they (symantec) says that the method you describe will not solve the
possible conflict of both drives being bootable

i have since learned that you can rename or move the file 'boot.ini' in
C:\

i will try it and report

thanks for your input

ds

Paul Hachmeyer wrote:
>
> Depending on the computer setup and your hard drives, either change the
> jumpers on the drives so one is master (new drive) and the other is slave
> (old drive) or with jumpers in CS (cable select position) and the proper
> cable, plug the new drive into 'primary master' cable connection and the old
> drive into 'primary slave' or 'secondary slave' cable connection.  Usually
> this type of cable will have a hole punched thru one conductor near the
> slave connector.
>
> Dennis Saputelli wrote:
>
> > Hi
> > This is my first message.
> >
> > I recently installed a new hard drive and cloned the old one using
> > Ghost.
> > It did not go smoothly at all, but that is another story if anyone wants
> > it.
> >
> > my OS is WIN2K SP2
> >
> > The clone job is now done and the new drive seems to be running fine and
> > is in fact a clone of the orignal.
> >
> > Ghost warns strongly (and so did pay support) against booting with both
> > old and new bootable drives connected.
> >
> > They claim this can damage one or both drives due to a race condition.
> >
> > So the question is ...
> >
> > How do i make the old drive NOT bootable without destroying the contents
> > and/or reformatting it?
> >
> > I want to use it as a second drive and it would be great if i could also
> > restore bootablility.
> >
> > It seems to me that there is way i used to do this back in DOS days.
> >
> > Does this relate to making the drive active/inactive ?
> >
> > thanks for any info
> >
> > Den
> >
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