shamrock838
New Member
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).
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).
