New hard drive

[Wardog2121]

Srry to be such a newb but im getting a new 250GB hard drive to use as my main one, i currently have a 80GB hard drive as my main, i want the 80 to be a slave and use to store data files, so do i need to format it then move it to slave, then put my 250 in as master then install XP on the 250? hat am i supposed to do?


also how do i completley format the 80? Do i just pop the xp cd in then delete the partition and then cancel the instillation of XP?

 

[Wardog2121]

i also have an nforce4 mobo and in the manual it says it supports up to 150mb/s but im loooking at getting this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144701

will it still work/?

 

[imported_fx]

What exactly motherboard do you have?

 

[Wardog2121]

MSI k8N neo4

it says its nforce4, i dont think its ultra, i checked in CPUz and it doesnt say ultra anywhere so i assumed its not

 

[fredhe12]

New HD usually come with some software tools that will help you with cloning existing drive and formatting new and existing drives, at least the Seagate that I bought did. I formatted new 250gb drive, set up partitions, copied 80gb to 250gb, tested new drive, set up 80 as slave, formatted and I was good to go. GLTY

 

[pkme2]

I've cloned my main drive to my slave by using ghost. Switched out clone to be main and used old hdd for backup.

 

[Wardog2121]

ok thanks, but now will that hard drive i showed work? I dont have nforce ultra

 

[Wardog2121]

bump

 

[stu1811]

You do not need to format the 80 gb right away. Setup the 250 without the 80 connected. Connect the 80. Copy the stuff over. Wipe the 80. Copy files back to the 80.

 

[imported_goku]

You don't need to format it, just put the files you want on the 250 and then later once windows is loaded, delete the files you want on the 80GB drive, formatting is in general not necessary.