On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 4:21 PM, Martin N <[email protected]> wrote:
> I understand what you are saying and a new hard drive can be seen as an > oputunity > for a clean start to avoid windows rot. > However this laptop was new to me in the last couple of months so not even > Microsoft > can self destruct an OS that badly in such a short period of time. Yeah, I can sympathize with the guys who want to take this as an opportunity to wipe the system clean, but it's really a completely separate question. The answer to your original question is that the second HDD adapter works *exactly* like adding a second drive to a desktop system, i.e. it's just another internal drive. Any drive cloning software ought to work fine - I've used a bunch of them. BIG RED WARNING: CAN I MAKE THIS BLINK? With some versions of Windows, you need to make absolutely sure that you DO NOT BOOT THE SYSTEM AFTER CLONING if you have both drives installed. Maybe this is fixed in Windows 7, but it used to be a horrible problem that would trash the registry and all kinds of stuff. Other than that possible issue, the second HDD adapter is a great ThinkPad accessory and will let you do just what you want. -Mike _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
