installing a slave drive

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by jukeboxjoe, Apr 19, 2011.

  1. jukeboxjoe

    jukeboxjoe Private E-2

    I am installing a slave drive on my system and haven't done this for a few years. I am reading all other posts and they are all saying I need an operating system on the slave. Do I need to install an o/s on both drives
     
    jukeboxjoe, Apr 19, 2011
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  2. satrow

    satrow Major Geek Extraordinaire

    Nope. You can use the slave drive purely as a data container, no need for an operating system.
     
    satrow, Apr 19, 2011
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  3. jukeboxjoe

    jukeboxjoe Private E-2

    Just to add one thing .I think (Haven't use the drive for awhile) that i did format the drive with xp home . willo this effect the installation.
     
    jukeboxjoe, Apr 19, 2011
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  4. satrow

    satrow Major Geek Extraordinaire

    No, it shouldn't.
     
    satrow, Apr 19, 2011
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  5. Digerati

    Digerati Major Geek Extraordinaire

    Do understand that Slave and Master drives apply only to EIDE (PATA) drives where you have up to 2 drives on a cable. If this second drive is a SATA drive, it attaches to its own cable. There are no Slave and Master settings for SATA devices.
     
    Digerati, Apr 20, 2011
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