Replacement For My Primary Harddisk

[hampuras]

Hi,

My pc (athlon 64 3500+, 2GBRAM, Vista Ultimate) is currently running on a Seagate 80GB SATA 5400rpm hard disk. I want to purchase a newer Seagate 500GB SATA II 7200rpm hard disk to add to it.

In my current situation, I would like to avoid re-installing my system, if possible. My main application is Photoshop which I use a lot. Which configuration would be better;

1. 1. Install the new hard disk as secondary hard disk, set the windows cache to use this drive,

1. 2. Use the new hard disk as my primary hard disk to replace the old one.

If I use the second option;

1. 1. Will I gain any speed advantage in term of application access and photoshop access to my photos ( I will store my photos in the new hard disk).

1. 2. Can I clone my first hard disk to the new one? How to do this?

Thanks.

 

[myocardia]

Originally posted by: hampuras
2. Can I clone my first hard disk to the new one? How to do this?

I don't use Photoshop, so I can't answer any of your other questions, but this one is easy. Just download DiscWizard from this page. It's actually Acronis True Image 10, and will handle all of your backup needs for free, as long as you use Seagate HD's.