Re: H/D info please
From: R. C. White (rc_at_corridor.net)
Date: 11/08/04
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Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 11:00:33 -0600
Hi, CB.
Have you found Disk Management yet? Many users have not, nearly 5 years
after it first appeared in Windows 2000.
In MS-DOS and Win9x/ME (and earlier Windows, back to the beginning), we
booted from a DOS boot floppy and used FDISK and Format.com to create
partitions and format them. And in Win9x/ME, we used the Device Manager to
reassign "drive" letters. In Win2K/XP, Disk Management handles all these
jobs. One quick way to find Disk Management is to type at the Run prompt:
diskmgmt.msc
In Disk Management, first make it Full Screen and click View to set it up to
give you a clear picture of your hard drives (and CD/DVD drives, "thumb"
drives, etc.). My preference is to see the Volume List at the top of the
screen and the Graphical View at the bottom, but the choice is yours. Also,
check out the Help file from here; it tells us a lot about hard disks and
partitions.
As you can see, it is a simple matter to use Disk Management to create one
or more partitions on your new HD and format them. You can delete existing
partitions and create new ones in the freed space. You may want to reassign
the default letter(s) assigned to fit your own organization scheme.
Then you can use the familiar drag'n'drop commands in the GUI, or Copy and
Xcopy in the "DOS" window, to copy files from one drive to another. The
only files that should give you a problem are the Registry files; these
require special treatment.
I don't know the details of your Dell CD, but you probably don't need that
for this project. Others here are familiar with Dell and can advise you on
that.
RC
-- R. C. White, CPA San Marcos, TX rc@corridor.net Microsoft Windows MVP "CB" <croy14@noaddress.com> wrote in message news:ftOdncyGKfGRwhLcRVn-sQ@comcast.com... > Hopefully, I'm not posting in the wrong newsgroup with this. > > I have 2 hard drives and I'd like to reformat (wipe all info off) my slave > drive, then transfer my system info & important things from the primary > drive to the slave for backup if needed. I imagine I'll need Ghost, or > another program to achieve this. > I installed the slave (a WD) after buying the computer & no program was > included to transfer data & their Data Lifeguard program I d/l won't work > for some reason. I've contacted WD, but no answer to this question. > > My question is: I have a Dell pc and there is a CD with the operating > system, etc that was included. Before I start that up, will it give me a > choice of hard drives to reformat, or should I try to reformat the slave > without it (if so, how)? I'm afraid to insert this CD fearing the > unknown. > I've reformatted a Win98 pc, but never Win XP Home. > > Thank you
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