adding a hard drive to a new computer running Windows from another running Linux?
Hi guys. I was using Linux for the last two years but finally caved in and bought an old computer for my girlfriend to use her iphone on. My question is whether I can just remove the hard drive I have on my Everex TC2502 Green gPC w/ Via C7-D Processor (Some quick specs 1.5 Ghz, 512 MB DDR2 533 MHz SDRAM, 80GB Hard Drive Disk, 7200 RPM, UniChrome processor IGP) to the "new" used IBM ThinkCentre S51 Desktop PC – Intel Pentium 4 3.0GHz, 1GB DDR333, 40GB HDD, CD-ROM, Windows XP Pro (more specs small form factor, 2 expansion slots, 3GHz, 7200 RPM).
How do I set it up to where Windows is the main OS (primary driver), and I can access files eg music, photos and videos on the older computer?
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Hey, I don’t want to use Linux if I don’t have to. I was just wondering if there was any way I could use the 80GB of memory that are on the old computer, via making the new computer that is running Wondows only, a 120 GB computer? While I like Linux, we need to use Windows for the time being. Thannk you.
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OK. Remove the old drive, Check the jumper is set to CS or set it to the slave setting, install the drive and connect it to the secondary IDE connector. When you reboot windows will not recognize the drive as it will be formatted to ext2 or ext3 (maybe ext4) you will need to install a utility like DiskInternals Linux Reader from here http://www.supershareware.com/info/diskinternals-linux-reader.html (you may need to reboot) then windows will see the other drive (through linux reader). You will then need to copy the files you want to keep to the Windows hard drive then format the old drive using windows (Format to NTFS) make sure you get all the files you need before you format or you will probably loose them!!
Let me know if you need more help.