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New hard drive - but also want to keep old hd

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hudaman

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I got a new 500gb IDE Seagate hd (not SATA). But I also want to keep my old 160gb seagate hd (also not SATA).

My old 160gb HD has Win XP on it already.

So whats the process? I plan on just hooking up my new 500gb HD - and install XP on it. Then hook up the 160 as a slave - but is that it? Will windows automatically recognize the second one (160gb) as a slave and I can still access the old files on it?

Let me know the deal guys. Appreciate it.
 
Yes once you install the drive it will be recognized as a second drive. Make you you install XP with just the 500gb hooked up otherwise the setup will get confused.
 
Here's what I would do. I would clone the 160 to the 500, and then boot with the 500 as "master." I would put the 160 as Slave, or - put it in an external case and use it for specific things, like digital images, email, docs, etc. Basically a DATA drive. Or - I would put it away as is and have it as an emergency spare if anything ever went wrong with the 500.
 
Yeah, I'd just install windows on the 500 and then copy the files over. It will recognize it fine, it'll just assign the partitions a different letter than they were when the drive was the system drive (C becomes E if D is used for a CD drive, D is F, etc)

Keeping the 160 as a spare is a good idea if you don't plan on using the entire 500gb.
 
🙂 I think Corkyg has the right idea. Use Acronis or something similar and clone your 160 to the 500. After you install the 160 as a slave or as a master on the other ide channel (depending on whether your cd/dvd drive is there and how it is set up), I'd format it and use it as a data drive or work drive.
 
Do you want to install windows all over again, or would you like to switch everything fromt the 160 to the new drive?

For the new installation, just plugged them both, set the new one as Master, and install windows.

If you want to clone, then use something like Norton Ghost or Acronis True Image
 
Ghost your 160GB drive to the 500GB drive if you want uninterrupted computing and put the 160GB drive as a slave in your PC...

Personally I don't know why you'd want a 500GB drive as your main hard drive, as it will more than likely be much slower than the 160GB drive at accessing files and whatnot.
 
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