OK, I've got an 80 gig hard drive with my current set up but I know I will need to buy another hard drive to install AoC. My question, if I buy another hard drive, can I just slave it like I do my optical drive or do I have to install the whole windows system again on the new drive? My current 80 gig HD is fine so I really don't want to replace it just add an extra 80-160 gigs of space. Thanks
So, after I format is and it sets up in slave mode, then will I just be able to install games on that drive and have it act like normal? Thanks againGiantsfan22
I think, in this case, the question should be "how do I install a new hard drive without interfering with my Windows installation and programs?"
1. Physically install the hard drive. 2. Boot the computer and go into the BIOS. 3. Select the options for BOOT DEVICES. 4. You will have to select or rearrange the devices so that the old hard drive is booted first. 5. Save the BIOS settings. 6. Boot normally and login to Windows with an Administrator account. 7. Right-click My Computer > Manage. 8. Select "Disk Management" from left side. 9. You will see the C: drive listed near the bottom along with a rectangle labeled as unpartitioned or unformatted disk. 10. Right click the unformatted disk and select "Format". Quick format is faster. Full format takes longer. 11. Done. The new hard drive is blank and ready.
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