HDD Instal Questions

August 16, 2009 3:19 PM from

I just installed a new 500Gb HDD and installed XP. I have an old 40Gb HDD that I want to remove and in turn use my original 320Gb HDD as a slave drive. Will this cause problems since XP is on the 320 drive too? I assume I will have to format using disk management? Thanks for any input.

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Reply #1 August 16, 2009 3:34 PM from

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nope. as long as the bios says to boot to the 500, there aren't any issues with xp being on the 320.

Reply #2 August 16, 2009 3:44 PM from

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So just install the drive and format?

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Reply #3 August 16, 2009 4:00 PM from

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yes. as long as the bios is set to boot to the 500, there are no issues. just boot into winders and format the 320.

Reply #4 August 16, 2009 4:15 PM from

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Thanks very much

Reply #5 August 16, 2009 7:58 PM from

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Be sure to install whatever OS you wish on the master drive before installing your slave drive in.

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