It sounds like the right thing to do is to get a copy of XP (I'll pass on Vista for the time being). I'll put that on the WD drive and set it as the primary and the old one as the secondary. Once I get it running, I'll pull out the files I want from the old one, wipe the old one and just use...
Fair enough. It is pretty old! I think I can "come up" with a disc. :P
Assuming that the drive is still OK, will this setup work (with my old drive as the Master and the WD as the slave)?
I'm finally getting around to replacing my home PC (I've been too lazy since my work laptops have been fairly up-to-date). Since it is old (Pentium 1!), all the drives I was thinking about using are IDE so I'm a couple of generations behind. Will those parts still work with the new motherboard...
Thanks for this post! I'm looking to build my first and this is a great start. I might deviate a little but it's helping my decision process. I'll post my build later just to get some feedback but most of the parts will probably be from your links.
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