition

 

"M.I.5¾" <no.one@no.where.NO_SPAM.co.uk> wrote in message

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>

> "JAG CHAN" <rup@invalid.com> wrote in message

> news:Xns9A65BBFFD5060JagChan@207.46.248.16...

>>

>> I am using Windows XP with SP2.

>>

>> As my present HDD is of only 40GB I bought one 80GB HDD along with

>> external case to use it as external HDD through USB Port.

>>

>> While trying to format the external HDD I have accidently made my first

>> partition Actve.

>>

>> Now how can I correct the problem?

>>

>

> It would only be necessary to do this if youwere planning on making the

> external drive bootable. The easiest way would be to delete the partition

> and then create anew one but don't make it active. If you have already

> put data on it, you would need to copy it elsewhere first.

>

> There would probably be no harm in leaving the partition active if you do

> not select it as bootable in your BIOS, though you may have problems with

> the system not booting if the drive is connected at boot time. Just

> disconnect it, boot and then connect it once windows is booting up.

>

>> Further as I am using an internal HDD as an external one, how should I

>> set up my drive - Master or Slave ?

>>

>

> According to the instructions of the external box. They normally require

> the disk to be set as Master, but some prefer Cable Select. Some don't

> seem to care either way.

>

 

Either way, its set as master. Only drive on an ide cable, and the ide

cable has one connection (at the end), it will be master setting cable

select. For the non-braindead using a WD hard drive, try master alone (no

slave). 3 ways to do this. No jumper, jumper 3 and 5, or jumper 4 and 6.

The latter 2 are storage positions for the jumper, has no effect.

 

--

Dave

 

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