My primary drive (main/master) or the one with the OS is installed on is a 1TB SATA hard drive. I want to add an IDE 80GB Hard drive. My mother board only has one IDE slot. Can i just connect the hard drive into the IDE slot and format it? My Secondary hard drive has no OS installed on it. I inserted my Windows XP Disk in it and delete the C drive. It says to create a partition. Do I create one? I want to make 4 partitions and is that possible? Also what else do i have to do so my computer recognizes it is a secondary hard drive?
What i was thinking of doing is to connect the IDE hard drive into the IDE slot on my motherboard. unplug the main SATA hard drive. Turn on my computer and insert the XP disk. Create 4 partitons on the IDE hard drive and exit setup. Turn off my computer, then connect my main SATA hard drive back to the motherboard. Go to BIOS and make it so the SATA is my main hard drive. Turn on computer and format the secondary hard drive... Is that what i do?
I am sorry if i am not clear, but i am confused my self to..
Thanks
What i was thinking of doing is to connect the IDE hard drive into the IDE slot on my motherboard. unplug the main SATA hard drive. Turn on my computer and insert the XP disk. Create 4 partitons on the IDE hard drive and exit setup. Turn off my computer, then connect my main SATA hard drive back to the motherboard. Go to BIOS and make it so the SATA is my main hard drive. Turn on computer and format the secondary hard drive... Is that what i do?
I am sorry if i am not clear, but i am confused my self to..
Thanks