I recently got a new hard drive. Maxtor 300gb sata. I installed it today, only to be confused as to how to get Windows to recognize it. I finally realized there was something in my device manager under unknown but labeled as Raid or scsi, can't actually remember now, and it had the yellow question mark next to it. So I found the proper Asus drivers for my mobo (a7n8x Deluxe), updated the drivers to this mystery item, and now it is working great.
Here is my question. I have two other drives, and 80gb and a 160gb. This third new one is only going to be for storage purposes. My first two drives are both PATA, and the 80 is where the OS is and will be in the future, while the 160gb will be for storage along witht he 300gb. I took everything from the first two drives upon successfully installing the new one, and copied it to the new one. I then formatted the 160gb, and would like to format the 80gb and put a new OS installation.
If I go ahead and format C: and then reinstall windows, will I then have to AGAIN install drivers and format the 300gb hard drive that all of my backup data is on or when I get a clean windows install, will I be lucky enough to simply have to reinstall the sata drivers for my mobo and since the 300gb is already formatted, at that point it will be good to go or what?
I really don't want to lose anything, but I really need to format and start fresh. Thanks for any input!
Here is my question. I have two other drives, and 80gb and a 160gb. This third new one is only going to be for storage purposes. My first two drives are both PATA, and the 80 is where the OS is and will be in the future, while the 160gb will be for storage along witht he 300gb. I took everything from the first two drives upon successfully installing the new one, and copied it to the new one. I then formatted the 160gb, and would like to format the 80gb and put a new OS installation.
If I go ahead and format C: and then reinstall windows, will I then have to AGAIN install drivers and format the 300gb hard drive that all of my backup data is on or when I get a clean windows install, will I be lucky enough to simply have to reinstall the sata drivers for my mobo and since the 300gb is already formatted, at that point it will be good to go or what?
I really don't want to lose anything, but I really need to format and start fresh. Thanks for any input!
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