Re: Changing Hard Drives
- From: "SQLNow" <youngbar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 06:04:54 GMT
Be careful here. I used a utility called Drive Image to do the cloning.
Everything copied just fine, but when Windows booted up, it detected the new
hardware and set it up. But it took several minutes for it to setup the
drivers for the new 120 GB (I upgraded from and 80) Drive. After that, it
took several minutes to shut down windows because the drive seemed to be
hanging.
I also noticed that in the process of the clone, Drive Image actually made
the primary drive non active. I had to copy some original files off of the
drive so I set it as slave to the master and Windows recognized it as a Non
DOS or Non Windows formatted drive (OS2 partition). I had to enable it via
the disk management to be able to retrieve the data off of it.
Again be careful and take the time to ask questions to WD before you start
the cloning process.
"Lee Chapelle" <no@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "REDWAGON" <REDWAGON@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>I Just purchased a new (retail) Western Digital 120GB HD. Existing HD is a
>>60
>> GB drive. The software that came with the new HD indicates an option to
>> transfer all of the system from the old drive to the new drive. I
>> understand
>> all of the pin settings required when doing this transfer and hooking up
>> the
>> cables correctly, no problem. My question is: When using the software
>> that WD
>> has to do this transfer from the old drive to the new one, does it
>> transfer
>> everything including the operating system (XP Home) and all of my
>> personal
>> files ?
>
> It would "clone" the old drive, byte-for-byte.
>
>> and after the transfer, is the old drive void of any of the old
>> operating system ?
>
> No, it would still be on the old drive also. You could theoretically boot
> either one using the BIOS to change the boot sequence or else use a boot
> manager.
>
>>
>> I know this subject has been beaten to death by others but would like to
>> make sure everything goes the way I expect it will before proceeding.
>> Thanks
>> for your information and help.
>
> Once you do the process you will likely have half (60gb) of the new drive
> unpartitioned, the software tutorial will guide you through partitioning
> and formatting this space for use using Windows Disk Management. You could
> also resize the partition using some software, but that probably not be
> the wisest course anyway.
>
> Lee
>
.
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