Help replace hard drive
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Date: 07/30/04
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Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 09:33:06 -0700
About a year and a half ago, I bought a "TIGER" desk top
from CompUSA. The hard drive was only 5400 rpm so I
bought a Western Digital 40 GB 7200 rpm HD as an upgrade.
I am trying to replace my existing 40 gb hard drive
(Samsung 40 GB 5400 rpm) to a newer and faster HD
(Western Digital 40 GB 7200 rpm). Using the Data
Lifeguard application I downloaded from Western Digital
webpage, I did a drive-to-drive copy of my existing HD
image to the new HD but I couldn't get it to boot. Using
Data Lifeguard application I did a "make HD a bootable HD"
command and after it set up 2 partitions (my existing HD
is partition into C: OS and D: drive annotated
as "DISE_BACKUP") and it recopied the existing image from
my old HD (C: & D: drives) into the new HD. I shutdown the
PC and then set the new HD jumper to Primary Master and
disconnected the old HD. I restarted my PC and checked
the bios settings and it looked good (it recognized the
new HD and had it listed as my Primary Master.), but after
exiting the BIOS, I tried to boot up but only got as far
as the first Windows Screen. After the new HD spun a few
times and it seemed that it was going to boot-up, nothing
happened.
I decided to use an alternate method, so I restarted my
PC with the XP CDROM to try to use it to assist the boot
up, but after it ask me if I wanted to boot up using the
XP CD and responding with a "yes", the HD spun a few times
but nothing happened !! Maybe what I'm trying to do
requires a program or technique that I am not aware
of.
NOTE: I'm not well versed in PC technology but can learn
fast. I'm a Engineering Technician (old Navy guy) by
trade and wish to learn. I know some of the basics and
them some, so any assistance would be appreciated. I
could take my PC to the local PC repair shop, but, not
only do I want to avoid the cost, I also want to use my PC
as a learning tool. I'm fascinated with the technology
and wish to expand my knowledge base.
What do I need to do, besides reloading XP and reloading
all my applications and data (I have 50% of my existing HD
capacity loaded) into the new HD. I use my PC mainly for
messing around with a bunch of photos of family and grand
kids (using "Photo Shop") so you can understand why I have
so much of my HD capacity used up.
I plan (if I can get it to work) to use my new HD (Western
Digital 40 GB 7200 rpm) as my new OS and re-format my old
40 gb hard drive (Samsung 40 GB 5400 rpm) as a data
storage unit. Maybe I should reformat my new HD and
start over again; but I need to know how to proceed the
correct way so that I can succeed. I haven't looked into
using a 3rd party program but maybe there is some
shareware out there (besides Western Digital Data
Lifeguard program) that would help. Thanks ! !
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