is it very difficult installing an additional hard drive (say, 100 GB)?
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No, it is typically very easy. I'll assume you have IDE (sometimes called PATA) disks which are most common. Newer computers have SATA and some computers have SCSI, but that is unusual in home computers.\n\nSome very old computers have BIOS limitations that will keep you from seeing a very large disk properly. However, most large disks come with software that can help overcome this.\n\nLook at the drive that is in your computer now. It has a wide flat cable connecting to the rear of the drive. There is also a 4 pin power connector. The cable goes to your motherboard. If you see this, you are set to go. Look and see if the cable has a spare connector on it. If not, it probably connects to your CDROM drive. Also, make sure you have another 4 pin power connector. If not, you can buy a cheap "Y" connector to connect to the one that goes to your hard drive now and give you an extra power connector.\n\nBack up important data before you do anything!\n\nThe drive will have a jumper on it. Some drives can be jumpered Master or Slave. Others can be Master, Slave, or Single. You'll have to read the directions that come with the drive.\n\nTurn the computer off before you hook the new drive in. There is a bump on the connector so it only goes in one way. If you look at the drive, you'll see a notch that fits the bump. \n\nCase 1) Cable has empty connector. Before you put the new drive in, jumper it as a slave. Also, you need to check the existing drive (you'll probably have to take it out) to make sure it is jumpered as a master and not a "single". Some drives have a label on them that shows the jumper settings. Otherwise search the Web site of the manufactuer. Make sure both parts of the cable are snug and plug the power in (it only goes one way because it is shaped like an arrow). \n\nCase 2) No free connectors. You need another cable (usually comes with the drive). There should be another port on the motherboard. I suggest you remove the CDROM drive, rejumper it to be a master, and put it on the 2nd port on the mother board. The proceed as in Case 1. However, you can also jumper the drive as a master and connect it to the 2nd port. Either way will work OK with only slight performance loss.\n\nRun the drive's install software. It will help you format and configure. Easy!
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You would be better off putting the 80GB, inside the computer, and make it the main hard drive.
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For my PC HDD for the very first time i did it by booting my pc with a windows 98 boot cd. From the boot option i chose boot with cd-rom support. Then in the command prompt i typed fdisk. When it ran i chose to create primary partition first and then i chose no to use part of my HDD and gave a size like 25%. When it was done i chose extended DOS partition to create other three logical DOS drives. For the extended DOS partition i chose to use the rest of my HDD for it. When done it asked me to create logical drives in it. I gave 33% for the 1st and 2nd one and the rest for the last one. when done i exited the fdisk program and rebooted the system and started installing windows 98.\n\nNow the above option is for the first time if u have no other PC. If u have one more HDD with operating system in it or another PC then u can attach ur new HDD to that PC and partition it with third party softwares like PQ Partition Magic.\n\nIf u want to install Windows 2000 or Windows XP in that HDD just boot ur PC with ur Windows 2000 or Windows XP bootable CD and do partitions in it when prompted. It is very easy. It will show u what to do in detail on ur screen.\n\nPlay Safe...
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not a problem at all.  you can have multiple drives each with its own letter designation
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As long as you are going to all that trouble to put another drive on the new machine you might want to see what is on sale lately. I saw that Microcenter on the Internet has a 250 gig drive for $49 after rebates. Comes the day after Thanksgiving (Black Friday) I expect a bunch more great sales. Keep an eye out for a biggie at a low price.
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yeah change the hard drive jumpers to slave drive and not to master other wise you os will try and read it as your master. so just move it around till it comes on. i just got a enclosure myself took two days to figure that out
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just try cloning the hdd by having them both in the same box and running ghost. then it's a 1 step deal and less foulable. should make a direct copy thats usable. be sure the proper jumper is selected on the new drive when you install it to be the primary boot device (a common oversight)
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Not recommended.  100 mB is not alot of space anyway.  Either buy another hard disk for $59 on the Internet (you can get 80 mB for that...) or free up space on your hard disk by using CCleaner (ccleaner.com) or TuneUp Utilities (Tune-Up.com).  Also try Registry Mechanic by PC Tools.\n\nAll of these programs can clean lots of stuff off your HD.
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If you get a USB external HD of lets say 200gig you could partition it as two separate drives.\n\nHard drive Prices\nhttp://www.nextag.com/usb-powered-external-hard-drives/search-html?nxtg=244c0a1c0525-699B541887093E76\n\nPartition Info.\nhttp://freepctech.com/pc/001/001.shtml\n\nPS If you buy a HD the manual will have info. on how too do what you are looking for too.\n\nGood Luck :)
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first off 3 gb is a bit on the small side so you could move the files to a second hard drive. \ncompressing files is an option. another is removing some programs.
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Your question doesn't have a simple answer; however, if you don't need two computers, the easiest thing to do would be to transplant the HD from the slower machine into the better one.  This way, you'll have both drives available in the same computer, with a minimum of muss 'n fuss :)
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If it's simply a mother board issue and the drive is still in good shape there should be no problem with installing the drive in another system to retrieve the data. \n\nIf you're not familar with doing this i probably wouldn't recommend you trying it as there are many places where things can go wrong and you could possible kill the working system you're trying to install the drive into.\n\nI'd suggest taking it to a tech shop (such as geek squad) and have them get the data off for you they'll probably charge you around $100 but it's worth it to know it will be done properly and safely.
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go to http://maxtor.com/_files/maxtor/en_us/documentation/installation_guides/sata_installation_guide.pdf\nfor full documentation on installing the drive \nthen go to \nhttp://www.maxtor.com/portal/site/Maxtor/menuitem.3c67e325e0a6b1f6294198b091346068/?channelpath=/en_us/Support/Software%20Downloads/Top%20Downloads&downloadID=57\n\ndownload MaxBlast 4.0 for windows - easy installation utility
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The best thing to do would be to open up the new one and "Temporarily" install the old hard drive ... heck, you might as well keep it there.\n\nCopy your DATA files (not programs, they should be reinstalled if you want any of them) to your new drive.  You can then Reformat the old drive ... it's remarkably easy to do ... the plugs only fit one way ... just make sure the power is completely off to the computer (i.e. unplug it from the wall for sure) while you've got your hands in there.\n\nDon't be intimidated ... it's very easy ... the plugs only fit one way !
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I will try to find the answer to this, but I believe you are supposed to have the ability to delete the extended drive before you partition and delete the logical drive. It should've let you.\n\nExtended partitions are required for hard drives with more than one partition. Only *one* Extended partition is allowed per hard disk. You can't do anything with an Extended Partition, without first creating a Logical DOS drive *in* the Extended Partition .. which leads to our next point.qLogical DOS drives are created in Extended partitions. They are handy, since you (normally) can have only one Primary & one Extended partition per hard disk, giving you the ability to create more than two partitions per hard disk.\n\nThere's a known-problem with trying to create partitions [with FDISK] larger than 64GB. go to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q263044/ to read about it. Microsoft has a file for you to download [if you want to create partitions larger than 64GB]. If you already have a bootable floppy disk that works for you, but merely need the updated version of FDISK for a new hard drive that is larger than 64-GB, you can download the new version of FDISK.exe from http://radified.com/Files/\n\nThe delete screen in FDISK looks like this:\n1. Delete Primary DOS Partition [Delete this partition last]\n2. Delete Extended DOS Partition [Delete this partition next]\n3. Delete Logical DOS Drive(s) in the Extended DOS Partition [Delete these first]\n4. Delete Non-DOS Partition [These can be difficult to delete with FDISK]Always delete partitions in the *reverse* order you create them. \n\nIn other words, always delete partitions like so: \nFirst delete all Logical DOS drives [highest drive letter first]. Next delete the Extended partition. Lastly delete the Primary partition.Eric from New York City wrote to say he encountered a problem with a Windows 98 start-up disk. It gives him the error: NTLDR is missing. Press any key to restart. Pressing the proverbial "any key" does no damn good. The Windows Me boot disk from bootdisk.com allowed him to load DOS and access FDISK. But FDISK could not delete his NTFS partition. A utility called delpart.exe was required. You can download delpart.exe from either my Binaries page, or from the utilities page at bootdisk.com [listed near the bottom, scroll down to heading labeled "Partitioning"]. It's 123KB. Copy it to your boot floppy and execute it from there. Delete NTFS partitions as desired. Then reboot and create partitions with FDISK. So the combo that works to delete NTFS partitions is: delpart.exe on a WinMe boot floppy.
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DJ Rick is right.  Remove the hard drive and either set the drive as a primary slave in another computer, or get a external hard drive kit for notebook hard drives (about $30) and install the drive into it.  It converts the harddrive into an external hard drive.  You connect it to a computer via USB and plug in the a/c power cord to supply power to the drive and that's all here is to it.  Should take you under 5 minutes to assemble the hard drive into an external hard drive kit.  CompUSA carries the kits.  Good luck.
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No, I did once, and it cost $100 to come out and $100 an hour, no joke. Nothing is that important, cheaper to buy an new hard drive (as I learned MY lesson...)