I want to upgrade my 'C' drive. The 'C' drive is 60Gb and I purchased a new
200Gb drive. My goal is to put the 60Gb drive on the shelf when I am all
done.

How do I format the 200Gb drive as a "system" drive and move the operating
system as well as everything else to it?

I was able to format it, but it is currently empty. How do I move it all so
I can just unplug the 60Gb and put the 200Gb in its place, and not notice
any difference?

Thanks....

Paul

Retail hard disks come with instructions on how to do exactly what you want, and they also include a CD with all the software you need.

Steven

"PSimon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:Ov5%(E-Mail Removed)...
>I want to upgrade my 'C' drive. The 'C' drive is 60Gb and I purchased a new
> 200Gb drive. My goal is to put the 60Gb drive on the shelf when I am all
> done.
>
> How do I format the 200Gb drive as a "system" drive and move the operating
> system as well as everything else to it?
>
> I was able to format it, but it is currently empty. How do I move it all so
> I can just unplug the 60Gb and put the 200Gb in its place, and not notice
> any difference?
>
> Thanks....
>
> Paul
>
>

Does Seagate have this sort of software. I could'nt find at www.seagate.com.

Max

"M and D" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:ttydnbS34LpfR0_eRVn-(E-Mail Removed)...
Retail hard disks come with instructions on how to do exactly what you want,
and they also include a CD with all the software you need.

Steven

"PSimon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:Ov5%(E-Mail Removed)...
>I want to upgrade my 'C' drive. The 'C' drive is 60Gb and I purchased a new
> 200Gb drive. My goal is to put the 60Gb drive on the shelf when I am all
> done.
>
> How do I format the 200Gb drive as a "system" drive and move the operating
> system as well as everything else to it?
>
> I was able to format it, but it is currently empty. How do I move it all
> so
> I can just unplug the 60Gb and put the 200Gb in its place, and not notice
> any difference?
>
> Thanks....
>
> Paul
>
>

On Sun, 22 Jan 2006 11:47:48 +1000, Max wrote:

> Does Seagate have this sort of software. I could'nt find at www.seagate.com.
>
> Max


It looks like they have something called "DiskWizard" for this task:
http://www.seagate.com/support/disc/utils.html
--
Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User

The software is called DiscWizard, and you can find it here:
http://www.seagate.com/support/disc/...s/discwiz.html

Retail Seagate hard disks include a CD. If you did not receive a CD with your hard disk, you should be suspicious and exchange it. I would also contact Seagate technical support, as I'm sure they would be interested to know that one of their hard disks was sold without a CD. Here is the contact information:
http://www.seagate.com/contact/index.html

Steven

"Max" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:43d2e44b$0$17190$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Does Seagate have this sort of software. I could'nt find at www.seagate.com.
>
> Max
>
> "M and D" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:ttydnbS34LpfR0_eRVn-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Retail hard disks come with instructions on how to do exactly what you want,
> and they also include a CD with all the software you need.
>
> Steven
>
> "PSimon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:Ov5%(E-Mail Removed)...
>>I want to upgrade my 'C' drive. The 'C' drive is 60Gb and I purchased a new
>> 200Gb drive. My goal is to put the 60Gb drive on the shelf when I am all
>> done.
>>
>> How do I format the 200Gb drive as a "system" drive and move the operating
>> system as well as everything else to it?
>>
>> I was able to format it, but it is currently empty. How do I move it all
>> so
>> I can just unplug the 60Gb and put the 200Gb in its place, and not notice
>> any difference?
>>
>> Thanks....
>>
>> Paul
>>
>>
>
>

PSimon wrote:
> I want to upgrade my 'C' drive. The 'C' drive is 60Gb and I purchased a new
> 200Gb drive. My goal is to put the 60Gb drive on the shelf when I am all
> done.
>
> How do I format the 200Gb drive as a "system" drive and move the operating
> system as well as everything else to it?
>
> I was able to format it, but it is currently empty. How do I move it all so
> I can just unplug the 60Gb and put the 200Gb in its place, and not notice
> any difference?
>
> Thanks....
>
> Paul

I would make an 'image' of the drive. norton ghost does it as does
acronis trueimage. Those are usually used. but there may be other
software that is free.
apparently maybe a prog called Clone Maxx or Drive Image XML - I think
they either of them is free
It'll clone/image the whole drive, not just the C partition. So you can
change drives and not notice any difference.

It's possible that some HDDs come with SW to do this. But there are
standard progs, liek those mentioned.

"Max" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>Does Seagate have this sort of software. I could'nt find at
>www.seagate.com.
>
>Max
>
>"M and D" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:ttydnbS34LpfR0_eRVn-(E-Mail Removed)...
>Retail hard disks come with instructions on how to do exactly what you
>want,
>and they also include a CD with all the software you need.
>
>Steven
>
>"PSimon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:Ov5%(E-Mail Removed)...
>>I want to upgrade my 'C' drive. The 'C' drive is 60Gb and I purchased a new
>> 200Gb drive. My goal is to put the 60Gb drive on the shelf when I am all
>> done.
>>
>> How do I format the 200Gb drive as a "system" drive and move the operating
>> system as well as everything else to it?
>>
>> I was able to format it, but it is currently empty. How do I move it all
>> so
>> I can just unplug the 60Gb and put the 200Gb in its place, and not notice
>> any difference?
>>
>> Thanks....
>>
>> Paul
>>
>>
>
>Look here: http://www.seagate.com/support/disc/...s/discwiz.html .

Gene K

An alternate idea,

Go to the following address and download XXCOPY
http://www.xxcopy.com

It will copy a bootable partition onto your new drive.
And the best part is - it is FREE.

"PSimon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:Ov5%(E-Mail Removed)...
>I want to upgrade my 'C' drive. The 'C' drive is 60Gb and I purchased a new
>200Gb drive. My goal is to put the 60Gb drive on the shelf when I am all
>done.
>

You will have to do a bit of work yourself, by formatting the new drive,
then copying 3 files onto it to make it bootable.

Boot.ini
Ntdetect.com
Ntldr

Then using xxcopy to copy all the files from your old drive to the new one.

Have fun
Jerry

"PSimon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:Ov5%(E-Mail Removed)...
>I want to upgrade my 'C' drive. The 'C' drive is 60Gb and I purchased a new
>200Gb drive. My goal is to put the 60Gb drive on the shelf when I am all
>done.
>
> How do I format the 200Gb drive as a "system" drive and move the operating
> system as well as everything else to it?
>
> I was able to format it, but it is currently empty. How do I move it all
> so I can just unplug the 60Gb and put the 200Gb in its place, and not
> notice any difference?
>
> Thanks....
>
> Paul
>
Use the software from the manufacturer which they include with every retail
version of the disk.
If all you do is un[lug the 60 GB disk and put the 200 GB disk, you will
certainly see a difference.
That difference is that the computer will not boot.
Jim