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GiantMike
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_ 		12. November 2005 @ 14:08 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I got an old computer that doesnt work anymore but i know the hard drive is still good. i was wondering if i could hook up the old hard drive to my new pc and format the old hard drive. is that possible? and if it is, do i need to install a new operating system ? how do i go about doing that when i am runing both drives ?
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ddp
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_ 		12. November 2005 @ 18:04 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
if using the old drive for storage but as slave drive than don't need to install os on it. what windows version are you using?
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GiantMike
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_ 		13. November 2005 @ 04:34 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i got windows xp pro on here and here's the thing, i only got a 40 GB in my computer. i have a 160 GB external but i move that around so i wanted to put this old hard drive which is a 60 GB into my computer cause im almost out of space. will the the two in there act like 100 GB ?
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ddp
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_ 		13. November 2005 @ 07:01 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
will give you a total of 100gig but will be 2 seperate drives as in c: & d:. anytime you load a program on, try to install it onto the new drive. another option is to ghost the c:40gig onto the d:60gig & reconfiure the jumpers around so the 60 is now master & the 40 is now slave.
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