-=PCTechTalk=- Re: I Want To Try Something A Little Different!!
- From: "Hal Cardona" <hcardona@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 16:56:52 -0500
You will need to partition the drive prior to formatting it. You can't
copy the swap file while it is in use, so make sure you exclude it while
copying.
After you have your stuff on the larger drive and have placed as Master,
boot from a OS floppy (I am assuming Win 9.X here) and from the a:/ run
sys c:. Now run fdisk and set the new 80 GB partition as active.
Personally though I would keep the OS on small partition (8 to 16 GB)
and use the rest as a plain partition for Video. Remember if you are
using a FAT based OS you are limited to a max file size of 4GB, which
isn't all that big when you are doing video.
Hal Cardona
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-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andy
Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 3:02 PM
To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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
----- Original Message -----
From: "Master NetLord" <NetLord@xxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 7:30 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: I Want To Try Something A Little Different!!
> Nothing wrong with that at all. What service people often do is just
leave the case off, add the new hard drive to the cable and set it on
something outside the case (assuming there's no room as in this problem)
and transfer the data. When done, take the drive that's not needed out
and put the new on in permanently. The only problem I can think of is
that there may be some bios changes.....
>
> I think, if memory serves me correctly, Andy wants to remove the drive
that has Win on it so he'd have to swap the other drive if he does what
you suggest.
>
> On Mon, 01 Jul 2002 14:03:56 -0400, Linda Johnson wrote:
> >
> >Ok...I can't believe I'm actually answering a hardware
> >question....LOL
> >
> >Anyone, PLEASE correct me if I'm wrong....but, Andy, what I would do
> >would be remove one of the drives you don't need at this
> >moment....add the new hard drive....copy the data from the old
> >harddrive to the new harddrive....then remove the old hard drive and
> >put the one you took out temporarily back in
> >
> >Is this right?
> >
> >Linda Publisher ~ ABC ~ All 'Bout Computers Owner ~ Linda's Computer
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