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 Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 11:20 pm Post subject: Changing boot hard drive |
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My computer is running Win98SE. My boot hard drive is a 6 gig drive.
I also have a 20 gig slave drive, which used to be a 10 gig. Changing
that slave was simply to plug in a 3rd drive and copy all the files to
it, then moving that drive to the second drive cable.
I have never changed that boot drive because I am not sure how. It
contains my boot stuff (Win98 and Dos). How can I copy all the boot
records to another (larger) drive? I have another 20 gigger that I'd
like to use to replace my 6 gig. I'm not worried about the other
directories on C: Those would just be a copy to the new drive. It's
just the boot records and the OS that puzzles me.
George |
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John Doe
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| Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 12:07 am Post subject: Re: Changing boot hard drive |
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george41407@noemail.com wrote:
| Quote: | My computer is running Win98SE. My boot hard drive is a 6 gig
drive. I also have a 20 gig slave drive, which used to be a 10 gig.
Changing that slave was simply to plug in a 3rd drive and copy all
the files to it, then moving that drive to the second drive cable.
I have never changed that boot drive because I am not sure how. It
contains my boot stuff (Win98 and Dos). How can I copy all the boot
records to another (larger) drive? I have another 20 gigger that
I'd like to use to replace my 6 gig. I'm not worried about the
other directories on C: Those would just be a copy to the new
drive. It's just the boot records and the OS that puzzles me.
George
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Do you have a removable media copy of important files from your hard
drives? If not, buy a USB flash drive and do it now.
Someone who does have copies probably won't hesitate to reinstall the
operating system on a new hard drive because he knows how to restore
backed up files. The typical user will find most of his important
files in the My Documents folder. Copy that folder to a flash drive.
Some programs allow backing up data files, so do that to the flash
drive also. If you are familiar with that process, installing a new
hard drive is easy.
.... copy out important files
.... swap the old hard drive for a new hard drive
.... boot to a floppy/CD and install Windows XP on the new hard drive
.... install programs and restore/copy back the important files
If you can, find a local techie to help you.
Good luck. |
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Pet Parker
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| Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 12:07 am Post subject: Re: Changing boot hard drive |
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| Quote: | My computer is running Win98SE. My boot hard drive is a 6 gig drive.
I also have a 20 gig slave drive, which used to be a 10 gig. Changing
that slave was simply to plug in a 3rd drive and copy all the files to
it, then moving that drive to the second drive cable.
I have never changed that boot drive because I am not sure how. It
contains my boot stuff (Win98 and Dos). How can I copy all the boot
records to another (larger) drive? I have another 20 gigger that I'd
like to use to replace my 6 gig. I'm not worried about the other
directories on C: Those would just be a copy to the new drive. It's
just the boot records and the OS that puzzles me.
George
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Franc Zabkar
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| Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 12:07 am Post subject: Re: Changing boot hard drive |
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On Tue, 29 May 2007 13:20:52 -0500, george41407@noemail.com put finger
to keyboard and composed:
| Quote: | My computer is running Win98SE. My boot hard drive is a 6 gig drive.
I also have a 20 gig slave drive, which used to be a 10 gig. Changing
that slave was simply to plug in a 3rd drive and copy all the files to
it, then moving that drive to the second drive cable.
I have never changed that boot drive because I am not sure how. It
contains my boot stuff (Win98 and Dos). How can I copy all the boot
records to another (larger) drive? I have another 20 gigger that I'd
like to use to replace my 6 gig. I'm not worried about the other
directories on C: Those would just be a copy to the new drive. It's
just the boot records and the OS that puzzles me.
George
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Install the new 20GB HD as a slave. Use Fdisk to partition it and then
Format it.
If the drive has been used before, eg with Linux or Win XP, then
refresh the Master Boot Record with ...
fdisk /cmbr 2
To make the drive bootable, type ...
sys d: (or whatever drive letter is applicable)
.... or format it with the /s switch, ie ...
format d: /u /s
Make sure you have marked the partition as active (see the Fdisk
options).
Now use Xxcopy to transfer all files from your boot drive to your new
drive.
Subject: Cloning the Win9x system disk using XXCOPY.
http://www.xxcopy.com/xxcopy10.htm
- Franc Zabkar
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Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email. |
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John Doe
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| Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 2:37 am Post subject: Re: Changing boot hard drive |
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george41407@noemail.com wrote:
| Quote: | Thanks for the help. I guess I wasn't real clear judging from some
of the responses I got.
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Or, you were clear and you don't like the responses.
| Quote: | I am not trying to reinstall windows,
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Just because you're not trying to do that doesn't mean it's not the
best path for you to take.
| Quote: | and definately do not want XP.
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But maybe you need it. Windows XP is far superior to Windows 98.
Whether to upgrade or not is your judgment call. I figured since the
path you should take requires reinstalling the operating system, now
might be a very good time to upgrade to a relatively much more
reliable operating system over Windows 98SE.
| Quote: | I just want to keep everything on my C:
partition the way it is, but on a different (larger) hard drive.
I do know how to fdisk, format, and install Windows.
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That's good, but the real question is this.
Do you have backups of your important files?
Besides the fact you can unintentionally misplace/destroy files while
doing disk gymnastics, are you aware that a hard drive can fail at any
time without notice and destroy all of your files?
| Quote: | Actually I have Partition Magic 8 and I use that... Of course I cant
run Partition Magic if I unplug my current drive with Windows, Dos
and P.M.8.
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Yes you can.
| Quote: | I am familiar with SYS C: (I used dos for years).
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Partition Magic can be run from a bootable CD or even DOS disks.
Copy important files to removable media immediately.
Then maybe consider doing disk gymnastics. Or, do it the easy way...
install Windows XP (or your current Windows if necessary), your
programs, and then restore your important files.
Good luck.
| Quote: | So, let me get this straight. After I get the partitions correct,
and the drive is formatted, I boot from a DOS disk, and type SYS C:.
Then what?
Do I plug the old hard drive in the secondary IDE cable and use
XXXOPY to copy all the files from that partition to the new drive?
Or should I plug the new drive into the secondary cable and xxcopy
everything to the new drive and then switch that drive to the first
IDE cable as the primary? This is where I get lost.
Sorry, I have never used xxcopy. I've used xcopy. But when I
backup my system, I just go to Windows Explorer, SELECT ALL (for
example drive D , then I go to the backup drive and click PASTE.
This works fine for partitions that contain only programs pictures
and other saved stuff. But to copy the OS, is a different matter.
George
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