[TechAssist] Re: FREE Drive Cloning Software (Re: Computer Question:)
- From: Bil Green <tv.vcrrepair@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Barry Thompson <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 06:00:41 -0700
yeh
Bil Green
PC 1000
Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546
760-924-1000
Sunday, August 15, 2004, 5:48:32 AM, you wrote:
BT> Does this program work on all drives or only seagate?
BT> Barrys TV
BT> barrystv@xxxxxxx
BT> Ottawa
BT> Canada
BT> ----- Original Message -----
BT> From: "Bil Green" <tv.vcrrepair@xxxxxxxxxxx>
BT> To: "armando guerra" <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
BT> Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2004 1:40 AM
BT> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: FREE Drive Cloning Software (Re: Computer
BT> 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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