[pchelpers] Re: Copying FAT to FAT32


I've yet to see drag-n-drop work properly, especially if booting from
the drive that you're copying from.  And it'll stop if you hit a bad
spot.

--Scott.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim H.
> Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 6:30 pm

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cyril H Halbach" <cyrilh@xxxxxxxx>
> To: <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> > 1. I am trying to install a larger hard drive in a system, 
> The old C: 
> > drive is 500 Megs formatted FAT.  Does anyone have an easy way of 
> > copying the entire system to the new drive formatted FAT32?  Drive 
> > Image copies track by track and restricts the size of the 
> logical C: 
> > drive to 509mhz

> You shouldn't have any problems just drag 'n' droppin' the 
> files to the new drive. Or, you can use xcopy32 to copy them. 
> There's no special procedure. UNLESS, you're wanting to 
> mirror the drive to the new one so you can use that one as 
> the boot disk. I don't see why Norton Ghost wouldn't work. 
> You could also try Powerquest Drive Image. And, last but 
> certainly not least, search GoogleR!

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