-=PCTechTalk=- Re: I Want To Try Something A Little Different!!
- From: "GuitarMan" <PCTech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2002 15:36:59 -0400
Andy,
Has this hard drive situation been resolved yet?
Peace,
GMan
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 4:02 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: I Want To Try Something A Little Different!!
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
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