How do I make my external hard drive my main hard drive?

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How do I make my external hard drive my main hard drive?

I have like 100 MB on my hard dive inside my computer and like 320 GB on my external hard drive. Any program I try to run cant be installed because it keeps looking at the hard drive inside my... read more

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How to Transfer hard drive from a pentium 3 computer to a celeron comp? Windows wont start.?

The hard drive from the pentium 3 is 80GB but the one from the celeron is only 30GB. Do i have to reformat the hard drive from the pentium 3 first??? for it to work on my celeron computer? thanks.
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How do I format a hard drive without installing Windows on it?

Here is my situation. I have 2 hard drives on my system. One is brand new, and the other one is my old hard drive. Here is what I want to do. I want to Use my old hard drive... read more

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How do I delete a partition and restore hard-drive to its original capacity?

As I see it, in the Computer section of Windows Vista, there are two hard-drives. Obviously, the one with the small Vista logo on it (Drive C) is... read more

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What hard drive does the Dell Latitude X200 use?

I’m planning on upgrading my Dell Latitude’s X200 HDD, but I’m not quite sure which type of hard drive to get.

Does anybody know what hard drive it uses? Or can I just buy any laptop hard drive from Newegg or... read more

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How do i make my ps3 hard drive an external hard drive?

How do i make my ps3 hard drive an external hard drive?
I just upgraded my 40GB hard drive to a 250GB hard drive and want to know how to make the 40GB drive into an external drive.
I have a enclosure,... read more

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How do I make my laptop hard drive my secondary drive on my desktop?

I have a Dell Inspiron 2500 hard drive and I want to make it a scondary drive on a Dell Dimension 2400. I tried using a Laptop to IDE Hard Drive Adapter however I can’t seem to connect it to... read more

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What hard drive manufacture is more reliable?

I just had a Maxtor Hard drive die on me 2 days ago I need a new hard drive! Just wondering what hard drive manufacture is more reliable Seagate or Western Digital? This will only be a data Hard drive... read more

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How to completely erase a hard drive making the data impossible to recover?

I have a number of hard drives and external hard drives that I no longer need and would like to sell on ebay. Before I do this I want to make sure the drives are completely erased. I know I... read more

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What is the best way to connect a 2nd hard drive?

I have a computer with a dvd drive, a dvd burner, and a single hard drive. I only have 2 IDE connections, so I can only have 4 drives total. I want to copy video to the second drive. Should... read more

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