Chad,

I forget if you are messing with a laptop or desktop. On a laptop you are going to have to either do that or get an external case and put the old hard drive in it

I vote for that choice by the way. I haven't looked at them for some time but a quick search at Tiger Direct (I am not recommending them, just can negotiate their site easily) shows external HD enclosures starting around $20 and going up. (the one in the picture above was priced at $19.99)

If you replace a working hard drive NEVER get rid of it. Make it so you can go back and get the info you forgot to take off it. I did that years ago with a Windows 95 machine when it cost a lot more to do. Still have it in a box someplace.

If it is a desktop you can just install the old hard drive as an E: drive and move things around. I did that with my main computer last year and have never regretted it. For instructions on how go to http://www.helpwithpcs.com/upgrading/install-hard-drive.htm or http://www.dansdata.com/sbs27.htm