operating system
installing a new drive
Installing a second hard drive in your system will have an immediate impact on system performance if your system is memeory bound?
installing a new drive
Yes.
configure the bios settings to auto detect the master hard drive
False.
By not installing it there. Virtually all programs will allow you to specify the path you want to install the program to. Just change the drive letter and folder to the installation directory.
It depends on the specific data recovery situation. If the data was stored on the first drive and was still accessible, then installing a second drive may not have been necessary. However, if the first drive was damaged or the data needed to be retrieved without overwriting existing data, the second drive could be essential for safely recovering and storing the data. Ultimately, the necessity of the second drive hinges on the condition of the first drive and the recovery method being employed.
if you have a double disk drive put it in the e drive
Rear of the drive
Since hard drives seldom affect a computer's speed, no. It will only give you more space for storage.
No. Installing Linux is no more destructive than installing Windows.