Computer Upgrade Question

[Thomas M. Albright]

OK, I bought a new computer. However, rather than 
redownload/reinstall/reconfigure everything I just moved in my old 
harddrive. here's where it grows curiouser and curiouser. Th new 
computer has a SATA harddrive I want to keep for data storage, etc. It's 
currently the primary hard drive at SATA1, the CDROM at IDE1. I moved 
the new drive to SATA2, switched the CDROM to IDE2, and plugged my old 
harddive in at IDE1.

Now, before I plug-in and turn-on this system, will my movements work? 
Will my old harddrive be the new primary harddrive, or will it cause all 
kinds of horrible problems?

Thanks for any insight.

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 Ships that pass in the night and speak each other in passing;
 Only a signal shown and a distant voice in the darkness;
 So on the ocean of life we pass and speak one another,
 Only a look and a voice; then darkness again and a silence.
 -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, poet (1807-1882)