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#261894 - 30/07/2005 20:22 Moving full drives from mk 2 to mk 2a
ithoughti
old hand

Registered: 17/07/2001
Posts: 721
Loc: Boston, MA USA
Hi all,

I tried searching the faq but...

I want to move my 2 drives (10 and 20gb) from my mark 2 and put them in my mark 2a because the mark 2 is stuck in ac mode and I think I need to ship it off to be repaired.

I tried this last year figuring it would be a simple swap (not!) and I got the ol' 'Drive not found' thing. My question is: do I just have to do the normal 'drive upgrade' or is there any way to avoid that hassle?

thanks,
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#261895 - 30/07/2005 21:06 Re: Moving full drives from mk 2 to mk 2a [Re: ithoughti]
Shonky
pooh-bah

Registered: 12/01/2002
Posts: 2009
Loc: Brisbane, Australia
It really should be as simple as unplugging from one empeg and plugging into the other since Mk2 and Mk2A firmware/player etc are all the same.

About the only thing I could see messing up is if you swap master/slave on the drives and the second drive doesn't have player software installed.

As long as you don't change anything it should just work (tm).
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#40104192 120Gb (no longer in my E36 M3, won't fit the E46 M3)

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#261896 - 30/07/2005 21:07 Re: Moving full drives from mk 2 to mk 2a [Re: Shonky]
Shonky
pooh-bah

Registered: 12/01/2002
Posts: 2009
Loc: Brisbane, Australia
Posting a boot log would be the first thing to do I'd say.
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#40104192 120Gb (no longer in my E36 M3, won't fit the E46 M3)

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#261897 - 01/08/2005 03:54 Re: Moving full drives from mk 2 to mk 2a [Re: ithoughti]
tanstaafl.
carpal tunnel

Registered: 08/07/1999
Posts: 5549
Loc: Ajijic, Mexico
I got the ol' 'Drive not found' thing

A possibility is that on the primary drive you may have inserted the cable off by one pin. That is surprisingly easy to do.

tanstaafl.
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