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How do I install a scond hard drive
silkyuk9
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Ive bought a new to me pc, basically second hand refurbished. In my old pc (desk top) I have a newish hard drive which I bought and was thinking of putting this into the new one (as a slave??) so when I boot up I can choose which HD I want to boot up. Is this an easy job to undertake please, if so how do I do this.
At the moment im not sure of the speck of the new one but im sure its a lot better than this own built im using
At the moment im not sure of the speck of the new one but im sure its a lot better than this own built im using
All the big powers they've silenced me. So much for free speech and choice on this fundamental human right, and outing the liars.
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Are you planning on having the 2 hard drives running side by side or are you going to dual boot to different operating systems?0
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Are you planning on having the 2 hard drives running side by side or are you going to dual boot to different operating systems?
im not sure tbh, in my old pc i have 3 hard drives and when my pc is booting up it asks me which i want to boot. I always choose the biggest hd. Before i put it in I choose the other hd that was the biggest.
To be honest I do not want to throw my newish hd away also I want to experiment with op systems. I want to put vista on one upgrade from XP and I have a windows 7 for my b'day im going to install on the new one. So basically I want to use vista then try out 7 on the new hard drive.All the big powers they've silenced me. So much for free speech and choice on this fundamental human right, and outing the liars.0 -
Just be careful when trying to dual boot 2 different versions of windows, especially Vista. I've had a nightmare doing this before, when I tried to dual boot Vista with XP. Not too sure about Windows 7 though. I have dual booted 2 versions of Win7 on my current PC. That was easy as Win7 has a great boot-loader built I which automatically configures everything0
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play around on the old system (if it's really a worse spec than the new), then stick the best drive in a usb caddy for backup.
If the new system has no network card, is either incredibly old, or a bodge job, they have been standard on branded machines for well over a decade.
All those internal disks add noise, heat, electricity costs, with little benefit.
you can play around in virtual machines too.!!
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