Posted by jim Stern on January 12, 19101 at 09:53:02:
In Reply to: Re: Installing second hard drive posted by tig on January 02, 19101 at 18:08:47:
The steps are as follows.
configure your old hd as a master (check the jumpers)
configure your new hd as a slave (set the jumpers)
boot the system and go into bios
set the 2nd drive to auto detect
exit and reboot the system
fdisk the new drive into 1 large 20GB partition
(will require FAT32)
format the new drive with the /s parameter from DOS
or in Win 9X choose to copy a system files.
(these previous steps prevent some imaging software
from partition drives or using a screwy disk layout
scheme)
run your copying software (betcha it's Norton Ghost)
follow the prompts to copy the master to the slave
without reformatting
shutdown the system
pull both hard drives and the IDE cable (save the cable)
change the jumpers so the new hd is the master and
the old hd is now a slave
install the new IDE cable that came with the hd
(it is an ATA-66 or ATA-100 cable) make sure
the blue connector is connected to the motherboard
place the hd's back and cable
boot and go into BIOS
set both of the hd to auto detect
reboot and enjoy.
Jim Stern
: Here's what you can try: if your software copy can create exact image of an HD then use it to copy the old HD to the New HD.
: After that done, set your new HD as the Master Drive, and set your old HD as the slave Drive (jumper settings on both HDs), connect your new HD on the Master Cable and leave the old HD out.
: Boot up your computer and set your BIOs to indicate the new HD drive as the first boot drive, reboot. If your computer boots with your new HD that means you got all your old HD data plus the OS. Then you can connect your old HD as a slave drive, reformat it to free up space.
: These all depense on what your "software copy to copy HD" can really do.
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: : Need advice please! I have a G6-333 Gateway with 8.4 gig hd. It is full. I bought a Western Digital 20 gig ultra ata/100 7200rpm, and would like to install. How can I have 2 hard drives and make the faster WD one the primary without losing all my existing data, and make the best use out of two hard drives? What is easiest and safest way to upgrade? (it comes with software copy to copy HD as well?) I appreciate any help you can give me. THANKS~! Judy