A new drive is often an upgrade to an existing system. It could be additional storage or a replacement for an existing drive.
In either case, the physical procedures are the same as described above. Since the operating system does not require a fresh installation, preparing your drive for use is easier. For additional storage in Windows, you can use the Disk Management utility. If you need to transfer your data sometimes called data migration or clone you can use the Seagate utility DiscWizard.
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A Serial ATA interface cable sold separately, unless drive purchased as part of retail kit. Maximum length is 39 inches 1 meter. What Crash said is completely possible, I had something similar dont' remember exact text of error now installing XP on Via raid chipset pide, not sata, but same type of problem on my p4pdlx. I had to look around and find another version of the driver. SHould be a lot of boards around with that Via controller, I'd look around on other SHuttle boards, or boards from other manufacturers, and try to find a different driver version older version, if my experience holds through that far.
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Again, you can skip this check if you are simply replacing your existing hard drive Installing a New Hard Drive Step 1 : Open Up Your Computer Case Turn off your computer and and unplug it from mains power before you begin. Slide off the side cover of your computer and put the side panel aside. The two different types together look like this: These are the two options for connecting power to your hard drive. You only need to connect one or the other.
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