TSGL: Moving to a new HD?

[Orf Bartrop]

John, Thank you for pointing out that there were no IDE HD 
connections available.
Not knowing what facilities Gene has on his computer I proposed 
possibilities that he (or others) may want to peruse.
I realised that the four HD connections were taken up but there are 
other ways of connecting a HD. Being an old motherboard I did not 
expect there to be USB2 available. USB1 is far too slow for a HD.
As it turned out he discovered he had two SATA connections that 
weren't being used and his problem is now solved.
What he can now do is use the original "C" drive to back up his "D" 
drive, which he has stated he will do, and instal a second  faster 
SATA drive to back up his "C" drive.
Personally, I would clone both drives to files on a third drive. 
The reason, by compression the third drive should be capable of 
holding the files and all computer programs, settings and data, and 
  these can be easily retrieved if needed.
My use of a mobile rack, and I stress MY, was to protect my data 
come what may. By cloning to a file even if the computer crashed 
for some reason and ruined the "C" drive and corrupted the clone 
file, I still had two previous copies of my system. I stored the 
Mobile HD off site so that in the event of a fire I would not lose 
all my data. I guess it all depends on what value you put on your 
computer's content. For information, I use a protected UPS power 
supply.