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| Thread ID: 32796 | 2003-04-28 10:42:00 | Changing hard drives | GeoffW (787) | Press F1 |
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| 139636 | 2003-04-28 10:42:00 | Hi I have an old computer with a 170MB drive and am thinking of putting a 1 - 2GB drive in it. Two questions. 1. If I go into Dos and do an Xcopy of all the files from the old drive to the new will the new drive then start the computer. 2. Will the new drive even appear in Dos mode. I'm guessing no to both questions but thought I would ask anyway GeoffW |
GeoffW (787) | ||
| 139637 | 2003-04-29 02:26:00 | I'm not sure the drive will be bootable after an xcopy but the drive will be avaliable in dos mode use a drive imaging program like norton ghost to do the job right |
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| 139638 | 2003-04-29 03:49:00 | You should be able to remore the first drive, put the second in, re-install windows, and then put in the 170MB in too.. so you have two drives, this would make things a little easier... :-) | Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 139639 | 2003-04-29 05:24:00 | The new disk will not boot after an xcopy of all files to it . It hasn't had the bootstrap written to the boot area . A "SYS D:" would do it . , if you have installed it as D: . Then you would need to make it the master and the 170MB one the slave . But it's best to install software properly, rather than copying things . . . |
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