I’ve avoided opening up the box for a long time, partly because mistakes with equipment are expensive. Equipment is expensive. But then web development can be expensive too if you buy the wrong software .. as I often have.

Anyway I’ve taken the plunge by trying to install a new hard drive on my main computer and to restore a drive image from the old hard drive.

I describe my problem in this post but I think that there may be another issue I overlooked. I use a start up disk when I physically install the new hard drive and I’ve noticed that the system is not recognising the new drive.

Let’s just say that there’s a lot to learn.

References:

• How To Install A New Hard Drive To Replace An Old One
• How To Install and Troubleshoot Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Drives
• Install SATA Hard Drive
• Guide: If you installed a new disk but the system can’t see it