I wish to upgarde my existing WHS PC with a better specification (existing is a Dell D5S, replacement is a Dell D530). The current set up I have is a 200GB System Drive, a 320GB drive on the secondary IDE channel and two external USB2 500GB drives. I do not have duplication turned for all my shares, just some of them.
When I do the new WHS installation on the replacement machine (Primary will be a 500GB IDE) will I then be able to move the data off of the current 200GB System drive to the new 500GB system drive. (I think I would have to copy the files from the hidden DEStatus folder???) Once I have done this would I then simply be able to plug in the reminder external drives and have access to my data again? Or am I barking up the wrong tree here?
Also, as an aside, If I was to buy a SATA pci card to put in the D530 and purchase a 500GB SATA drive instead of an IDE drive would I see much of a performance increase?
Many Thanks