Can I take the C drive from my old computer and use it as extra space on my new one? Or switch?

Question

My new one is a Compaq Presario with only 15gb and my old one is a hp pavilion 504n with 37gb. can i just add it on like another drive?

Answer 1

Yes, remove the old drive and look at its label, it should show you how to set the jumpers on it from master to slave. Your new computer will hopefully already have a 2 position cable attached to its hard drive, then you just change the other drive to slave and plug it in the extra connector. You may need a new IDE cable and also some hard drives require a different setting between master and single drive which would mean you'd need to remove the drive from the new computer and change its setting as well.

Answer 2

open the pc add the older drive to the spare set of leads coming from the drive already in there (15gb) remove the tiny jumper pin/s from the 37gb drive this will make the 37gb drive the slave, turn on the pc, and check windows explorer, you should now see your other drive listed, ( add the drive with the power to the pc off)...

Answer 3

Maybe.

The old drive will need to be compatible with the interface (most likely IDE) in your new computer, and you'd probably have to set up the drives in a "master-slave" configuration if they both use an IDE interface.

Answer 4

Offcource..No Problems...Just add it as a Primary Slave Drive or Secondary Master/Slave..it will work fine..And Will show you a seperate Partition.

Answer 5

Hi. Yes. On the back of the drives is a jumper. One has to be MA (master) and one SL (slave).

Answer 6

You should be able to add it in there, minded that the motherboard will support that drive.

Answer 7

yes you can but you have to format it. make sure you assign this as a slave and you original as a master