add a hard disk

[Shinon`]

story in short:
I have a 80gb Hard disk atm.. I got an extra hard disk (Western Digital 120 GB 7200 RPM EIDE Hard Drive) which i got from my sister's old pc.
I want to install this new hard disk, but it still has os, drivers and such on it.
How to install this, can i simply connect it to the mb and format it that way,
or what am i supposed to do before i start the wrong this?

 

[Shinon`]

oh yea, i just want to add this WD1200 hdd, not reinstall everything

 

[-CrackKing-]

if its IDE then set it as slave, with your 80gb as master, and then connect
if its SATA just plug it straight in and make sure your original disk is the preferred in bios

when ur in Windows just goto disk management and format it that way (right click 'My Computer' , select 'Manage', then choose 'Disk Management' on left and you should be able to right click the 120gb and format it)

 

[Shinon`]

Ok, it's IDE so i'll set it as slave, i'll try it tomorrow evening.
if you won't hear anything from me in the weekend, it went wrong

 

[sneez]

Something went wrong

 

[IceDragon]

ye