hard disk advice..

11-25-2006, 07:49 PM

Hi i hope someone can give me a little advice before i plunge right in.

I bought and installed a new hard disk a few weeks ago as the one i had was corrupt. Is there anything stopping me from installing the old corrupt hard drive as the slave and seeing if i can format it and just using it as added storage space? or would i just be wasting my time?

I'll probably end up trying it anyway but some advice so i know what to expect would be helpful.

Thanks!

cellaman

unholy · 11-26-2006, 01:23 AM

You can attempt, by corrupt do u mean the boot sector is corrupt or the windows install?

I would first make sure that the HDD Boot Pirority is that of ur Master before your slave.

unholy

Roshan · 11-26-2006, 08:44 AM

Yes U Can use that HDD as a slave drive... & can store some data. But Make Sure u format it with NTFS, before Use

Best regards,

Roshan

Roshan

cellaman · 12-09-2006, 02:02 PM

cheers guys!!! It's workin fine...

cellaman

hotdealfinder · 01-29-2007, 03:16 AM

As to the bad drive, you probably lack tools to remove the partion (Sector level tools) so at least see if Fdisk will remove the partion and reinstall the pation.

Also, it would be a good idea to go th the drive mfg. site to look for free testing tools they may have. I have saved many a bad drive this way.

hotdealfinder

11-26-2006, 08:44 AM	#3
Roshan Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 5	Help Yes U Can use that HDD as a slave drive... & can store some data. But Make Sure u format it with NTFS, before Use Best regards, Roshan Roshan

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11-25-2006, 07:49 PM	#1
	hard disk advice.. Hi i hope someone can give me a little advice before i plunge right in. I bought and installed a new hard disk a few weeks ago as the one i had was corrupt. Is there anything stopping me from installing the old corrupt hard drive as the slave and seeing if i can format it and just using it as added storage space? or would i just be wasting my time? I'll probably end up trying it anyway but some advice so i know what to expect would be helpful. Thanks! cellaman

11-26-2006, 01:23 AM	#2
unholy Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Australia Posts: 3,988	You can attempt, by corrupt do u mean the boot sector is corrupt or the windows install? I would first make sure that the HDD Boot Pirority is that of ur Master before your slave. unholy

12-09-2006, 02:02 PM	#4
cellaman Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 8	cheers guys!!! It's workin fine... cellaman

01-29-2007, 03:16 AM	#5
hotdealfinder Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Georgia Posts: 2	As to the bad drive, you probably lack tools to remove the partion (Sector level tools) so at least see if Fdisk will remove the partion and reinstall the pation. Also, it would be a good idea to go th the drive mfg. site to look for free testing tools they may have. I have saved many a bad drive this way. hotdealfinder