PC Help - Hard Drives

[Northern Red]

My PC's suffered a metldown and won't start.

So I've whipped the Hard Drive out and put it in a working machine (removing the original hard drive).
I've got it working and have now backed up the work/photos/music etc.

2 Problems:

1. Can I install the second drive as a slave drive (and use it purely for storage once I've deleted all the programs off it like Windows, Works etc.)

2. It's stuck on a really low resolution (600x480) and 16 colours, and won't allow me to change it higher - any ideas?

[The_Plagiarist]

Have you tried rebooting?  

[jonbd]

1 - Yes

2 - If you've booted from that drive then it probably won't have the drivers installed for the working PCs graphics card, so you'll need to install them before you can a better resolution on the go

[Fred Elliot]

Borrow this


http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n70/FredElliot_2006/hammer.gif

[Samdy Gray]

I take it you took the working HDD out of the second PC then? If you did, you need to put that back in as the master and there should be a secondary IDE connector on the cable that runs from the HDD to the mobo. Just plug your old HDD into that.

[Batch]

And make sure the jumper settings are correct.

[Fred Elliot]

And make sure the jumper settings are correct.

yes...............its getting quite chiily out