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    Using Old Boot drive as external HD ??

    ASG0856 - Thanks for your input. I haven't tried your suggestion but I doubt that it would work as the C:/ drive doesn't get passed the 'clicking' noise (presumably it's searching for data) and the PC doesn't even recognise it either as an external 'Removable Storage Disk' or as an internal IDE...
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    Using Old Boot drive as external HD ??

    wolluf - thanks but the old C:\ had the usual installed on it such as Win NT, CorelDraw, MySQL, phpMyAdmin, etc... No anti-virus, no Norton/Symantec stuff, nothing out of the ordinary. To update everyone, I have since tried plugging it in to the PC in the 2ndary IDE cable as a slave and still...
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    Using Old Boot drive as external HD ??

    It has worked with both D:\ + E:\ and I've currently got my 40GB HD (Big Bertha) in it and she's working just perfectly. Tomorrow I'll put C:\ in the PC as a slave and see what happens, although I doubt if this will change anything but I might be pleasantly surprised. There is also the...
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    Using Old Boot drive as external HD ??

    Freestone - I have thought of that. There is a spare slot for it and have already plugged in my old D:\ end E:\ drives, but I'm not sure if that will make any difference with C:\. I have tried both master and slave settings for C:\ in the external HD box and there was no change in what it did...
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    Using Old Boot drive as external HD ??

    edfair - "In 'theory' you should be able to boot to the existing stuff then plug the USB in." That is exactly what I'm doing in practice. Existing PC boots up fine (as it should!) Plugging in external hard drive 'should' (and does if I put D: + E: drives in) simply be PnP! Freestone - 'On...
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    Using Old Boot drive as external HD ??

    Thanks for your quick reply. However, as mentioned, the old C:\ drive is connected to the loaned PC via a USB port as an external hard drive. Therefore the CMOS boot order has nothing to do with the situation. All I can still imagine is that it's the C:\ drive that needs to have something...
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    Using Old Boot drive as external HD ??

    This will be very easy for someone else, but I'm finding it confusing. My current situation requires that I need to use a loaned PC with all its existing s/w etc, but need to access all my data which is contained on 3 hard drives taken out of my previous HP. Drives D:\ and E:\ work fine using...
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