[TechAssist] Re: Computer Question:
- From: armando guerra <birdie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 10:41:56 -0700
Good information Gary. I am going to study my options and see which is the best
way to do this. Thank you very much for the advice.
Mando
Birdie's TV & Electronics
Casa Grande, AZ
Gary McCartney wrote:
> You can use programs such as Norton Ghost to completely copy all the
> data on one hard drive over to another one of same size or larger. Then,
> after you confirm that the new drive works fine without having the old
> drive in the system, you can reconnect and erase the data from the old
> drive, or just store the old drive away in the cupboard in case you have
> to back up the data again later.
>
> You can also just simply add the new hard drive and make it a slave if
> you wish, but considering that the 6 year old drive is likely 3 to 6 gig
> in size and you can now purchase 160 gig or larger, it doesn't make too
> much sense to bother leaving the old one in the system. There may be
> limitations on the size of partitions that Windows 98 can have. Whatever
> the limit is, you can just make multiple partitions in FDISK when you
> install the new drive. With Windows 2000 or XP, the size limits are
> very, very high so that is not a current issue.
>
> To find out the size of your current hard drive, go into MY Computer and
> right- click on the hard drive icon. At the bottom it should have option
> to click on "Properties". Click on that and it should show the size of
> the drive and how much free space is left.
>
> Gary McCartney
>
> McCartney Electronics
> Guelph Ontario Canada
> Est. 1984
> email: gary (at) number63.ca
>
> armando guerra wrote:
> > 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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