Adding a 10,000 hard drive

APM98 · 05-24-2006, 04:21 PM

I am planning on getting a 160GB HD and in the future add a faster drive like a raptor. My question is, is it easy to add this as a primary drive? What would u have to do to the 160GB drive first before adding the other?

**The_Other_One** · 05-24-2006, 07:32 PM

Make one drive mast and the other slave. Or if they're SATA, you don't have to do a thing. At least, I didn't when I connected my two Raptors...

APM98 · 05-24-2006, 09:10 PM

so if i have windows installed on the slave I should be ok

mrjack · 05-24-2006, 09:20 PM

You should have Windows installed on the Master HDD.

05-24-2006, 04:21 PM	#1 (permalink)
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05-24-2006, 07:32 PM	#2 (permalink)
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APM98 Gold Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Downingtown, PA Age: 25 Posts: 402	so if i have windows installed on the slave I should be ok __________________ AMD 5200+ X2 AM2 Asus M2N-Sli Deluxe Corsair XMS2 2x512mb DDR2 800 eVGA 7600GT WD 250GB SE16 NEC DVD Burner Antec True Power 550W II 108 Mbps Wireless PCI pcmark05: 4004, 3dmark03 13136

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