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I was reading a review for a hard drive and the reviewer stated that XP has a utilty that will configure and format second hard drive. Where do I find this and does it work good?
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If you use the Start, Help and Support feature, type in DISK MANAGEMENT to find the native tool to configure and format a hard disk.
It works, but can you tell what would differentiate it to make it be called "good?"
Bob
Thanks Bob. Is this utility better than Norton Ghost?
Norton Ghost does something entirely different, so I have to ask that you tell the forum what you are trying to do.
Bob
So Disk Management will only prepare a 2nd hard drive for use but Ghost will copy my old hard drive to my new one. Is that it?
There are more considerations if a drive is larger than 137GB, but if not, then you don't have to open that can of worms.
Bob
What would you do if you had a Maxtor 30 gb drive that is filled up and you got a WD 120 gb drive. Would you transfer everything with Ghost or would you rather put everything you want on one program at a time? Everything that is on my 30gb drive is what I want on my new drive. I have used Ghost before but I wasn't sure if Disk Management was the same thing or not.
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