Howdy,
-- Transfering Drives --
Part 1)
-- Ensure both drives are correctly attached to your computer. The old drive should still be C: and the new drive should be D:.
-- After Windows loads, open the MS-DOS Prompt, and start FDISK.
-- If you are prompted on whether or not you are using a large Hard Drive, answer Yes.
-- Switch over to the new Hard Drive, and create a partition.
-- Restart Windows when the partition is completed.
Part 2)
-- After Windows loads, open the MS-DOS Prompt, and issue the FORMAT command:
FORMAT D: /U
(This assumes you have no other partitions, and the new drive is D:)
-- When this is complete, issue this XCOPY command, followed by the SYS command:
XCOPY C:\*.* D: /C /E /H /K
SYS D:
-- Ensure that the files copied properly
-- Open up another MS-DOS Prompt, insert a blank floppy disk into drive A:, and issue these commands:
FORMAT A: /U
SYS A:
COPY C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\FDISK.EXE A:
Part 3)
-- Change the new Hard drive to the Master setting, and the old Hard drive to the Slave setting (if you still want to keep it). See the drive documentation, or the top of the hard drive for specific jumper settings for Master/Slave positions.
-- You might have to change the drive settings in the system's BIOS. Most new computers have an IDE auto-detect function which makes things easier.
-- Start the computer with the newly created start-up disk in drive A:
-- When a command prompt appears, start the FDISK program and ensure that the new drive is the active partition. This is a key step.
-- Restart the computer without the start up disk and you should be ready to go, with all the data transferred from the old drive to the new one.
Please note:
If you are not comfortable with any of the above steps, I highly recommend taking the drive to a trusted computer centre where competent computer technicians can perform drive transfers.
This is the best way that I know of to transfer drive data without affecting currently loaded Windows programs. Simply copying files doesn't always work.
Good luck,
Rich |
