Switching Hard Drives

comprookie2000 · 04-20-2004, 04:28 PM

I have a new hard drive that has never been used,what I am asking is it possible to remove the hard drive that is working great and put it to the side and install the new hard drive to play around with and always have the good one for backup,thanks david

Mara · 04-20-2004, 04:32 PM

Of course it is. The thing is that if you're going to remove the main disk completely you'll need a system to boot - or you'd just install something on the new disk.

comprookie2000 · 04-20-2004, 04:55 PM

Thanks,I would install a new O.S. on the new drive,I just did not know if I could mess up the bios or motherboard settings by doing something like this as this is my only computer and main hobby,david

MS3FGX · 04-20-2004, 09:38 PM

Your BIOS, unless it is really old, will autodetect a new hardrive and configure itself.

So when you switch drives, your system will reconfigure itself accordingly.

comprookie2000 · 04-20-2004, 09:55 PM

Thanks,I will do it over the weekend as I like to give myself some time so I don't have to rush or stop in the middle,this will give me something to learn on and still have something stable to fall back on when I mess up,seems like the more I mess up the more I learn and that is the fun part,david

J.W. · 04-21-2004, 03:27 AM

As long as you power down the system first, then replace the drive with the new one (making sure it is jumpered correctly) you should be A-OK. -- J.W.