Help on disk drives

[coolcar]

Hi

I own a 2 year old desktop that is enough for my home use in terms of computing power. I recently bought a 120g hdd because I am running out of space (photos etc). (courtesy AT deals of course.)
The question I have is: shd I make the new hdd as the primary drive instead of the current 30g hdd (i.e. make this the primary, install new OS on it etc)? If yes, what are the steps of removing W2K from older system and putting it onto the new system? If no (ie make this new drive secondary), will there be additional h/w or other requirements because now I will have 150g capacity on my m/c?

Thanks
cc

 

[s0nn46a13]

Either or...it's you're preference really.

If you want to use the 120GB as the primary then the easiest way I see is to do a system back up of the 30GB, then restore the backup to the 120GB.

 

[MikeMike]

i dont know if you r computer will support it, other more knwledable ppl wil have to tell you. as there used to be a limit for some reason on older computers on what size HD they could support. sometimes bios updates and the like will eliminate it.

MIKE

 

[snidy1]

I would use the larger HD for pictures, backup, etc. and the smaller one for OS. If the larger one isn't supported, just partition it into smaller drives.