Re: Do I need an OS on a secondary hard drive?


jphelmstadter@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> My questions are these. Do I simply format the drive to clean it, and
> then, do I need to install an OS (I have the discs for Win 98SE and XP)
> in order to use this drive? It seems like a waste of space to install
> an OS when all I want to do is save and access media from said drive.
> And if I don't install an OS, is there some other program I should
> install?
>
Just format the new drive as NTFS and start using it. During format
will ask for a letter use E, F or whatever is next in your machine)
and a volume name (Datavol?).

Also, don't do a quick format this time. it will take a little longer,
but will check the drive more thoroughly.

To speed up things I would move the page file to the new drive. Find
that in My Computer Properties Advanced Performance

Have fun

.

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