Primary HDD

[FrostedNipple]

Right, I've ordered my second HDD, its bigger and faster than my current one, so, should i install windows on to it and use it is my primary HDD, or should i just use it as my media disk?

If i use it as my primary, will getting songs, videos, pictures etc out of my current 'My Documents' be an easy or hard task? i.e. will they be locked, i remember this happening to me on a previous rig.

 

[jak731]

unless it is significantly faster or you want the to use the faster hdd and can be bothered with reinstalling everything, just use the new hdd as a media disk, to ensure easy transfer of your files it should just simply be a job of removing your account password while in your current install and then copy and pasting the files to the new hdd (in xp anyway)

 

[FrostedNipple]

ok thanks

 

[hp7909]

I'd use the new HD considering it will be less 'worn' & might be faster.

Since new one will be empty, why not try cloning old one to it. Plug-it-in solo to test if successfully done then format old one & use it for media, backup, etc

 

[FrostedNipple]

I'd use the new HD considering it will be less 'worn' & might be faster.

Since new one will be empty, why not try cloning old one to it. Plug-it-in solo to test if successfully done then format old one & use it for media, backup, etc

how successful is cloning though? My friend did that and he just got a load of errors after about a week so was forced to do a format!

 

[hp7909]

how successful is cloning though? My friend did that and he just got a load of errors after about a week so was forced to do a format!

Unless he changed mobo or from IDE to SATA or faulty HD, then I don't see how errors could occur I've cloned to new HDs many times succesfully. Remember, you can keep the files on other/older HD & see how it goes.