HELP on Puting computer together

Stormwulf · 02-21-2008, 06:33 PM

I think I have all the wires conected now.

The only thing I am wondering is someone mentioned master/slave
- Does this need to be taken into consideration with only 1 DVD drive?? Does master slave thingy cross between HDD and DVD??

- PS - No manual for HDD or DVD drive

Stormwulf · 02-21-2008, 11:40 PM

Please ignore previous post, I fired it up without trying slave/master and everything seems to work.

However when I started the install process I created a partition and it formated and installed windows on one of the partitions.

How do I get the other partition formated and to show up as a drive letter?

oscaryu1 · 02-22-2008, 02:04 AM

You can format it in My Computer after you install Windows.

The drive letter is not choosable.

PC eye · 02-22-2008, 03:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stormwulf

Please ignore previous post, I fired it up without trying slave/master and everything seems to work.

However when I started the install process I created a partition and it formated and installed windows on one of the partitions.

How do I get the other partition formated and to show up as a drive letter?

In both XP and Vista the Disk Management tool found in "Control Panel>Administrative Tools>Computer Management>Storage" will list both hard drives, the partitions on them, and the optical drives even any floppy drives installed. If you did create a second partition you can right click on it there and choose the format option.

Later being a secondary not Windows partition you can also choose a different drive letter except those already in use by another drive or partition. C will always be the Windows default.

Quote:

Originally Posted by oscaryu1

You can format it in My Computer after you install Windows.

The drive letter is not choosable.

The C designation is reserved for Windows regardless of What drive you are booting from at the time. If D is used by an optical drive you first change that to E, F, G, or any other free letter and then set the second drive to that or change the second partition's letter from D since that will bump the first optical drive to E and then F for a second one.

Stormwulf · 02-22-2008, 03:02 PM

Thanks for the help I will try that when I get home from work!

02-22-2008, 02:04 AM	#13 (permalink)
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02-21-2008, 06:33 PM	#11 (permalink)
Stormwulf Bronze Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Pense, Saskatchewan, Canada Posts: 25	I think I have all the wires conected now. The only thing I am wondering is someone mentioned master/slave - Does this need to be taken into consideration with only 1 DVD drive?? Does master slave thingy cross between HDD and DVD?? - PS - No manual for HDD or DVD drive

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Stormwulf Bronze Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Pense, Saskatchewan, Canada Posts: 25	Please ignore previous post, I fired it up without trying slave/master and everything seems to work. However when I started the install process I created a partition and it formated and installed windows on one of the partitions. How do I get the other partition formated and to show up as a drive letter?

02-22-2008, 03:02 PM	#15 (permalink)
Stormwulf Bronze Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Pense, Saskatchewan, Canada Posts: 25	Thanks for the help I will try that when I get home from work!