[TechAssist] Re: FREE Drive Cloning Software (Re: Computer Question:)
- From: "Barry Thompson" <barrystv@xxxxxxx>
- To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 08:48:32 -0400
Does this program work on all drives or only seagate?
Barrys TV
barrystv@xxxxxxx
Ottawa
Canada
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bil Green" <tv.vcrrepair@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "armando guerra" <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2004 1:40 AM
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: FREE Drive Cloning Software (Re: Computer
Question:)
> Hi Armando,
>
> You can get DiscWizard for free. It will copy both FAT and NTFS
> partitions (or the whole drive). I have a copy and haven't bothered
> to use it since Norton Ghost and DriveClone are my favorites and I
> already have them. DiscWizard looks very easy to use and is written
> by a company which makes some of the best hard drives. Get it here:
> http://www.seagate.com/support/disc/drivers/discwiz.html
>
> Don't forget to set your C: drive as active (I use Partition Magic
> for this) on the second drive if it won't boot after copying (that
> is, if you need to boot it later).
>
>
> Bil Green
> PC 1000
> Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546
> 760-924-1000
>
> Saturday, August 14, 2004, 10:39:01 AM, you wrote:
>
> ag> Thanks larry.
> ag> I am going to check on the price of drive copy and maybe I'll go ahead
> and do it
> ag> that way.
> ag> Mando
> ag> Birdie's TV & Electronics
> ag> Casa Grande, AZ
>
> ag> 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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