Two hard drives

I currently have an 18gb hard drive in the system..



Question: If my system can only handle up to an 80gb hard drive (told
by tech support)and I add the 80gb on top of the 18gb I already have,
will it ruin the hard drive or my system? (So I could clone the old
hard drive)



Question: If I can't have both due to capacity, could I set the jumper
on the new hard drive to the 32gb setting, then clone the old hard
drive, then remove it and set the jumper on the new hard drive back to
80?

Thanks!

Previously Jennifer <navygin23 RemoveThis @yahoo.com> wrote:
 > I currently have an 18gb hard drive in the system..



 > Question: If my system can only handle up to an 80gb hard drive (told
 > by tech support)and I add the 80gb on top of the 18gb I already have,
 > will it ruin the hard drive or my system? (So I could clone the old
 > hard drive)

No. Drive size limit is on a per-drive basis.

 > Question: If I can't have both due to capacity, could I set the jumper
 > on the new hard drive to the 32gb setting, then clone the old hard
 > drive, then remove it and set the jumper on the new hard drive back to
 > 80?

You can have both. And you possibly can add a third 80GB drive if
you like.

Arno
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