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Esther47

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Can someone help me i want to install a new C: drive i have now 2 hard but i want to replace the C: drive to a bigger one i know how to put in the drive and set the jumper to master, but i don't know if i have to partition i know nothing about this and i was told to find out if my mother board will work with the new big drive which is 200GIG my mother board is P4S5A/DX , 1.6 GiG, windowsXP, 384Ram i know that i have to set the bios to boot from the A: drive i need to know else i have to do :)
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:) :tazz:
Can someone help me i want to install a new C: drive i have now 2 hard but i want to replace the C: drive to a bigger one i know how to put in the drive and set the jumper to master, but i don't know if i have to partition i know nothing about this and i was told to find out if my mother board will work with the new big drive which is 200GIG my mother board is P4S5A/DX , 1.6 GiG, windowsXP, 384Ram i know that i have to set the bios to boot from the A: drive i need to know else i have to do :)
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Hi,

What is the manufactuer of the drive?
You should go to thier website and download a manual and tools for the drive this will explain everthing in detail.

post back with any questions

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it is a western digital 120 GIG i know how to install the hardware it's the software that im not sure of like partitioning
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