Ide Drive to Sata Drive

[Truckman36]

am finishing up new build using Asus A7N8X E-DLX motherboard .. i presently run Win. XP Home edition on IDE WD Hard Drive 40 G. 3 partitions, C, operating system, E, applications, F, games, files, etc. I am installing a SATA WD Raptor on the new system and would like to copy my info from the IDE Drive to the STA drive, and was wondering if it would be a big problem..I'll probably use WD's disc or download their copy program if not on disc. Also, do I put both Hard Drives in at beginning Setup or do I use the IDE Drive to get the system going, then add the Sata Drive? Do i use G, H, I when partioning the Sata Drive or use C, E, F since they are on a different drive? iI plan on removing the IDE Drive later and put it in my Grandson's comp..then add another SATA drive to mine at a much later date. or would i be better off just loading the Sata Drive, install Win XP new and not worry about any files or data on my other Drive - copying the most important files and downloading all the drivers again? Will start on the system Friday and have read a lot but kinda unsure on some of these. Sorry so long a post

[glc]

Cleanest way to do this is put the SATA drive in by itself, and install a fresh load of XP on it. Then put the IDE drive in, make sure the bios is set to boot from the SATA, and copy off the files you want to keep. Then wipe the IDE drive and put it in your grandson's computer. No need to use the WD disk, let XP setup create the first partition and if you want more, use XP's Disk Management to finish up the job after XP is running.

[Truckman36]

Thanks, glc .. knew I could get best way here.. great place for info if anyone is unsure