How do I configure 2 Hard Drives?

Current configuration


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Sony Vaio desktop


P4 3.0 512mb


win xp sp 2


1 Hard Drive


-- Seagate Barracuda


-- 7,200 rpm / 250 gig


-- ST3250823AS p/n for the hard drive








I just bought a 2nd hard drive





Specs


Western Digital -Raptor X


Model WD1500AHFD


Interface SATA 1.5Gb/s - 150GB


RPM 10,000 - Cache 16MB





I have plenty of sata ports on my mobo and physical connection of hard drive is straightforward.








What is the best path to follow so the Raptor hard drive(new one) becomes my C: drive(Operating system on this) and the Seagate(original one) becomes the D:





thanks

How do I configure 2 Hard Drives?
As I understand you dont want to keep your current operating system, because you already said you can reinstall windows again. well so now you just need to make some changing in your hard drive jumpers, have a close look of your both hard drives in bottom area you can easily found jumpers, set the jumper of your 1st Raptor hard drive as Master and other slave to other one. now confirm that your both drives are working together correctly? if positive then boot your system with your operating system CD and go on, complete your windows installation. if you have any kinda problem then just remove your segate one and leave your Raptor drive now install your OP again, after when your system has been installed completely plug your segate drive. good luck
Reply:You can copy old drive to new drive and then erase old drive and reformatt to be empty.Then just switch sata cables.
Reply:Personally, I'd keep the Seagate as the primary drive, since they're more reliable than Western Digitals, but if you want to make the migration without going through the process of installing OS and applications from scratch on the new drive, invest in a copy of Norton Ghost. Ghost your old drive to your new one, change your boot priorities in the BIOS and then reformat the old drive.
Reply:Your final choice would be best. Install the new drive only, reinstall a new O/S, then add the old drive as a slave. It will automatically be renamed "D" drive when you reinstall. Delete the O/S off the original drive or it may cause problems. Nothing should be lost, but might want to back up first.