-=PCTechTalk=- Re: I Want To Try Something A Little Different!!
- From: "Andy" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 21:02:27 +0100
Yep, that's about it..I currently have two hard drives and two CD/DVD drives
on my IDE's, so just adding another hard drive, though technically feasible,
I guess, isn;t really a go-er (Without adding a further IDE, and all my PCI
expansion slots are already full, and I'd have to add a second 'cage' to
hold the disc in place as I'm totally full in there!!).
So, follow me here-
The smaller drive (My 'C' Drive) is the one that contains my Windows
installation and is the master drive- I could take off the ide cable to the
second drive (My D,E,and F drive)>>>put the new hard disc on there(as slave
drive)>>Format the hard drive (I use FAT32)>>boot up>>>transfer over
everything off the smaller drive onto the new one>>>Then shut down.>>>take
the old 'C' drive out>>replace it with the new large one, remembering to
change the jumper to 'Master'>>reconnect the ide cable to my D,E and F hard
drive>>Then re-boot and the machine should boot up as normal?
Assuming it will, that's easy enough to do-Any tips on being sure I transfer
everything, or is it as simple as opening my current 'C' drive, highlighting
all the items and dragging them onto my new drive? Will that grab all the
'hidden' files too? Will EVERYTHING transfer across, including the Master
Boot Record?
Cheers
Andy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Master NetLord" <NetLord@xxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 7:30 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: I Want To Try Something A Little Different!!
> Nothing wrong with that at all. What service people often do is just
leave the case off, add the new hard drive to the cable and set it on
something outside the case (assuming there's no room as in this problem) and
transfer the data. When done, take the drive that's not needed out and put
the new on in permanently. The only problem I can think of is that there
may be some bios changes.....
>
> I think, if memory serves me correctly, Andy wants to remove the drive
that has Win on it so he'd have to swap the other drive if he does what you
suggest.
>
> On Mon, 01 Jul 2002 14:03:56 -0400, Linda Johnson wrote:
> >
> >Ok...I can't believe I'm actually answering a hardware
> >question....LOL
> >
> >Anyone, PLEASE correct me if I'm wrong....but, Andy, what I would do
> >would be remove one of the drives you don't need at this
> >moment....add the new hard drive....copy the data from the old
> >harddrive to the new harddrive....then remove the old hard drive and
> >put the one you took out temporarily back in
> >
> >Is this right?
> >
> >Linda Publisher ~ ABC ~ All 'Bout Computers Owner ~ Linda's Computer
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