# I'm this close to buying a Mac :picard:

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**Created:** [December 22, 2007, 11:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/im-this-close-to-buying-a-mac-picard/40661 "2007-12-22T11:13:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 12:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/im-this-close-to-buying-a-mac-picard/40661/7 "2007-12-22T12:39:03Z")

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Hrm, odd.

So, I tried again, reformated the spare drive, and installed a fresh copy of XP. So far, so good?

Am going to try pluging in original drive and see if I can get it to come up. Any way to set up a SATA drive as a Slave? Just connect it to the SATA II hole?

If Windows doesn’t find the drive, what options do I have to restoring the boot info? See: [http://nyspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41697](http://nyspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41697)

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