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Old 06-16-2004, 07:06 PM   #1
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Question anyone ever replace a hard drive on their pc?

i'm replacing my 7 year old 10G hard drive with a 40G western digital. i'm currently running win2k pro, but will upgrade to winxp pro.

has anyone ever done this before? do i need to create a boot disk (floppy)? anyone know of any cool tutorial links?

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Old 06-16-2004, 07:10 PM   #2
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Old 06-16-2004, 07:13 PM   #3
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yeah you are pretty much screwed unless you have another computer to Xfer data on to replace it straight across with no issues.

Or if you just want to augment your current storage you can simply add the new drive in fresh and clean.
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Old 06-16-2004, 07:14 PM   #4
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Its easy, just make sure you have the jumpers on the back of the hard drive set to the "Cable Select" setting (Instructions are on the quick setup sheet). But when you turn it on, insert the floppy the HDD came with, if it didn't, then go to the Western Digital website (http://www.wdc.com/en/index.asp?Language=en), and find your model, than download the tools and throw it onto a floppy. If your going to get Windows XP, than go to www.newegg.com, software, then search for it and buy the student discounted one and you'll save $100. Its an "upgrade", but all you do is insert it and then sometime in the installation it will ask you to insert an old Windows disk to authorize its an upgrade, you dont have to actually install a Windows XX, then install the upgrade. Oh and, if you do get the upgrade, make sure you open the fold out cardboard thing ALL OF THE WAY because its a bit hard to tell it opens up to form 3 flaps. GL! If you need more help, PM me
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Old 06-16-2004, 07:22 PM   #5
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Where do you find the student discounted Windows XP on the newegg.com website? Lowest price I saw there was $104; is that it?
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Old 06-16-2004, 07:24 PM   #6
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Damn helpful n00b. You're supposed to tell him it's not possible. Give him a hard time, you know.

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Old 06-16-2004, 07:30 PM   #7
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40 gig? Are you SURE that drive isn't the 7 year old one?
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Old 06-16-2004, 07:33 PM   #8
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Please tell me this review of Windows XP (from Amazon.com) is a joke:

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Personally, I found that this was a trying experience from the beginning. First off, few stores even carry XP software, so that even locating the package is difficult. Thankfully there are on-line opportunities like Amazon to fulfill the dream.

Physically installing this product was an even greater difficulty. I could not find this in a 3.5" format and had to upgrade my PC in order to be able to run the CD. After re-booting, I found that the CD was not mounted and that the software could not be recognized. I spent numerous hours on the phone with MicroSoft Tech support, only to determine that the system requirements were not fully explained in the promotional literature. This upgrade requires an extremely fast processor, at least 512 Mb memory, minimum 40 Gb hard drive. In fact, the system architecture and operating system are completely different! Who knew? I can tell you it is not recommended for the typical Apple II or Mac Plus customer.

This is probably much better suited to the owner of a new Power Mac machine with the latest in video & IO features. --.
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Old 06-16-2004, 07:40 PM   #9
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Damn helpful n00b. You're supposed to tell him it's not possible. Give him a hard time, you know.

I sell computers, so I cant get mad anymore at people in need :]

Here you go!
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...116-112&depa=6
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Hmm . . . do they have XP Home academic?
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Old 06-16-2004, 07:44 PM   #11
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Nope. Why do you want Home anyway? Are you having worries about installing it, or other?


[ABOUT THE EDIT: The $90 Home must be purchased with hardware]

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...102-025&depa=6

Theres home for $104, little pricey.
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Old 06-16-2004, 07:47 PM   #12
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No, I would actually prefer Pro . . .I just don't need it and figured Home would be cheaper. Weird.
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Old 06-16-2004, 07:48 PM   #13
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Yea, it is strange \: Schools usually need Pro though because of (insert wierd networking reasons here).
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Old 06-16-2004, 07:51 PM   #14
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Replace harddrives all the time.



Piece of crap dell computers
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Old 06-16-2004, 07:52 PM   #15
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Where do you find the student discounted Windows XP on the newegg.com website? Lowest price I saw there was $104; is that it?
Attend the Univ. of Pittsburgh. We get all the latest greatest MS products for free (WinXP Pro, Office 2003, Visual Studio).

Anyway, I would strongly recommend Windows XP Pro over the home edition. Professional edition may even be necessary if you want to be able to read data from your old hard drive after the upgrade. The Home edition is not able to read "logical drive volumes" created by Windows (I'm not sure if Win2000 supports this anyway).

My previous computer had WinXP Pro on it, and my new computer came preinstalled with the Home edition. When I moved the hard drive from the old computer to the new computer to copy files, Windows Home edition was unable to read the data from the disk since it was orginally configured as a logical drive.

Also, if you are using your computer on a University network, most schools will not provide support for XP Home edition, since it is not as secure.
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Old 06-16-2004, 07:59 PM   #16
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see if you can get your hands on a copy of Ghost7 on a boot floppy. set old hard drive on one channel, set new on other. boot from floppy, choose 10 as source, 40 as destination, and viola! You now have your old OS on the new drive, upgrade away. This is also good, incase the upgrade fails, you still have your original drive intact.
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Old 06-16-2004, 08:07 PM   #17
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Drowner... thats so unnessecary (No offense though). Just pop in the XP upgrade into the drive and when they ask for an old Windows disk, just pop it in, and continue. You dont need to install the old OS first. The only reason you would want to do what you just posted is if you wanted your old files on a master HDD, but still you could just use the old HDD as a slave and still have your old files, or if you dont want the old files, you could still reformat the old HDD and have an extra 10 gigs.
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Old 06-16-2004, 08:09 PM   #18
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Old 06-16-2004, 08:11 PM   #19
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Who needs dells? Buy from me No BS proprietary onboard crap. My comps start at $700, but they'll last longer than a dell and come with longer warranties, and 24/7 support. :X
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Old 06-16-2004, 11:54 PM   #20
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Question thanks fellas! BUT...

i intend to REPLACE my old drive (it makes these strange scratching noises which are becoming more and more prevalent as of late)...

I'm just gonna rip out the old one (i've already backed up whatever files i need on zip disk), and replace it with the new 40G western digital.

i'm gonna do a clean install on a brand new HD. do i need a boot disk for that?

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i'm running a PIII 700mhz processor with 340 something mb of ram...will this suffice for XP? i intend to upgrade my ram to at least 512 in the not-to-distant future. are these specs sufficient?
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Default Re: thanks fellas! BUT...

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do i need a boot disk for that?

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i'm running a PIII 700mhz processor with 340 something mb of ram...will this suffice for XP? i intend to upgrade my ram to at least 512 in the not-to-distant future. are these specs sufficient?

just use your windows XP cd. u must select your cd-rom drive as your first boot device. if you don't know how, then ask and i'll answer.

those specs are sufficient. windows 2000 and XP recommend minimum of 128mb, but you always want more than what's recommended.



if you don't already know from my previous posts, i work at a computer store where we diagnose 7-10 pc's a day and been doing it for 4 years now.

99.9999% of the time customers bring in their pc's with win2k or XP on it complaining that its very slow, we throw in 256mb or 512 and the problem is solved.
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Old 06-17-2004, 03:24 AM   #22
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i'm gonna do a clean install on a brand new HD. do i need a boot disk for that?

You only need a bootable diskette if your PC is unable to boot from a CD-ROM.
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Old 06-17-2004, 08:35 AM   #23
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No one in the history of man has done this...its impossible, just like beating an SRT-4, its just simply fastAr
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40 gig? Are you SURE that drive isn't the 7 year old one?
Seriously. 120GB hard drives can be found easily for $99 nowadays.
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