second HDD, annoying problem

ninjaskull · 31 Jan 2006 at 10:35

I have a spare HDD, but when I went to use it as a main HDD I had forgotten my password for the Admin account, as it was used in my own pc and so that my brothers couldn't use it. I only had one account, the admin. I was wondering if i could connect the HDD up to my newer PC and used it as a second HDD? all the HDD had on it was my old school work, so I would want to delete everything off of it. I would buy a new HDD and use that as a second HDD but I have no money atm.

many thanks

ninjaskull

ninjaskull · 31 Jan 2006 at 13:04

I re-read what I wrote and realised I don't know if I made it clear what the situation.

I used to have a pc with a 80gb HDD in.
I got a new PC so now all I have from the old pc is the 80GB HDD
I want to use the 80gb HDD as a second HDD for my new PC.

is it possible to format just the second HDD?
I do not have a floppy drive in my PC so I cannot use the boot disks I have found when searching the internet

many thanks

Jeff Crawly · 31 Jan 2006 at 13:40

Yes, simply connect the old Hd up too the secondary IDE channel on your new computer and then in Windows format in Disk Management (Right click My Computer ---> Manage)

noxidjkram@hotm · 31 Jan 2006 at 15:06

Jeff Crawly said:
Yes, simply connect the old Hd up too the secondary IDE channel on your new computer and then in Windows format in Disk Management (Right click My Computer ---> Manage)

And (assuming IDE) also remember to set the drive to Slave via the jumper on the rear, and place it on the centre connection on your IDE cable.

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