OT.....possible to transfer Windows to other HD ??

Hello group. This is off-topic but seeing how EVERYONE here is a PC Guru, figured I'd ask here. I was given a 20gig HD in trade for my 8.4gig HD. I want to know if I install this HD can I just "transfer" my whole "c:\" drive over including all my Windows files?? Would save ANOTHER formatting and driver reinstalling AGAIN !!!!! I would really prefer a very user friendly and easy way to do this. (WIN98 BTW) TIA.....Verne.

Hello group. This is off-topic but seeing how EVERYONE here is a PC Guru, figured I'd ask here. I was given a 20gig HD in trade for my 8.4gig HD. I want to know if I install this HD can I just "transfer" my whole "c:\" drive over including all my Windows files?? Would save ANOTHER formatting and driver reinstalling AGAIN !!!!! I would really prefer a very user friendly and easy way to do this. (WIN98 BTW) TIA.....Verne.

In article <yb8U9.314402$F2h1.258357 @news01.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com>, "Verne \"fnugen\" Harris" <[email hidden]> says...

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> Hello group. This is off-topic but seeing how EVERYONE here is a PC Guru, > figured I'd ask here. I was given a 20gig HD in trade for my 8.4gig HD. I > want to know if I install this HD can I just "transfer" my whole "c:\" drive > over including all my Windows files?? Would save ANOTHER formatting and > driver reinstalling AGAIN !!!!! I would really prefer a very user friendly > and easy way to do this. (WIN98 BTW) > > > TIA.....Verne.

Your best bet is going to be to hook up the new drive as a slave and use software like Norton Ghost or DriveCopy to image your old drive to the new drive. Then hook the new drive up as master and you are right back where you started, except you are running on the new drive... -- __________________________ Todd Walker http://twalker.d2g.com __________________________

Piece of cake, Maxtor has a utility yo ucan download at their site to do just that, I think you can also get one at Western Digital website, they are free. http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downloads/maxblast_plus_ii.htm -- Biz "Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn't understand alloys and compositions and,......things with molecular structures,....and the....." - Ash "Verne "fnugen" Harris" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:yb8U9.314402$[email hidden]... > Hello group. This is off-topic but seeing how EVERYONE here is a PC Guru, > figured I'd ask here. I was given a 20gig HD in trade for my 8.4gig HD. I > want to know if I install this HD can I just "transfer" my whole "c:\" drive > over including all my Windows files?? Would save ANOTHER formatting and > driver reinstalling AGAIN !!!!! I would really prefer a very user friendly > and easy way to do this. (WIN98 BTW) > > > TIA.....Verne. > >

Norton Ghost "Verne "fnugen" Harris" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:yb8U9.314402$[email hidden]... > Hello group. This is off-topic but seeing how EVERYONE here is a PC Guru, > figured I'd ask here. I was given a 20gig HD in trade for my 8.4gig HD. I > want to know if I install this HD can I just "transfer" my whole "c:\"drive

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> over including all my Windows files?? Would save ANOTHER formatting and > driver reinstalling AGAIN !!!!! I would really prefer a very user friendly > and easy way to do this. (WIN98 BTW) > > > TIA.....Verne. > >

"HHohn" <hhohn@catholic[nospam].org> wrote in message news:3e21345c$[email hidden]... > Norton Ghost > XCopy is actually a possibility too. And there are freware tools to "ghost" a drive. Jone

Xcopy won't leave the new disk bootable if the original was, will it? Andi. "Jone Tytlandsvik" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:avrfva$ig3dt$[email hidden]...

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> > "HHohn" <hhohn@catholic[nospam].org> wrote in message > news:3e21345c$[email hidden]... > > Norton Ghost > > > > XCopy is actually a possibility too. And there are freware tools to

"ghost" > a drive. > > Jone > >

AFAIR in Win98 the sys C: command still works, so that could be taken care of. Achim "Andi Cole" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:CMcU9.12489$4k6.1077485@wards... > Xcopy won't leave the new disk bootable if the original was, will it?

Verne bite the bulit and upgrade to Windows XP, its so much better than win 98!

Well...........I pondered th XP upgrade.........but my WIN98 is working just fine for now and to reload drivers and EVERYTHING that I just went though to get back onto the HD........not worth the money or time for me.........YET !!!! I was actually giving XP a look-see over the weekend as a matter of fact, seems to appear rather "cartoonie" to me..........can all the pastel colours be changed ?? Just that whole artists palette colouring seemed to be too much for me. ORRRRRRR, maybe I am a Microsoft PURIST ?!?!?! aaaaaaahahahaha

Well...........I pondered th XP upgrade.........but my WIN98 is working just fine for now and to reload drivers and EVERYTHING that I just went though to get back onto the HD........not worth the money or time for me.........YET !!!! I was actually giving XP a look-see over the weekend as a matter of fact, seems to appear rather "cartoonie" to me..........can all the pastel colours be changed ?? Just that whole artists palette colouring seemed to be too much for me. ORRRRRRR, maybe I am a Microsoft PURIST ?!?!?! aaaaaaahahahaha

Verne "fnugen" Harris wrote:

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> Well...........I pondered th XP upgrade.........but my WIN98 is working just > fine for now and to reload drivers and EVERYTHING that I just went though to > get back onto the HD........not worth the money or time for me.........YET > !!!! I was actually giving XP a look-see over the weekend as a matter of > fact, seems to appear rather "cartoonie" to me..........can all the pastel > colours be changed ?? Just that whole artists palette colouring seemed to > be too much for me. ORRRRRRR, maybe I am a Microsoft PURIST ?!?!?! > aaaaaaahahahaha

No problem Verne. You can always run it in Classic mode. Will look like your 9x desktop. -- Fester Don't kiss an elephant on the lips today.

Yes! There is a free utility to do just this: XXCOPY. http://www.xxcopy.com I have used it myself to move a Win98 installation to a new drive. The "Technical Bulletin" page gives exact instructions for doing it (cloning). rms [email hidden]

On Sun, 12 Jan 2003 06:46:54 GMT, "Verne \"fnugen\" Harris" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Hello group. This is off-topic but seeing how EVERYONE here is a PC Guru, >figured I'd ask here. I was given a 20gig HD in trade for my 8.4gig HD. I >want to know if I install this HD can I just "transfer" my whole "c:\" drive >over including all my Windows files?? Would save ANOTHER formatting and >driver reinstalling AGAIN !!!!! I would really prefer a very user friendly >and easy way to do this. (WIN98 BTW) > > >TIA.....Verne. >

No problem, just make sure that you follow these steps in order: a) with your old HD still in place, make a boot diskette, you'll need it. Then turn off the PC. b) disconnect your old HD, and connect the new one in place. Turn on the PC and make sure the BIOS recognizes it. c) boot from the floppy (make sure the BIOS will allow you to boot from floppy) and partition the new HD (using FDISK), don't forget to set the partition active in the end. Turn off the PC. d) reconnect your old HD and also connect the new one (as primary slave or secondary master, whatever suits you, I personally set HDs as primary and secondary masters, and CD-ROM/CD-RW/DVD-ROM as slaves). Turn on the PC and make sure the BIOS properly recognizes both. e) boot Windows from your old HD, then format the new HD (be careful, you don't want to accidentally format your old HD! your new HD is possibly D: if you only had a single partition in the old HD, that is, C:) f) now open the Windows Explorer, go to the C:\ folder, make sure it isn't hiding any file types, and select everything (files and folders) except the Windows folder, and copy them to your new HD's root folder (possibly D:\ as previously mentioned) g) create a folder named 'Windows' inside the root folder of your new HD (as I said, possibly it is D:\). Now go into the C:\Windows\ folder and select everything except the Win386.swp file, and copy them to the Windows folder within your new HD (possibly, D:\Windows). After it's done, turn off the PC. h) disconnect your old HD and connect the new one as primary master. Turn on the PC, make sure the BIOS properly detects it, and then boot from the floppy. i) make a "SYS C:" from the floppy to write the boot record of the HD. Then take the floppy out and restart your PC. If everything went fine, you'll now have a copy of your original Windows configuration on your new HD. Keep the old one as an emergency backup. -- __________ ____---____ Marco Antonio Checa Funcke \_________D /-/---_----' Santiago de Surco, Lima, Peru _H__/_/ http://machf.tripod.com '-_____|( remove the "no_me_j." and "sons.of." parts before replying

Fester, is that an installation option or to be adjusted on the completed system? I had a look at XP and 2 things were annoying me: 1. The looks and handling (could be adjusted according to you) 2. Things are not in the right place. Explanation: I'm used to synchronize all data between my notebook and home-PC, incl. Outlook express mail, addressbook, all data,... I cannot find e.g. the mail files (*.dbx) in XP, although it's running OE6 Any idea? TIA Jens On Sun, 12 Jan 2003 16:38:44 -0500, Uncle Fester <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Verne "fnugen" Harris wrote: >> Well...........I pondered th XP upgrade.........but my WIN98 is working just >> fine for now and to reload drivers and EVERYTHING that I just went though to >> get back onto the HD........not worth the money or time for me.........YET >> !!!! I was actually giving XP a look-see over the weekend as a matter of >> fact, seems to appear rather "cartoonie" to me..........can all the pastel >> colours be changed ?? Just that whole artists palette colouring seemed to >> be too much for me. ORRRRRRR, maybe I am a Microsoft PURIST ?!?!?! >> aaaaaaahahahaha > > >No problem Verne. You can always run it in Classic mode. Will look >like your 9x desktop.

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JS wrote: > Fester, > is that an installation option or to be adjusted on the completed system? > I had a look at XP and 2 things were annoying me: > 1. The looks and handling (could be adjusted according to you) Windows Classic is the theme style, giving the task bar etc. the 9x look & feel. The Start menu properties can be adjusted as well, losing the most-often used programs section. Right click on the Start button & choose properties. Start menu tab, Classic Start menu. > 2. Things are not in the right place. Explanation: I'm used to synchronize all > data between my notebook and home-PC, incl. Outlook express mail, addressbook, > all data,... I cannot find e.g. the mail files (*.dbx) in XP, although it's > running OE6 I know nothing about either IE or OE, don't use them. Sorry. -- Fester 'No, `Eureka' is Greek for `This bath is too hot.'' -- Dr. Who