Re: New Hard Drive Help
From: AD (graphi47uk_at_y.a.h.o.o.co.uk)
Date: 02/26/05
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Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 09:49:01 +0000
Ted wrote:
> It will re-write the new hard drive, don't worry
> about erasing it.
> Boot from the old hard drive first.
> Run Casper XP, then test the drive.
>
> I use Casper XP to backup my hard drive daily.
> What is good about it, unlike any other mirroring
> software it doesn't matter if the drives are different size.
>
>
>
> "faithsdad" <faithsdad@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:9C44F8F9-5223-4A76-89BA-4032A318ABE3@microsoft.com...
>
>>Thank you.
>>
>>I'll be checking out this product tonight.
>>
>>One related question... do you know if I'll need to uninstall all of the
>>programs and files that I just put on the new drive? (or will it write
>>over
>>that data?)
>>
>>
>>
>>"Ted" wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Use CASPER XP to transfer your hard drive.
>>>http://www.fssdev.com
>>>Be sure the new drive is partitioned, Set to Active (Bootable),
>>>and formatted.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>"faithsdad" <faithsdad@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>news:6F88C38E-4CF1-4B43-A0FC-555218447265@microsoft.com...
>>>
>>>>I recently installed a new (master) hard drive. A 5400 RPM drive came
>>>>with
>>>>the PC but I needed 7200 RPM for a video editing program I am running
>>>>and
>>>>figured the extra speed wouldn't hurt this PCs performance. I did keep
>>>>the
>>>>original drive and made it a slave. All my info is still intact, any
>>>>moves
>>>>I've made were "copies". I planned to reformat it when I'm comfortable
>>>>I've
>>>>got everything and use it as a shared multimedia drive on the network.
>>>>
>>>>I am in the process of configuring the new drive and can't figure out
>>>>the
>>>>best way to pull over my "documents and settings" from the old one.
>>>>Actually
>>>>the documents were easy, its the outlook files (ie. address book, old
>>>>emails,
>>>>and outlook folders that I created on the PC to organize) and my
>>>>"favorites"
>>>>in explorer.
>>>>
>>>>I looked at the file and transfer wizard, but it seemed geared toward
>>>>PC
>>>>to
>>>>PC transfer and not ideal for hard drive upgrade.
>>>>
>>>>Has anyine encountered this?
>>>>
>>>>Thanks in advance.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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