Adding another SATA that will now be the OS drive

[SHRED]

Building my new system when it gets here soon.

I have 2 - 80g Seagate SATA's on my current win2000 system.
One is obviously for storage and the other contains the OS.

My new system will have a 250g Seagate SATA (the mobo can handle 4 SATA total).

I am assuming I can leave the 2 old drives alone (no formatting), load the new OS (XP PRO) on the new SATA, and then go and get what I might need from the 2 older drives before I reformat them?


Just double checking because I haven't done this before.
Hope I said this correctly.

Thanks

OBTW:

Just got this from Newegg


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GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
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Antec True Power Trio TP3-550 ATX12V 550W Power Supply with Three 12V Rails - Retail
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80562Q6600 - Retail
G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL4D-2GBPK - Retail
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
Microsoft Windows XP Professional With SP2B 1 Pack - OEM
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - OEM

 

[Old Hippie]

Sounds like a plan to me!

Don't plug those old drives in untill after the new OS is loaded and ready to go. Even then, booting your machine may be a little tricky when both drives with OSs are "seen", and your old drive may have to be put in a USB enclosure to remove the data.

Have fun and good luck!

 

[SHRED]

Sounds like a plan to me!

Don't plug those old drives in untill after the new OS is loaded and ready to go. Even then, booting your machine may be a little tricky when both drives with OSs are "seen", and your old drive may have to be put in a USB enclosure to remove the data.

Have fun and good luck!

Thanks for that tip!!


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