Installing New Hard Drive?

[WAZ]

I just bought a new 160-GB hard drive, which I want to install, set as the master drive, format, and install WinXP, etc on, as it becomes my "working" drive.

However, I have a 40-GB HD installed right now, which is already partitioned into C:, D:, and E: drives (with my current OS and working system installed on the C: partition). This current drive has gigs and gigs of data which I want to transfer over to my new drive once it's up and running, at which point I can re-format the old drive and use it for raw storage, a scratch disk, etc.

So say I install this new drive, set it to master, and install my OS on it to get it up and running. If I hook my 40-GB drive up as the slave (with its three partitions and its own OS), will this not cause problems? Or will the 40-GB OS be ignored and the three partitions just show up renamed as D:, E:, and F: (with my new 160-GB being the new C.

I guess I just want to make sure a new OS installation on a new C: drive will still read my old partitions on the old drive normally so I can transfer files over. I want to be certain my old C:, D: and E: partitions will not cause problems.

Thanks

 

[stevty2889]

Just be sure you old drive is disconnected when you install the OS on your new drive, and you won't have any problems. The new drive will be the C: drive, and the drive letters on the old drive will be re-assigned, like you said, such as D: E: and F: