To save the old hard drive

So you've finally decided to change this old piece of electronics with a new PC burning. But if you think about it, maybe not all the old stuff is thrown away indiscriminately - hard drive technology, in particular the progress as soon as the microprocessor technology, and even if the old drive can not store so much, we think that, after Maybe all you could also use as your backup. Here are some tips on how to doIt could happen.

The first question that comes to mind is: why do not I want to, but it's true? Unfortunately, hard work, not your love right away, if not installed, the only unit. If this is not the case, you have a couple of tweaks to be amended in order to work properly.

With the PC turned off is locked in the old hard drive, and then enter the configuration screen to boot - the method for doing this depends on the hardware to use, just look at the veryThe first report shows the startup screen.

After pressing the right button, you should have entered the boot setup screen: See you see the "devices". In a typical configuration, would "set the new larger hard drives">hard drives as" master "and the old, recycled as" slave. This means that the larger hard drive should be used in an operating system and the MBR (master boot record, boot information) with, while the second hard driveDrive does not have an operating system installed, and data can be used only to save. Leave the boot screen, and when prompted to save the changes you made.

As a precautionary measure, it is probably a good practice to change the boot order. If you leave the boot setup, the PC will restart. Early double-check for messages on the screen, but look for the boot order button this time. When you press it, there will be a page with a list of showsHardware, you can start from your PC. Just make sure the new drive is the first in the list (and, if possible, remove the old hard drive from the list as well). Attention: generally associated with standard series of Windows as "a" C "or" D devices are not in this list, but in their model, so it's a good idea to verify that the mark of the two hard drives before this one.

Everything should be readyto start. Depending on the situation, you can continue installing the operating system of your choice, or just keep him with the benefits of a backup device. If something went wrong, do not panic: You can cancel the changes by himself in the boot screen, just like you did.

Finally, it is a good idea to reformat the hard drive backup before using it. Now you have an old / new hard drive availableI remember - especially if one of them is an external USB drive - disable it before connecting the cables to the motherboard, or you could risk serious data loss.