External HD to Internal HD?

I have a Hitachi Deskstar 250 meg HD in an external USB enclosure. I have
another external HD now, so I don't use the Hitachi any more.

I would like to know if I can copy all the files from my D: drive (120 gig
drive that contains all my documents, photos, etc.) onto the Hitachi via
USB, then put the Hitachi drive into my PC to replace the old D: drive.

Thanks in advance.
Craig

Thanks, Frank.

Can you refresh my memory on all the /E /C /H etc. from DOS? I remember
XCOPY, but all the subcommands elude me.

Never mind. I opened the Command Prompt window and typed HELP XCOPY, which
gives me all the info I was looking for. A bit rusty on this stuff...




"Frank McCoy" <mccoyf@millcomm.com> wrote in message
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> In alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt "Williams" <cwillyATE@OOHAY.com>
> wrote:
>
>>I have a Hitachi Deskstar 250 meg HD in an external USB enclosure. I have
>>another external HD now, so I don't use the Hitachi any more.
>>
>>I would like to know if I can copy all the files from my D: drive (120 gig
>>drive that contains all my documents, photos, etc.) onto the Hitachi via
>>USB, then put the Hitachi drive into my PC to replace the old D: drive.
>>
> Yes ... as long as they're just data files.
> These days (with Windows-XP and above) transferring systems doesn't work
> that easy any more.
>
> I like using XCOPY, if you don't have any files on the destination disk,
> or don't mind trashing them.
>
> If you don't mind wiping the old disk, then open a DOS window under
> Windows and type:
> Format F: /U
> When the format of the F: drive completes, type:
> XCOPY D:\ F:\ /E /C /H /K /R /X /Y
>
> The above assumes your USB drive is drive F:
> If not, then change the drive numbers to match what you have.
> This will take a while to complete.
>
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