installing 2nd instance of w2k pro

[dreadqueen12]

hi all,
i'm capable but not proficient, so i may say/ask something stupid.
please bear with me.

i got a new hdd inside my desktop now, unformatted. system can see it.
it's attached to a different controller than the other two drives, so i
think its set to master. the existing c drive is still set to master as
well. ok i want to format, create 3 partitions, & install w2k on the
first partition of the new drive. i don't want to remove the other
drives from the machine (the inside of my case looks like spaghetti), &
i don't want to overwrite these drives until i copy the info to the new
fresh install. the plan is to run ubuntu linux on them after everything
i want has been copied/reinstalled on the new partitions. not that that
matters @ this point.

so after i boot from the cd, it finds the existing copy on the c drive.
i get the choice to repair or reinstall to that location. as i said, i
want a fresh install on the new drive, i don't want to do anything to
either of the old drives @ this point. my sister has said the only way
i'll get a fresh install on the new drive is to remove the old c drive,
which i'll do if there's not an alternative. is there? would changing
which hdd boots in bios make a difference?

thanx in adv for any assistance

 

[DL]

You're asking for a whole lot of trouble with this method.
(Your win drive will finish up as eg E:\ and you will have all sorts of
probs trying to revert to C:\)
Disconnect all other hd's - just unlug pwr connectors - Connect new hd as
master, boot from wincd partition and install using the win cd.
(ensure hd jumpers are set correctly)
Install chipset and other hw drivers, from manu web sites or hw cd's, update
win.
Once OK shutdown and connect other HD's as slaves and copy data across.
Obviously you cannot copy programs
If your new hd is on a sata controler you will have to install raid
controller drivers from floppy with the F6 option early in the install.

 

[dreadqueen12]

thanks, going smoothly so far.

You're asking for a whole lot of trouble with this method.
(Your win drive will finish up as eg E:\ and you will have all sorts of
probs trying to revert to C:\)
Disconnect all other hd's - just unlug pwr connectors - Connect new hd as
master, boot from wincd partition and install using the win cd.
(ensure hd jumpers are set correctly)
Install chipset and other hw drivers, from manu web sites or hw cd's, update
win.
Once OK shutdown and connect other HD's as slaves and copy data across.
Obviously you cannot copy programs
If your new hd is on a sata controler you will have to install raid
controller drivers from floppy with the F6 option early in the install.