Installing new Hard Disk

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Mark Fraser

Having just purchased a new 120GB 7200rpm HD, I'm wonderring if I should
just install it as my 'second' drive with the minimum of fuss or if I should
use it as my 'Master' drive, (excuse my potential lack of knowledge here) as
my boot disk. This I assume would mean reainstalling Windows and a lot of
fuss. The only reason I feel the need for this is that my current 60GB
Master is a 5400rpm disk. Is it worth the effort - will I see a faster boot
and file retrieval / saving on the new disk? Since my current shortage of
space is caused by audio and video files, perhaps I should just hold those
on the new drive as a slave and leave thing as they are???


Mark
 
Mark said:
Having just purchased a new 120GB 7200rpm HD, I'm wonderring if I should
just install it as my 'second' drive with the minimum of fuss or if I should
use it as my 'Master' drive, (excuse my potential lack of knowledge here) as
my boot disk. This I assume would mean reainstalling Windows and a lot of
fuss. The only reason I feel the need for this is that my current 60GB
Master is a 5400rpm disk. Is it worth the effort - will I see a faster boot
and file retrieval / saving on the new disk? Since my current shortage of
space is caused by audio and video files, perhaps I should just hold those
on the new drive as a slave and leave thing as they are???
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You do not need to re-install Windows or any other programs.

Most new drives come with installation programs that will let you
transfer
all drive info to the new drive. These vary somewhat from drive to
drive
makers, but all seem to do a good job. I just installed a 80GB Seagate
drive, and let DiscWizard do the whole job. It worked fine, even though
I set up some non-conventional partitions on both the old and new drive.

You will see a dramatic improvement in boot-up and large file retreival.
I assume your BIOS is able to use a 120GB drive. If your present drive
is 60GB, 120GB is probably OK, the next BIOS barrier is at ~132GB.

Give it a go!

Virg Wall
 
mmm, I didn't actually get any software - it wasn't a retail pack
Is their anything freely availble to download which would do this job?
Or can I simply copy everything, then reset the jumper switches?
 
Mark said:
never mind - found one on the maxtor site
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MaxBlast3? Great utility. I believe that one of the drives has to be a
maxtor though, I've never tried it without that being the case.
 
yeah, the new one is a maxtor drive but it wants to create a floppy - a
problem as I don't have a floppy drive.
Can I con it into creating a 'phanton' disk that I could burn to CD?
 
pls disregard

I think I have found another file to download from Maxtor



Mark Fraser said:
yeah, the new one is a maxtor drive but it wants to create a floppy - a
problem as I don't have a floppy drive.
Can I con it into creating a 'phanton' disk that I could burn to CD?
Click to expand...
 
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