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I want to add a second (used) HD to my WIN98 system.
I'm OK with adding the second HD, swapping the cables, loading the OS, etc.
My ?? are...
Can I boot/run the XP HD (master) and access the W98 Hd (slave) to transfer/copy files?
Ultimately, what I would like to do is transfer all my critical files to the XP HD, then reformat the WIN98 HD and use for storage.
Assuming this can be done, how would I strip/reformat the WIN98 HD? FDISK?

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> Can I boot/run the XP HD (master) and access the W98 Hd (slave) to transfer/copy files?
Sure.
Just make sure the W98 disk is configured as a slave drive when you swap them over, and it just becomes a data disk.

> Assuming this can be done, how would I strip/reformat the WIN98 HD? FDISK?
Yeah, FDISK would do the trick.

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Thanks for the quick answer.

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