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| 389833 | 2005-09-20 23:05:00 | I have a problem. My c drive is an old 10gig drive. My d drive is a 160gig replacement. My computer boots out of the c drive. I want it to boot out of the d drive so I can replace the c drive with a large unit I can run as a copy of the d drive. I have suggested using partition magic to my computer repairer, and booting out of a partition, but he doesn't think it can be done. Somehow, without doing a complete re-install, I want to get everything onto the one drive. Any advice appreciated. Don |
donwilson (6209) | ||
| 389834 | 2005-09-20 23:14:00 | If you've reinstalled windows or something or the 160GB now, all u have to do is change the bootdisk in the BIOS to that hdd. What version of Windows is installed on the 10GB?? If XP, you may have to do a repair install, if you're going to copy whats on c to the 160 GB hdd. Or I would reinstall Windows, and use C (the 10 GB), as the slave. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 389835 | 2005-09-21 00:12:00 | The other way is 'just' to clone the 10GB drive contents to the 160GB drive with the bigger drive connected as slave, using Ghost, or one of the copying utilities that are on HDD manufacturers websites. Then connect the 160GB drive as master, and the 10GB as slave, and hopefully, Windows will boot from and re-detect the 160GB hard drive. |
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