[TechAssist] Re: Computer Question:
- From: armando guerra <birdie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 10:39:01 -0700
Thanks larry.
I am going to check on the price of drive copy and maybe I'll go ahead and do it
that way.
Mando
Birdie's TV & Electronics
Casa Grande, AZ
Larry Poffen wrote:
> I suspect you computer will take up to a 137 gig H/D. One way to copy the
> entire hard drive is to install the second (new) drive as a secondary & when
> the computer boots up &recognizes it do an xcopy32 from the old to the new.
> the command is xcopy32 /c/h/e/r/k/s/y c: d: assuming your new drive is
> "d" another way is to use "drive copy" which is a program you will have
> to buy. If you do the xcopy32 method you will have to prepare you new H/D
> with the fdisk command first & then format it. Drive copy doesn`t require
> this. hope this helps. Larry
>
> Larrys TV Service
> Broken Arrow OK 74011
> phone 918-455-1041
> Fax 918-451-4485
> e-mail lpoffen@xxxxxxx
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "armando guerra" <birdie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2004 10:48 AM
> Subject: [TechAssist] Computer Question:
>
> > The hard drive on the computer that I use to keep all of my technical
> > notes and emails is just about full.Its already about 6yrs old but I
> > would like to keep using it.It has win.98.
> > I am going to try to replace the hd myself but would like some advice in
> > keeping my old files from my old drive.How do I go about transferring
> > the old files to the new hard drive or can I keep the old drive and
> > still install the new one. If this is done (2 drives),how do I go about
> > retreiving files from the old drive since the new one will be the
> > master.
> > Not all that familiar with computers but would be a learning experience
> > since its on my own computer.Thank you very much for your advice.
> > Mando
> > Birdie's TV & Electronics
> > Casa Grande, AZ
> > PS- Is there a way that I can tell how large of a hard drive I can use
> > on this computer?
> >
> >
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