2nd HDD effect anything(Two Questions)?

[3far4shot]

Question#1: I have a WD Caviar 160GB with Windows XP on it. I am getting a Seagate 160GB soon and was wondering if i just install it and it sets it self up? Or what?(Both Drives are SATA).

Question#2: With a second HDD with it effect upgrading anything else? Like the Video card and CPU?

 

[engiNURD]

1) If its a brand new hard drive, no, it will not set itself up. If you want to use it as an additional storage drive, you'll need to set it all up in disk management. To run disk management in XP/Vista, just hit [WINDOWS_KEY] + [R] to get the run command prompt and type in: diskmgmt.msc ... You will then initialize the drive, setup the partition(s) (you can create multiple partitions if you like), and format it.

2) No, a 2nd HDD should only affect the mobo and PSU. Make sure your PSU can handle the extra power needed for the new hardware (which isn't much for a HDD, so you should be fine). Make sure your mobo has enough ports for all of your drives -- which it should, since most boards came with at least 2SATA connectors if it supported SATA at all.