Is it worth keeping my old ide drive?

[Lupilass]

Hi

I am about to upgrade my pc with a Neo2-fr motherboard and e8200 cpu ect. I have also got a new SATA 500gb hard drive. The question is, is it worth keeping the old IDE 60gb drive in my PC or should I just start a fresh with the new one? Would it be bad to leave windows on the old one and use the other for storage? I'm guessing it would be a silly idea though!:lol:

Also my XP edition is OEM and pre sp2 so I guess it will not recognise the 500gb drive first of, but will it be ok to re-partition after installing sp2 from disk? I'm a bit confused about all this and just want to get it sorted out before I start messing with my current system!!!:confused:

Thanks!!

[mac124]

I would go with the new drive for the OS drive, and unless you have reason to believe the old drive is on its way out i see no reason to hang onto it, either in an external caddy (for keeping various files backed up) or in the pc, again as a back up drive or to store music etc on.

Why not slipstream SP2 into a new xp disk? And no i'm not making it up have a google for it ;)

[coiler]

i'd get the ide in the bin, seriously

[wonderlust]

Why not slipstream SP2 into a new xp disk? And no i'm not making it up have a google for it ;)

Even better, why not slipstream SP3?

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5b33b5a8-5e76-401f-be08-1e1555d4f3d4&displaylang=en

[mac124]

Even better, why not slipstream SP3?

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5b33b5a8-5e76-401f-be08-1e1555d4f3d4&displaylang=en


LOL good point i forgot SP3 was available.

[wonderlust]

Nlite should be your friend,

Before SP3 came out I had an XP install disk that I did myself that installs IE7 MP11 and all updates, Also had Intel AHCI HDD/Nvidia graphics and Realtek HiDef drivers.

The only thing i have been unable to work out how to slipstream is the .net frameworks

[PeterStoba]

Any guides on how to get the programs and drivers in?

[Lupilass]

Is this what you mean?
http://lifehacker.com/386526/slipstream-service-pack-3-into-your-windows-xp-installation-cd

Would it be as easy as it sounds? I only have Imgburn to burn DVDs would this work for a numpty like me?

As my XP is OEM I will probably end up having to buy a new copy anyway, knowing my luck!

[Aaron]

I would go with the new drive for the OS drive, and unless you have reason to believe the old drive is on its way out i see no reason to hang onto it, either in an external caddy (for keeping various files backed up) or in the pc, again as a back up drive or to store music etc on.

Why not slipstream SP2 into a new xp disk? And no i'm not making it up have a google for it ;)

Yeah, I'd do the same - get a new drive for the new build, but keep the old one in an external caddy..

[wonderlust]

I did have, but I didn't save the link, Nlite does most of the work and is very easy to use, must be i managed it!