Re: Help replace hard drive
From: Ken S (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/02/04
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Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2004 08:53:10 -0700
There is a product that you might be able to download a
trial version which will move all of your existing data,
programs and settings to the new HD. It is called Detto
Intellimover. I have never used it but it says it will do
what I just described.
As far as hooking up the drives. I always use the CS
(Cable Select) jumper setting when doing any HD installs
or swaps. That way you do not have to know what the other
drive is, unless it is not set to CS itself. What CS does
is it as long as you have it set to CS, you can plug it
into either places on your ribbon cable and where you plug
it in will decide if its a primary or secondary. If you
plug it into the end of your ribbon cable its primary and
the middle its secondary. That way if you follow this
logic and set all your drives this way, you never need to
check or change their jumpers.
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi, Anonymous.
>
>Without trying to follow your entire discussion, I'll
skip to this line in
>your final paragraph:
>
>> 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.
>
>If that's what you want to do, then just unplug your old
HD and leave it
>unplugged until after WinXP is installed on your new HD.
Plug in the new HD
>as primary master; set your computer to boot from CD;
insert the WinXP
>CD-ROM. Boot up and let WinXP Setup partition and format
your new HD and
>install WinXP on it. Be sure to specify how large you
want your new Drive
>C: to be; otherwise, Setup will probably use the entire
HD, leaving you no
>room for a second partition. If you want WinXP to be
installed in Drive C:,
>don't create any other partitions at this point; you can
do that after WinXP
>is installed, using Disk Management. Then shut down,
install your old HD as
>slave or secondary (check all the jumpers and cables) and
reboot.
>
>Every time the computer reboots, it detects the existing
hardware and, among
>other things, assigns "drive" letters according to what
it finds installed
>at the time. It has no memory of what HDs were there
yesterday or this
>morning; it starts from scratch again, so what was D:
before might be E:
>now. Then WinXP loads and might REassign drive letters
based on its own
>rules. But if we explicitly assign letters, using Disk
Management, then
>WinXP will attempt to use those letters each time it
reboots. So, use Disk
>Management to be sure your old HD is recognized, and that
you know which
>letters are assigned to the volumes on that HD - and
change them if you
>like. Also use Disk Management to create the second
partition on your new
>HD (if you want to), assign it a drive letter (D:?) and
format it.
>
>Since you are installing WinXP "clean" on your new HD,
you will have to
>install all your applications again, but they should be
able to access their
>data on your old 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.
>
>Yep, I've got a lot of pictures of my only grandchild,
too. ;<) Where you
>go next depends on your own likes and dislikes. You can
copy all your data
>from your old HD to your new D: (if there's room), then
delete the existing
>partitions on the old HD, and then create and format one
or more new
>volumes. But that's up to you. After you browse to them
the first time,
>PhotoShop will remember where your pictures are - until
you move them and
>help PS find them again.
>
>RC
>--
>R. C. White, CPA
>San Marcos, TX
>rc@corridor.net
>Microsoft Windows MVP
>
><anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>news:746601c47652$e4655ae0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>> 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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