Hi superlumeny,
Welcome to PC Mechanic !!
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Originally Posted by superlumeny
....HOW DO I get the new HD recognized as the SYSTEM ( BOOT) HD...????...
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use the utility CD that came with the new drive which will have a cloning function/utility on it. Clone the drive and swap it out with the original. There should be detailed instructions with the disk, if not it is just as simple as cloning and removing the old drive, replacing it with the new drive, and reboot.
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..the 500GB HD and the new Maxline boot from a...Promise SATA300-TX4302 Controller Card...
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you cannot boot from the controller card, so your new drive will be in the same physical location as your 20 GB drive. I wouldn't see any advantage of booting from the controller card, anyway, as you have a performance penalty hit going to the PCI bus and the card itself. For best performance boot right from the IDE controller on the motherboard.
Since you're running two drives now, why not just use to new drive for the OS, as it seems you're intending, and keep the 500 GB drive for storage right where it is? That way you would not need a controller card and you would have a spare 20 GB drive to use as an external unit.
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...Does putting the OS (XP Pro) in a partition by it's self protect it from contamination (viruses,etc) fron other partitions on the same drive...???...
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yes, it can definitely help. I have lost a lot of logical drives without the other drives being affected on the physical unit.
HTH
TwoRails