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chris87
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Posted 11:43 am, 02/09/2013
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NTFS and Fat32 will both work, just Fat32 is older than NTFS. I would recommend converting the FAT32 to NTFS as it's faster and it has more functions and capabilities than the FAT32. I would put your primary hdd as the NTFS and the secondary HDD as the FAT32.
If you're wanting to try out linux, then just download the version that you want * I would recommend Debian base Linux as it's easier to get used to*, and burn it to a disk or usb. Then you can just run the Linux straight off of the disk or usb without having to install anything. That way you're able to try it out and see if your going to like it or not.
Yeah Windows xp is pretty much dead so to speak as far as support goes, but it's still a solid OS. I would upgrade to Windows 7 or if your feeling lucky then try Windows 8, or like you were saying, try to use Linux. I will tell you however, that it takes more time to get used to Linux, after you've been using Windows for a while.
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justus99
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Posted 12:56 pm, 02/07/2013
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Chris, they are both Ide, however, one is a 32bit file system and the other one is NTFS. Does this make a difference? Would I have to boot in a particular sequence?
Eventually, I would like to try out linux and take windows os off both hdds. I absolutely refuse to lean anymore of Win OSs--DOS to XP is enough. Come 2014, no more updates for xp. Oh! Merlin where are you? You could not crash that system. I only need, word processer, spreadsheet, database & perform web research.
Thanks and have a nice day 
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chris87
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Posted 11:01 pm, 02/02/2013
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You'll use separate cables. Are they sata or ide connected? Ide connected you'll either want to set them for 1 to be master and 1 to be slave, or do both of them cable select. Sata drives need to be hooked up in accordance to the motherboard layout for the sata slots. Sata 0 or 1 would be primary hdd, then go from there.
Thanks,
Chris
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justus99
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Posted 12:35 am, 01/30/2013
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Do I daisy chain the two hdd together or use separate cables? Not sure. Tx Vet
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RetiredVet
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Posted 6:32 am, 01/24/2013
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You can put it in your new system you would just have to change the boot drive in the bios to identify the HDD you want to boot from.
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justus99
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Posted 9:20 pm, 01/23/2013
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I want to add my older 80G hdd into my newer computer. Each hdd have Win xp. Can I have both operating systems in one computer?
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