2 Internal Drives, Different Operating Systems
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Hello,
I'm a newbie and just finished my first computer build. I currently have a Windows XP IDE drive that I have been using as an external drive. The new PC is Windows 7 and has a SATA 6.0 drive. Since I have space in the case for my IDE drive, I was thinking about installing it (with a SATA adapter) so that I can improve the transfer speed. Will it be possible for me to use that drive for storage since it has a different operating system installed? I always plan to boot the PC using my new drive with Windows 7.
Sorry this got posted twice, I got an error message the first time I submitted.
Thanks.
I'm a newbie and just finished my first computer build. I currently have a Windows XP IDE drive that I have been using as an external drive. The new PC is Windows 7 and has a SATA 6.0 drive. Since I have space in the case for my IDE drive, I was thinking about installing it (with a SATA adapter) so that I can improve the transfer speed. Will it be possible for me to use that drive for storage since it has a different operating system installed? I always plan to boot the PC using my new drive with Windows 7.
Sorry this got posted twice, I got an error message the first time I submitted.
Thanks.
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if you dont plan on ever booting from the different OS, i would backup all the data off the IDE drive to a different drive, then format it and remove the OS off the IDE drive, mostly because the OS takes up a solid amount of room on the drive, then go ahead and use it as storage
however if you dont want to do that then you can simply just install it and use it as is and it should be fine
however if you dont want to do that then you can simply just install it and use it as is and it should be fine
weedn said:
if you dont plan on ever booting from the different OS, i would backup all the data off the IDE drive to a different drive, then format it and remove the OS off the IDE drive, mostly because the OS takes up a solid amount of room on the drive, then go ahead and use it as storagehowever if you dont want to do that then you can simply just install it and use it as is and it should be fine
I have no experience with this, so I'm just curious. Without booting from the XP drive, will accessing files be equivalent to using it as an external? What I mean is, I'll be able to open files, but not access programs? Is that correct?
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