I currently have two HD's in my computer. The master is a 40g and the secondary is a 10g. I want to replace the 10g with a 250g and use that as the master. Can I install the 250g as the secondary, copy the files from the 40g to it then make the 250g the master? Will the system boot as normal or do I have to reinstall the OS on the new drive? I hope that explains what I want to do. In my head it sounds simple, but then again so do most of the voices I hear in my head.
2006-12-28 16:56:00 · 10 answers · asked by Mike 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
you can keep the 40G HD as primary and boot from it and keep the large one as secondary.You donot necessarily need OS on your HD.By doing this you can nkup yor data and later instal OS of your choice if required
2006-12-28 17:01:45 · answer #1 · answered by Eric 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That could work, but I'd use an imaging program that would create an image of the 40g drive and then copy that image to the 250g drive (that way all the files would get copied including the OS files in exact order). Otherwise you might end up having to reinstall the OS on the 250g drive.
2006-12-29 01:08:44 · answer #2 · answered by terran_ghost 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hook up the new drive and with the software that comes with the hard drive you will be able to make the 250 gig the master boot drive. The program will transfer everything over for you. Once it is done turn the computer off and then switch it to were the 250 is the master and the 40 as the slave. Of course you might want to reformat the 40 so you can use it as storage.
2006-12-29 17:09:45 · answer #3 · answered by Bob W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your OS well complain alot, but you would be better off ditching both of those small drives and only having the 250 as a master.
I would advise you to install your OS on the 250g and transfer any settings, music, pictures to the new 250g.
You can use a program like norton ghost to image your drive if thats what you really want to do.
But your still better off staring fresh. You'll thank me later.
2006-12-29 01:49:26 · answer #4 · answered by psycho_omega 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would assume you are running a windows system. in that case you would have to put your new primary hard drive in (250) then make the 40 the secondary, install the new OS, because I belive that copying wont work with windows, (copy protection stuff) and then when your OS is up and running you can copy what you want from your secondary to your primary. how you are thinking it in your head is fine, but you cannot copy some programs and OS's. you would be better off installing them on the new hard drive, then copying any needed files
2006-12-29 01:09:19 · answer #5 · answered by Andrew 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no issues either it is master or slave. The thing is which hard-disk has the active partition.
you can have os istalled in a secondary hard-disk and make it an active bootable one. But if you mean that you should boot from 250 gb hard-disk. You must install the OS newly on the 250 GB HDD , and have a dual boot, sothat you can choose from either where to boot from.
2006-12-29 01:55:06 · answer #6 · answered by peiyakulam.com 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
install the new 250 by itself and use your install disk and after it is all up add your 40gig as slave drive. or, if you want to keep your current configuration...u could install your new drive as slave. boot to the 40gig and right click 'my computer' and choose 'manage' then 'disk management' from the left pane.make two partitions on your new drive, the first one at 45gig which you format but leave empty and a second one that is big enough to hold a ghost image of your drive, 50gig or bigger, but not bigger than 100gig (save space for later). then make a ghost copy of your current 40GB master and store the image on the second partition on the new drive. the ghost program should run from floppy. power down. change your jumpers on the drive and install the 250 as master...boot to command prompt and run the ghost program and have it apply the image on your second partition to your first empty partition (which should now be the C: drive) after you can boot to the new drive power down again and add your 40gig as a slave. need more info? email me...
2006-12-29 01:10:02 · answer #7 · answered by T G 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can give you a link that deals with hard drive problems.
Some drive problems can be easily fixed by yourself using easily available tools. I found the info at http://fixit.in useful. Try this site, if you can get what is required.
2006-12-30 07:42:52 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on if your Motherboard has the feature that automatically recognizes new hardware, most newer computers do and you probibly will have no problem at all
2006-12-29 01:05:11 · answer #9 · answered by virkidmurr 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes you can transfer all your files that way and should work fine
2006-12-29 00:59:18 · answer #10 · answered by furmanator1957 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋