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    Can't boot from other Hard Drive

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Vapkez, Mar 7, 2012.

  1. Vapkez

    Vapkez Notebook Evangelist

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    Ok, so this is about a desktop, but I just went to their forums and realized that they are dead (plus I trust you guys more).

    My family's old desktop Motherboard died and we had to get a new pc, I had the idea of using the old hard drive on the new desktop, but I cannot get it to work. I plugged both of them in and I cannot boot from the old drive. On the bios/boot setup page, it only shows the new drive, there is no option for the old one. After boot, it shows the drive as the F drive under my computer. Can someone give me an idea of what is going on?
     
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  2. JOSEA

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    Is this an IDE hard drive setup where both drives are connected to a 'ribbon cable' with multiple connectors?
    Also on the old hard drive does it have jumpers on it ?
    Are both hard drives running windows 7?
     
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    No, (I think) the powers are the same, but the data cords go to different plugs.
     
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    I haven't messed around with desktop components for a while but I built a few years ago. I remember having to set one HDD to primary and the other to secondary by changing around the jumper configuration. Most HDD manufactures have the different jumper positions listed on their website.

    Also, wouldn't throwing an old drive with all of the drivers and settings from the old computer into a completely different system cause driver issues or is that not an issue anymore? I realize that I'm just asking more questions, but these are things I'd be worried about.
     
    misterhobbs, Mar 7, 2012
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