New Hard Drive Upgrade

[pm8546]

I am new to this site and I would like to upgrade my hard drive. I'm not sure that I should attemp this, so I have a few questions to help me decide. The computer that I would like to upgrade is a Sony PCV-RZ22G, Pentium 4, 2.40B GHz, 80 GB (partitioned 14 GB/ 60 GB), 1024 MB, Windows XP. I would like to add a 250 GB hard drive and was wondering when I copy my drive to the new drive if it to will be partitioned? If so can I configure the way that I want it? I have noticed software that I can buy that will do this but just not sure if it is still difficult to do.

I would greatly appreciate any information or help.

Thanks for your help.

 

[imverygifted]

why don't you just add the 250 GB on as a slave, and usually if i want windows on a diff partition i jus reformat it only takes an hour or so plus loading my old stuff which is pretty easy

 

[powerMarkymark]

Why do you neeed to replace your old drive?

Can you not just add the new drive as a slave?

 

[sniperruff]

Originally posted by: imverygifted
why don't you just add the 250 GB on as a slave, and usually if i want windows on a diff partition i jus reformat it only takes an hour or so plus loading my old stuff which is pretty easy

the 250gig has larger platters and is faster than lets say... a 120gig HD

btw here's the procedure to install like OP described:

1) plug in new hard drive as slave
2) format and partition new drive in windows
3) use norton ghost to ghost the whole hard drive onto the new drive (i guess use partition magic and you'll be able to resize the partitions)
4) format old drive and partition

not that hard but it'll take a couple of hours. good luck.

 

[pm8546]

Thanks for your time, could you explain a little more on adding it as a slave. I would love to set this up as two different drives but have no idea if that would work. I do a lot of digital video editing and would love to use the 250 drive for video and the 80 GB for all other programs.

Thanks again for your help !!!

 

[ZL1]

Originally posted by: pm8546
Thanks for your time, could you explain a little more on adding it as a slave. I would love to set this up as two different drives but have no idea if that would work. I do a lot of digital video editing and would love to use the 250 drive for video and the 80 GB for all other programs.

Thanks again for your help !!!

plus that will help you since transfer between drives is faster than within a drive

how to setup as slave guide:

you take drive, look on top, you will see a diagram showing jumper positions for master, slave and cs (cable select)
the jumper goes on the side where the power and ide connectors are

to setup the drive in the computer, you need to bolt this drive next to the old one, below probably, if you have space leave some between them, good for temps
check the cable connecting to old drive, the wide one, does it have another connector on it ? if so connect that to second drive, plug power connector and go


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[Navid]

It is always a good idea to backup your irreplaceable data. Then, the worst thing that can happen is that you have to restore your backed up data. Without a backup, the worst thing can be quite bad!

 

[ZL1]

Originally posted by: Navid
It is always a good idea to backup your irreplaceable data. Then, the worst thing that can happen is that you have to restore your backed up data. Without a backup, the worst thing can be quite bad!

yes Navid is right, a backup is a good idea, especially since you're new to all this


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