Re: New HD

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From: Thomas Wendell (tumppiw_NOSPAM_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 06/29/04 

Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 20:29:42 +0300

I've done as follows:

Install new drive as slave to old drive (master/slave jumpers etc)
Booted DriveImage2002 and COPIED drive master -> slave
Powered down, jumpered new drive as master, didn't connect old drive at that
time
Booted, verified all was working, at which point I jumpered old drive as
slave and connected it
(All jumpering done with power off, off course)

With most new drives there should come a CD of floppy with manufacturer
provided disk copying program and manual (naturally, not necessary with bulk
disks).... 

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> I've got an old 40 GB HD that I'm replacing with a new 120 GB HD.  What I
> want to do is make the new one drive C: and the old one which is currently
C
> to D.  I want to keep the data on the old drive.  I want the new drive to
be
> the default bootable drive and if I could, leave the old drive as is and
use
> it as a second bootable drive.
>
> Can I do this?  How?
>
> TIA
>
>

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