My system info: AMD Athlon 1GHz (256 KB), BIOS Version: S21 M-C0, Windows XP home
2006-12-04 03:48:28 · 3 answers · asked by grognd 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
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All seriousness aside here, what's to ask. Take out the old drive and plug in the new one. It's that easy.
2006-12-04 06:07:59 · answer #1 · answered by Jay 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What are the issues. If you have directions, it should be a simple process. If you have the operating system, just put the 80GB hard drive in as the master and switch the 30GB hard drive to slave. Then re-install the operating system on the 80GB hard drive and swap/transfer the appropriate files from the 30GB hard drive to the 80GB hard drive. Another option is to just add the 80GB hard drive. If you want to know how replace the smaller hard drive, then you will need another computer to transfer the files. Any way you go, it will be something of a process. E-mail your intentions to me, and I will try to give a better answer.
2006-12-04 12:00:17 · answer #2 · answered by Jack 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is there a question here?
You'll have to use a program like Symantec Ghost to make a complete backup of your existing hard drive if you want to just 'swap' them.
The easier way to do it (and it encourages some housecleaning) is to backup your important files, round up your program CD's, and install a fresh copy of windows to the new hard drive. Then you can install only the programs you want, and dump your files back on, knowing you also have a backup in case things every go horribly wrong.
2006-12-04 11:58:31 · answer #3 · answered by Che jrw 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋