new hard drive...

[chip00]

so i got a new 300 GB hard drive. i had some troubles installing it but i finally got my computer to recognize it and i can use it. but i would like to set it as my main hard drive. for example, i put in a game and it automatically tried to install to the old hard drive and i get a message that pops up and says "insufficiant space". I would like it to automatically try and use my new hard drive. i am not sure how to do this. I messed around with the set-up menu in DOS but all i got was a bunch of problems with starting my computer up, and it ended up taking me a few hours to get that back and running ok. so if someone could give me a few steps to set my hard drive as my main hard drive, that would be great.

 

[Powerslave]

You have to set the 300GB hard drive to your master, and your old one to your slave in the RAID configurations.

 

[chip00]

i did that, makes no difference though.

 

[AnthraX]

I think what you are looking for is changing the default install directory in windows.

1) Open Regedit (Start > Run > "regedit" > OK)
2) Navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
3) Change "ProgramFilesDir" from "C:\Program Files" to where you would like all your programs to be installed to.

 

[chip00]

i just did that, and it didnt seem to make a difference. im not sure if i did it right. my new drive is named "X" and i set the programfilesdir from "C:/program files" to "X:/program files". but then i tried to install that cd, and a box popped up saying there is not enough space. it doesnt ever give me the option as to where to install it to so i have no choice. i only have a few MB left on my old hard drive so i would like to make sure everything else gets installed on my new hard drive.

 

[AnthraX]

Well, I'm not sure if it would matter, but I think you have to use a "\" instead of a "/". Also, did you restart your system?