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April 24th, 2007, 09:20 PM
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Re: OT: Want a new hard drive...
It doesn't cause a problem. I've done it many times when a computer died so I could make emergency backups before doing repairs.
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April 24th, 2007, 09:20 PM
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Re: OT: Want a new hard drive...
Do you have to set jumpers or something?
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April 24th, 2007, 10:00 PM
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Re: OT: Want a new hard drive...
You might, but IIRC only if the drives are attached using the same cable.
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April 24th, 2007, 10:48 PM
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Re: OT: Want a new hard drive...
I installed XP Pro (sp2) on a second logical partition (D  of my only physical drive. When it booted, it would pause during the DOS boot sequence and give a choice of which operating system to boot into. Did that so that I could copy my important stuff over to D:, then format C:.
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April 25th, 2007, 06:23 PM
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Re: OT: Want a new hard drive...
Forgive me for my ignorance, but wouldn't it be easier to use a (or several) CD-RW('s) to manually copy the necessary files from the old hard drive and copy them onto the new hard drive?
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April 25th, 2007, 08:14 PM
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Re: OT: Want a new hard drive...
CD-RWs are horrendously slow, and do not help much if you forget about some files you want off of the old hdd. Much easier to just connect both (post installation of XP Pro on the new hdd).
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April 26th, 2007, 04:00 AM
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Re: OT: Want a new hard drive...
94.2GB. No thanks on CD transfer.
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