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Answer» I currently have a SATA hard drive on my win xp, how easy is it to install a second hard drive? Is all that is required for me to do is open the computer and connect the cables and will it work or do I need to install windows on the new hard drive? Also how easy would it to be to transfer files between the hard drives? I want the new hard drive to keep all music, videos and user files and the old to just have windows and programmes on it. Would I also be able to do this, transfer user files to the new hard drive and then fresh install win xp on the old hard drive? One issue I have is that my current hard drive is 465gb so when keeping this to just have win xp installed upon it a lot of storage space would be wasted, any suggestions to the best route I should take? Thanks.Adding a second hard drive is very easy. After you install it you need to format it, then you can do WHATEVER you like with it.After you install it, go into computer management, right click on the new drive and initialize it then format it and AWAY you go.Is installation simply plugging it in or do i have to install windows on it? thanks for your help so far.If you have a WORKING Windows install this is not neccessary...it will simply be seen as a 2nd drive and used for storage. It is just a matter of HOOKING it up. There will be 2 cables a wide one/power and a smaller one/data. They have a slight L shaped key at one end so as to prevent hooking it up wrong so just examine it carefully and take your time. As always remove all power sources prior to opening the case.Quote from: patio on October 10, 2009, 07:40:21 AM It is just a matter of hooking it up. patio, what about the formatting? Whoooops. After booting the 1st time right clik My Computer and select Manage...then Disk Management. You should see the new drive listed as unallocated. Right clik that drive and select format and you should be good to go... Thanx Soybean !Thanks to all those who helped, I have one last issue, my current hard drive is 465gb so when keeping this to just have win xp installed upon it and the new hard drive for user files then a lot of storage space would be wasted (I assume) on the old hard drive, any suggestions to the best route I should take? I don't understand. There's nothing stopping you from adding more files to the original drive. And if you want to "isolate" the OS (for ease of backup and/or restoration), just create one or more additional partitions on the first drive.

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I currently have a SATA hard drive on my win xp, how easy is it to install a second hard drive? Is all that is required for me to do is open the computer and connect the cables and will it work or do I need to install windows on the new hard drive?

Also how easy would it to be to transfer files between the hard drives? I want the new hard drive to keep all music, videos and user files and the old to just have windows and programmes on it.

Would I also be able to do this, transfer user files to the new hard drive and then fresh install win xp on the old hard drive?

One issue I have is that my current hard drive is 465gb so when keeping this to just have win xp installed upon it a lot of storage space would be wasted, any suggestions to the best route I should take?

Thanks.Adding a second hard drive is very easy. After you install it you need to format it, then you can do WHATEVER you like with it.After you install it, go into computer management, right click on the new drive and initialize it then format it and AWAY you go.Is installation simply plugging it in or do i have to install windows on it?
thanks for your help so far.If you have a WORKING Windows install this is not neccessary...it will simply be seen as a 2nd drive and used for storage.

It is just a matter of HOOKING it up. There will be 2 cables a wide one/power and a smaller one/data.
They have a slight L shaped key at one end so as to prevent hooking it up wrong so just examine it carefully and take your time.

As always remove all power sources prior to opening the case.Quote from: patio on October 10, 2009, 07:40:21 AM

It is just a matter of hooking it up.

patio, what about the formatting? Whoooops.

After booting the 1st time right clik My Computer and select Manage...then Disk Management.
You should see the new drive listed as unallocated.
Right clik that drive and select format and you should be good to go...

Thanx Soybean !Thanks to all those who helped, I have one last issue, my current hard drive is 465gb so when keeping this to just have win xp installed upon it and the new hard drive for user files then a lot of storage space would be wasted (I assume) on the old hard drive, any suggestions to the best route I should take?

I don't understand. There's nothing stopping you from adding more files to the original drive. And if you want to "isolate" the OS (for ease of backup and/or restoration), just create one or more additional partitions on the first drive.

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