I'm replacing my current HD with a new, larger HD.
Can I simply remove the old HD, install the new one, set as a slave as the current HD is, re-boot the computer, and go from there with partisions, etc.??
I'm deleting all content (games) from the 2 partisions on the old HD before replacing.
Just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing anything.
One other thing.........XP limits the size of partisions at around 32 gigs on a Fat32 formatted drive, which wasn't a problem on the old 40g HD. This new one is a 120g drive, so I may want to create 3 40g partisions. I have 'Partision Magic' software, so can I do it with this?
(I wanted to keep the file format the same on both of my drives, the other one being a 20g Fat32 system drive, to avoid any other potential issues)
Thanks very much for any help......
Can I simply remove the old HD, install the new one, set as a slave as the current HD is, re-boot the computer, and go from there with partisions, etc.??
I'm deleting all content (games) from the 2 partisions on the old HD before replacing.
Just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing anything.
One other thing.........XP limits the size of partisions at around 32 gigs on a Fat32 formatted drive, which wasn't a problem on the old 40g HD. This new one is a 120g drive, so I may want to create 3 40g partisions. I have 'Partision Magic' software, so can I do it with this?
(I wanted to keep the file format the same on both of my drives, the other one being a 20g Fat32 system drive, to avoid any other potential issues)
Thanks very much for any help......