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    sturoc Posts: 38, Reputation: 1
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    Apr 3, 2009, 11:36 AM
    Adding W2K hard drive to XP PC
    Can I take my old W2K hard drive -which has a ton of files on it and add it to my XP PC ?
    I would still boot off XP drive -Just want to access files on W2K drive.
    Thanks
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    Apr 3, 2009, 11:48 AM
    Yes.
    Simply install it as a slave drive.
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    sturoc Posts: 38, Reputation: 1
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    Apr 7, 2009, 03:10 PM
    Thanks.
    I should add that the master or primary drive in the new PC is a sata drive. I would add the old ide drive which still has W2K os on it into the ide chain as a slave unit .
    Will there be any problems I should anticipate ?
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