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glurpy
Lv 7
glurpy asked in Computers & InternetSoftware · 1 decade ago

Getting error and Explorer shutdown--From slave to master drive?

We purchased a new hard drive, using it as our master drive, and have connected our old one as a slave drive. We've reinstalled Windows XP Pro and are now moving certain things over from the slave drive to the master drive. However, we're running into issues.

One issue is that if you are working with a window/folder from the slave drive and then want to move something to a new window on the master drive, it gives an error about Windows Explorer (NOT Internet Explorer) having to close. It wasn't doing this when we first started copying, but now it won't stop.

A second issue actually happened first: my dh copied his old My Documents, pasted it to the new drive, and he can now no longer access the old: Access Denied, is the error message. Right after that, his Recycle Bin became corrupted.

I've suggested that we just redo the Windows Installation, which is a bit of a pain since we've started all the updates and installing software. My dh thinks it could be a problem with the...

Update:

...the slave drive still having an operation system on it. His idea is to copy over everything we want to keep to the new drive, format the old drive, and it'll all work. OR copy the stuff from the old drive, format the old drive, move our folders all back to the old drive, then reinstalling Windows so there's only one Windows operating system.

Of course, one more thought that I've had is that I'm not sure we've completed all the updates and perhaps that's part of the problem.

What do you think and what would you suggest we do?

tia

Update 2:

Can't set the old one as primary--something wrong with Windows installation that we couldn't fix.

However, the problem seems to have fixed itself. Very strange.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
    Favourite answer

    i agree on wiping out your computer. Yes its a pain but really jsut format both drives when doing this and then you will have two fresh drives. Really it would be the best. I've had this problem before.

  • ELfaGeek
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    1. Remove the new Drive and reset your old drive as Primary and reinstall.

    2. Back up all personal data on your PC ("Backup" means: copy your data to CD / DVD / internal/external hard drive).

    3. Remove the old Drive and reinstall your new drive as Primary.

    4. Drag & Drop all backup files to the new drive.

    Optional: Set old drive jumper to Slave and reinstall as a backup drive for use with # 2.

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