Re: Upgrade workstation hard drive

From: Merv Porter [SBS-MVP] (mwport_at_no_spam_hotmail.com)
Date: 09/27/04 

Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2004 22:27:59 -0500

Hi Pat,

Many hard drives come with software (or it can be downloaded from the
manuafacturer's web site) that will let you copy all data from the original
drive to the new drive. Most can now handle NTFS, if your workstation is
formatted in that file system. In general, you install the new drive as a
secondary drive in the PC and then boot from a floppy disk or a CD that
contains the special software. Then follow the on-screen instructions.

Maxblast (from Maxtor) is one of these apps, but use the one from the new
hard drive's manufactuer.
http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downloads/maxblast3.htm

"The copy feature lets you make an exact duplicate of your existing hard
drive." 

-- 
Merv  Porter  [SBS MVP]
===================================
"Pat" <pat@reemoovethismp-m.com> wrote in message
news:O59nFiDpEHA.2636@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> I apologize if this is somewhat off topic.
>
> I would like to upgrade the hard drive in one of our workstations (part of
> an SBS2000 network) to a new, larger capacity drive and was wondering how
> best to do it.  I would like move all the files currrently on the old one
> over to the new one as well.
>
> I've never done this before and so would greatly appreciate any advice or
> links that would walk me through the process.
>
> Thanks for the help!
>
> Pat
>
>
>

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