WD External Hard Drive (connected by USB Port)

[Mario33]

Is it possible to switch my desktop pc internal hard drive ( "C" drive) which
has only 8.35GB of Storage space and I think is the primary/boot hard
drive,and assign my new WD External Hard Drive w/160 GB of storage space as
the primary hard drive? It can't be as simple as just changing the drive
letters , can it?...any info or suggestions is greatly
appreciated.......THANKS....Mario33

 

[Big Al]

Is it possible to switch my desktop pc internal hard drive ( "C" drive) which
has only 8.35GB of Storage space and I think is the primary/boot hard
drive,and assign my new WD External Hard Drive w/160 GB of storage space as
the primary hard drive? It can't be as simple as just changing the drive
letters , can it?...any info or suggestions is greatly
appreciated.......THANKS....Mario33

Sorry not that simple. But you could use a cloning software to move
things around. Something like Acronis True Image.
As cloning destroys the data on a disc, moving the data from the 8 gig
to the 160 would be simple. Clone|swap drives|boot and everything is
great. But what to do with the data that is on the 160 would be your
big issue. The clone operation would kill it all.

 

[David B.]

That would be a big waste of time as XP cannot be run from a USB drive.

 

[Big Al]

That would be a big waste of time as XP cannot be run from a USB drive.

I think I didn't explain it right or you read it wrong.

You clone the internal to the external then swap the drives.
Yes it does work. I've done it to upgrade my laptop from 80 to 100 gigs.
Put the new drive in the USB cab and clone the 80 gig to the 100. Swap
drives and now the 100 is in the laptop. No loss of data and it takes
about 30 minutes.

 

[Mario33]

didn't think it could be as easy as that but you're right , the clone would
throw all data out the window ....so to speak...thx "Big AL'

 

[Mario33]

really...I didn't know that....Thx ...Learned something new today...Thx
again...David....

 

[Mario33]

OK>>>>Should have read the last answer before I replied...opppsss......Will
give it a go 2 c if it works for me .....thx 4 the help...guys.....

 

[Big Al]

OK>>>>Should have read the last answer before I replied...opppsss......Will
give it a go 2 c if it works for me .....thx 4 the help...guys.....

If you can backup the 160 gig to dvd's or something before maybe.

As cheap as drives are, why not get a new C: drive all together. Then
you don't have to touch the 160gig at all. Just remove it from the
enclosure, put in the new drive, clone your c: then swap the USB for the
C: and you are back running. If that really is a 10gig drive I'd
just drop it in the round file.

 

[DL]

Before you start check if there any size limitations as to what size of HD
is supported on your system

 

[David B.]

I missed the "swap drives" portion of your post.

 

[Big Al]

I missed the "swap drives" portion of your post.

I've skipped whole paragraphs and can't figure out why the comment is so
far off.