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HDD advice
I have this old Maxtor 80GB HDD that connects through an ATA cable. After upgrading my specs I found it pretty slow when working in Win7, so I switched it with a WD 320GB. Now, I'm thinking of putting the HDD back and using it as a back-up HDD to store a copy of all my music, pictures, videos, program installations etc.
Okay, so, two major questions:
1. The old HDD also has Win7 installed on it, I'd like to hear some advice about what exactly am I supposed to do after putting it back in the case. I'm afraid that there might be some complications. I mean, first of all, I suspect that BIOS will show me a screen to choose which operating system to start, right? But they're both the same. Also, if I successfully boot up Win7 on the new HDD, will I have trouble formatting the old HDD (which also has two partitions, C & D) from Windows, or can I do it though the Win7 setup disk partitioning tool? And is it really a problem for Windows to handle one HDD that's connected via SATA cable (that's the new one) and another HDD connected via ATA?
2. Check out my current specs to know exactly what's inside my case, and then add three more pieces of hardware: the TV tuner on PCI 1, a wireless adapter on PCI 2 and an LG DVD-RW recorder. The label on the back of the case claims that the power is 500W (V? Whatever) so can the power support another HDD?
I have never used more than one HDD, so I'm really curious about this. Thanks in advance for the heads up