Do new HD SATA boot drive, makes existing corrupt SATA HDD in slave (Dim 4600)

I got the dreaded "Windows didn't start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM" message; When I boot on the recovery cd or chkdsk or restore the system registry hive backups worked.  Of course I've been lax with data backup, I have years of pictures of children on the hard disk, in the BACK I can navigate through folders with photos and they appear healthy and safe.  I'm afraid that going too far with reinstalling XP will jeopordizing the files, so I decided to install a new HD as boot drive and make the existing one a data drive (slave, secondary disk drive) and save the images and other data once I return.

TMI I realize - here are my questions

1. it will work?

2 can I simply connect the new drive to J8G1 on the motherboard and move the existing drive from G1 to G2?

3. can I use one of the cables that hang to the new HD?  (the existing one is plugged into a black connector P3, P5 black looks identical).

4. should I run only the new HD for a while, then plug the old one back in?  Or it doesn't matter?  Other implicit messages of the system could have badly recognized both drives if I ruin this part.

5 will be any SATA disk that fits in the space doing case, or should I meet a min spec?  My inclination is to gravitate toward 'cheap' unless there is a reason not to.  Existing OEM HD is a Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 160 gb SATA.

Any guidance would be appreciated.

THX, Dino

Message edited by dinosaur3000 on 03/22/2008 16:16
Message edited by dinosaur3000 on 03/22/2008 18:21

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