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how install a new hard drive into my pc?
This is a discussion on how install a new hard drive into my pc? within the Computers forums, part of the Main Category category; i want to keep my old hard drive as slave and my data....
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06-07-2008, 02:38 PM
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| i want to keep my old hard drive as slave and my data. |
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06-07-2008, 02:40 PM
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|  The best way is to copy all of the data you wish to keep onto removable storage devices such as CD's or onto another computer... then install the 2nd hard drive as master (change the jumper settings and whatnot) and install your operating system onto it. Your OS has to be on the master drive. http://www.lifehacker.com/software/feature/how-to-install-a-hard-drive-137179.php you'll have to read into it if you dont know what you're doing. |
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06-07-2008, 02:40 PM
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| If your adding a bigger hard drive. Make the new 1 the slave. (just for a moment) Then I'd copy & paste the entire drive to the new hard drive. It takes a while but you gain a lot. All your data is now on a clean hard drive & nothing is lost plus you gain room. Once you have done that you simply swap the position of master & slave & the old hard drive is just for storage & you gain room by not having an operating system on both. That's my 2 cents. |
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