Can I just swap in my new boot drive?

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Thanks for all the input, Currently I have a 60gb Operating Drive, a 120gb filling up the second ATA100. I also have a 160gb waiting to go back in and a new 500gb that just arrived. So what I think I want to do is put the 320 & 500 in the 100 speed slots, with the 320 as OS drive and 500 as Itunes library. Then the 120 & 160 go in the 66 speed slots. That Leaves the 60, which is a bootable drive. I was thinking about putting it under the SuperDrive. But if it's that slow, I may shelf it as an BU OS drive. (I have a 1tb USB drive that I will back everything up to.) Once this is done, it's time to take a look at that Graphics card. Thanks again for all the speedy advice & info.

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