shamrock838

Temporarily Replacing Second Hard Drive :

My aging desktop computer has the following physical hard drives:
Disk 1 – Internal Hard Drive (C.
Disk 2 – Internal Hard Drive (E: & F.
Disk 3 – New External Hard Drive (H.

I also have an old 250GB external hard drive from which I want to transfer files to Disk 3 (my new 500GB External Hard Drive H).

I was advised to:
1 – Back up my entire system.
2 - Temporarily detach the existing Disk 2 from its ribbon cable.
3 – Install the old external hard drive in its place.
4 – Reboot the computer to recognize the new drive configurations.
5 – Copy the files from the old external hard drive to Disk 3.
6 – Detach the old external hard drive.
7 – Re-attach Disk 2 in its place.
8 – Reboot the computer to recognize the new drive configurations.

I’m a step-by-step guy … and only semi-computer literate at that. Also … I haven’t seen the inside of my computer in ages … so how can I be sure I’m detaching Disk 2 and not Drive 1? Any other precautions? Thanks.

Shamrock838

P.S.
Existing OS: - MS Windows XP Pro (Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 Build 2600). Existing Internet Explorer: - Internet Explorer (Version 7.0.5730.12 Build 75730).

Cromewell

Disk 2 should be the drive on the middle connector on the cable. It may not be though. The good news is if you disconnect the wrong drive it is easy to fix, just plug it back in

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