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To: violetta martinez who wrote (5339)	8/22/1999 12:56:00 PM
From: wily	of 110653

I'm not sure I can answer your question, but could you start by telling us what you have done so far? How did you install the new hard-drive? Guess #1: You have both hard drives on IDE 1 (primary) and you set the new drive to be master and the old one to be slave. But then the system wouldn't boot since the OS is now on D: . Guess #2: Your new drive is not the primary master and your old one is. Now you are trying to get your system files onto D: (your new drive). I suspect #2 is what you have done. You could just copy each folder that has program and system files in it from your C: drive to your D: drive. (Note: COPY and paste -- not CUT and paste, so that you are leaving everything as-is on the C: drive). The main folders to copy would be C:\Windows and C:\Program Files, but also do any others that have programs in them. Also copy all the files from the root directory of C: to the root directory of D: (root directory means files that are not in a folder). Then turn off your computer and set the jumpers on your hard drives so that C: (your old drive) becomes D: and vice versa. Check the manuals that came with the drives or the manufacturer's web-sites for the jumper settings. Then next time you boot you will have what you want. I think. You may want to check with Richard or PW to see if there are any catches to this method. I've done this or something similar before and it has worked, but I don't think it is the best method. Another thing you may want to do before doing this is to create some extra partitions on your new drive. You have to erase everything on it to do this. A completely different method from the above would be to: -set your new drive as C:, -do a fresh install of the OS onto it -copy what you need from your old drive or just erase what you don't need anymore (all the system and program stuff) and use the old drive for backup and data. A couple considerations: What were your reasons for getting a new drive? If the old one is very old or very slow, then you probably should get the system onto the new drive. If the OS is getting too big for the drive then the same is true (transfer to the new drive). But if you had a space problem caused by too much data-type stuff to store (as opposed to programs and OS files) you may just want to leave the OS on the old drive and start keeping all your data on the new drive. Finally, you could get a program like DriveImage (PowerQuest) or Ghost (Symantec) which are designed to do exactly what you need. w

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