Moving "secomdary" hard drive

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Elmo Zoomwaldt

Got a new computer, and would like to move my "secondary" HDD from the
old one to the new. It's just storing data files, and that's what I
plan to continue using it for. It's currently partitioned into 3
partitions.

Any problems with this? Should I move the data from it, or even
reformat it first? Both machines are WinXP, old HDD is FAT32 (runs at
5200).

TIA
 
Thanks very much for the quick reply, Ron. Will there be any issue with the
drive letters (they're already in use on the new PC for "removable disks"),
or will they get renamed automagically?

EZ
 
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Elmo Zoomwaldt said:
Got a new computer, and would like to move my "secondary" HDD from the old one
to the new. It's just storing data files, and that's what I plan to continue
using it for. It's currently partitioned into 3 partitions.

Any problems with this? Should I move the data from it, or even reformat it
first? Both machines are WinXP, old HDD is FAT32 (runs at 5200).
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First install the OS on your new machine, BEFORE installing the second HD.
Otherwise, there may be some confusion over which is the "active partition" if
one is so designated on the old drive.

Then, if you are installing the second HD as a Slave drive on the same IDE
channel as the primary (boot) HD, reset the Master/Slave jumper.

Use the XP Disk Manager to allocate drive letters to the second HD. At this
point it should work as you want it.

Depending on what further use you will make of the drive, you may want to
temporarily copy all the files in all the partitions to the primary HD, then
repartition and reformat the second drive using NTFS. That part is up to you,
but I would recommend it.
 
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