n00b question

[alexlyc]

Excuse my n00bness :

Ok i have 1x 80 gb pata hard disk (master) and 1x 250 gb pata hard disk (slave) installed in my system currently, and i want to take out the 250 gb and replace it with a new 160 gb one. I just wanna do a format on it and put it back to my external case.

My Question is if i swap the 250gb back in there, will my system re-recognize it? Will I be force to format it again to make it available again in my computer?

 

[Farva]

i have not had issues doing this *knocks on wood*

 

[Lamont Cranston]

If you just take out the 250 as is and then decide you want to put it in later, windows should recognize it just fine and should auto asign it a drive letter when it is reconnected to the system, you should be good to go