hey egin,

what u cn do to transfer your data in your first HD to your new one;

1. connect your new HD to your system via IDE cable (make sure it's master/slave in relation to whatever IDE device [be it another HD or CDROM drive] that connects to the same cable by setting the pin correctly).

2. fire up your system & go into your BIOS setup IF your computer isn't set up initially to auto-detect IDE drives. u can tell that it does when every time your system boots up, it shows that it detects your HD & CDROM drive.

3. if the HD has yet to be partitioned & formatted, u may need to unplug your old drive & let the new one be the only HD in the system. have your boot disk ready to partition & format that new drive. don't go NTFS (if u're using Win2k or WinXP) yet as u need all the partitions in FAT32 for easier (i mean less hassle) file transfer.

4. if it's already partitioned but not formatted, then u can format the drive easily in windows by going to windows explorer, & right-click that new drive, & choose full format. easy wot? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />

5. operation drag & drop. do all file transfer u want via windows but to be safe, put the files in the second partition or others. so long as u don't put them in the first.

6. if i don't make any sense, please go to tom's hardware & find out more on installing hard disk drives.

hope that helps. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

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