New larger C (boot) drive

[Guest]

Due to disk space and various drive crashes in the last few months I’ve considered putting a new and larger boot drive into my system, I now have a 20 gig C drive and have a 80 gig in mind! My question is due to my Windows XP operating system. In the past with Windows 3.1, 95 or 98 I would remove as many of the power plugs to CD or other powered options as possible including plug-in PC boards not required for the two hard drives. After formatting the new drive as a D drive (slave), I would move the contents of the old C drive onto the new D drive, after this a changing of the patch on the new drive would enable it as the C drive! Because this procedure would replace the C drive while maintaining all of the initial systems integrity and it normally could be done in an hour, I have used this procedure often in the past! My question is will this procedure work with my Windows XP operating system?

 

[Jerry]

There is no reason it shouldn't. WHy an 80Gb drive when I've seen 120Gb
drives selling new for around $100.

Just keep the original C: drive in case things get screwed up.

Due to disk space and various drive crashes in the last few months I've

considered putting a new and larger boot drive into my system, I now have a
20 gig C drive and have a 80 gig in mind! My question is due to my Windows
XP operating system. In the past with Windows 3.1, 95 or 98 I would remove
as many of the power plugs to CD or other powered options as possible
including plug-in PC boards not required for the two hard drives. After
formatting the new drive as a D drive (slave), I would move the contents of
the old C drive onto the new D drive, after this a changing of the patch on
the new drive would enable it as the C drive! Because this procedure would
replace the C drive while maintaining all of the initial systems integrity
and it normally could be done in an hour, I have used this procedure often
in the past! My question is will this procedure work with my Windows XP
operating system?