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Noob question - need help quick

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f1tifosi

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OK, here's my situation:

I have everything ready for my new system build. But I have a lot of music saved on the hard drive of computer #1 (old system), and I ready to start building computer #2 (new system), which includes a new hard drive.

How do I transfer my songs over to the new hard drive? Can I just connect the hard drive from computer #1 into the computer #2 as a second hard drive and just access the old hard drive as a separate drive (D: drive) in the new system? Since the old drive was my boot drive, how do I set up the new system to recognize the new hard drive as the boot drive, rather than the old one? I assume I do that through the boot sequence in the BIOS, but I can't remember - C: new HD, D: old HD and E: CD/DVD player?

I assume that when I build my system, I switch the boot sequence to the CD player to load Windows. Windows should recognize both hard drives, but how to I make the new hard drive the boot drive? I cannot remember whether there is such an option in the Windows load process. Basically, I want to set up the old hard drive as D: drive, transfer the songs to the new C: drive and then pull out the old drive and give it to a friend.

If my impression above is incorrect, please let me know. If you have other suggestions, I'm open to any ideas.

Sorry about the confused nature of this post, but I'm in a hurry.

Patrick
 
yes, just make sure in the bios that you set the new hd to first boot. then you shouldnt have any problems there. and if you put 2 hard drives on one ide cable make sure u set the jumpers correctly
 
Even though the old HD was a boot drive? I assume if I load Windows onto C: (new drive) as the boot drive, I can gut the files of D: even though it was previously a boot HD? Does the new system just recognize D: as another HD even thought it set up as a boot drive? Is it BIOS that determines a drives status as a boot drive rather than anything saved on old hard drive.

Thanks again!!
 
it is generally a good idea to install windows with only the drive connected that you want to use as a boot drive. That way, there is zero probability of you accidentally formatting the wrong drive :)

After you have windows up and running, you should be able to connect your old HDD to transfer the data. You could also connect the two computers with a network cable and transfer the files using windows file sharing, this may be a little more involved though...

ps.: depending on what motherboard you have, your BIOS may allow you to select the boot drive directly. Otherwise, you will need to figure out which one is HDD0/ HDD1...etc.

but yes, you select the boot device in the BIOS.
 
drizzt81 said:
it is generally a good idea to install windows with only the drive connected that you want to use as a boot drive. That way, there is zero probability of you accidentally formatting the wrong drive :)

After you have windows up and running, you should be able to connect your old HDD to transfer the data. You could also connect the two computers with a network cable and transfer the files using windows file sharing, this may be a little more involved though...
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Yeah, but as luck would have it, my situation is somewhat more complicated. I am forced to use my old computer case for my new system until I can find a seller with a Silverstone TJ09 in stock. So, there is file sharing is not really an option.
 
drizzt81 said:
it is generally a good idea to install windows with only the drive connected that you want to use as a boot drive. That way, there is zero probability of you accidentally formatting the wrong drive :)

After you have windows up and running, you should be able to connect your old HDD to transfer the data. You could also connect the two computers with a network cable and transfer the files using windows file sharing, this may be a little more involved though...

ps.: depending on what motherboard you have, your BIOS may allow you to select the boot drive directly. Otherwise, you will need to figure out which one is HDD0/ HDD1...etc.

but yes, you select the boot device in the BIOS.
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My board is a new ASUS P5N32-E, so it should be OK.

Say a prayer for me :)
 
drizzt81 said:
it is generally a good idea to install windows with only the drive connected that you want to use as a boot drive. That way, there is zero probability of you accidentally formatting the wrong drive :)

After you have windows up and running, you should be able to connect your old HDD to transfer the data. You could also connect the two computers with a network cable and transfer the files using windows file sharing, this may be a little more involved though...

ps.: depending on what motherboard you have, your BIOS may allow you to select the boot drive directly. Otherwise, you will need to figure out which one is HDD0/ HDD1...etc.

but yes, you select the boot device in the BIOS.
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How do you 'file share?' I have enough space on my laptop, I should be able to transfer the files overnight, but I've never used 'file share'? Any hints.
 
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