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Springy182 · 07-03-2009, 08:33 PM

If you reload Windows with the new 1TB there's no reason why you should have a problem with having the old drive hooked up as a secondary, I'd say load Windows onto the 1TB, move all your data over, then load Windows on the older drive and keep the 1TB for data (Great if Windows ever does that again, no data loss)

But you'd need to set the 1TB to be the secondary boot device (Optical being primary) then later when you load Windows on the older drive set the older drive to be secondary, then keeping Windows on the 1TB's purely optional (But would be useful in case the old drive dies or Windows no longer functions)

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Springy182 Gold Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 300	If you reload Windows with the new 1TB there's no reason why you should have a problem with having the old drive hooked up as a secondary, I'd say load Windows onto the 1TB, move all your data over, then load Windows on the older drive and keep the 1TB for data (Great if Windows ever does that again, no data loss) But you'd need to set the 1TB to be the secondary boot device (Optical being primary) then later when you load Windows on the older drive set the older drive to be secondary, then keeping Windows on the 1TB's purely optional (But would be useful in case the old drive dies or Windows no longer functions) __________________ CPU: Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 3400MHz 1.25V RAM: OCZ Reaper 4GB DDR2 1066MHz 5-5-5-15 2.1V HDDs: SATA 1000GB Samsung, SATA 500GB 750GB Seagate, IDE 500GB PSU: 600W OCZ StealthXStream ODD: LG SATA DVDRW GPU: EVGA 9800GT (Dual slot) 750-1875-2000 Mobo: EVGA 780i SLI "FTW" Case: Coolermaster NV-690 (NVidia Edition)