Seagate should have a utility you can use to clone the old
drive to the new drive.
http://www.seagate.com/support/kb/disc/howto/use_dw2002.html
How to use DiscWizard for Windows
1.. Before installing your new drive
launch DiscWizard. In Windows go to Start > Programs >
DiscWizard.
If the drive is already installed you
will be shown a list of drives attached to your computer.
Select the drive you wish to install and proceed with the
installation.
2.. For a new drive install select from
the main menu: select Setup new drive.
3.. Enter the model number at the next
screen. Click next to proceed.
4.. DiscWizard will display a custom
installation manual for your drive. You may want to print
this manual and refer to it during installation of your
drive. Click next to proceed.
5.. Next you will be prompted to shut
down your computer and install your new drive. Follow the
directions in your Custom Installation Manual.
6.. Upon installing the drive and
restarting the computer, you will be asked how you want to
install the drive. Typical or Custom are your choices,
Typical will install the drive with the fewest possible
partitions. Custom install allows you to define the number
of partitions and their size. Make your selection and click
next to proceed.
Typical Installation Information
At this point 3 ways of installing the
drive are presented:
a.. As additional storage.
b.. As the boot drive keeping the old
drive in the system.
c.. As the boot drive removing the old
drive from the system.
Make your selection and click next.
As Additional Storage
1.. The next screen lists how the drive
will be installed, normally 1 partition. Click next to
proceed.
2.. DiscWizard will now partition and
format your drive. The progress will be displayed on this
screen.
3.. Your drive is now ready for use.
As the Boot drive keeping the old drive in
the system
1.. The next screen will inform you that
you must change drive settings (jumpers, bios) when prompted
to. Click next to proceed.
2.. DiscWizard will now partition,
format, and copy all your files from the old drive to the
new one. Additionally a Custom Installation Manual will be
created.
3.. DiscWizard will give you an
opportunity to print the manual on the next screen. This
manual contains detailed instructions on how to make the new
drive the master and the old drive the slave, follow them
closely. Make your selection and click next to proceed.
4.. DiscWizard will now turn off your
computer. Make the changes outlined in the Custom
Installation Manual and restart your computer.
5.. Your computer will now boot to the
new drive. Both drives are ready for use.
As the Boot drive removing the old drive
from the system
1.. The next screen will inform you that
you must change drive settings (jumpers, bios) when prompted
to. Click next to proceed.
2.. DiscWizard will now partition,
format, and copy all your files from the old drive to the
new one. Additionally a Custom Installation Manual will be
created.
3.. DiscWizard will give you an
opportunity to print the manual on the next screen. This
manual contains detailed instructions on how to make the new
drive the master, follow them closely. Make your selection
and click next to proceed.
4.. DiscWizard will now turn off your
computer. Make the changes outlined in the Custom
Installation Manual and restart your computer.
5.. Your computer will now boot to the
new drive. He drive is now ready for use.
Custom Installation Information
At this point 3 ways of installing the
drive are presented:
a.. As additional storage.
b.. As the boot drive keeping the old
drive in the system.
c.. As the boot drive removing the old
drive from the system.
Make your selection and click next.
As Additional Storage
1.. The next screen allows you to set
the partition sizes you want. Simply click and hold the
slider bar under the pie chart. As you move it forward or
backward the disc size will change. When the partition is
the size you wish, release the slider and press the set
button. You will notice that the file system will change
with size of the partition. To change from the default file
system, press properties and select your file system and
cluster size.
The wrong cluster size can cause
problems in certain Operating Systems, check with your
Operating System manufacturer for details.
2.. Click next to proceed. DiscWizard
will now partition and format your drive.
3.. Your drive is now ready to use.
As the Boot drive keeping the old drive in
the system
1.. The next screen allows you to set
the partition sizes you want. Simply click and hold the
slider bar under the pie chart. As you move it forward or
backward the disc size will change. When the partition is
the size you wish release the slider and press the set
button. You will notice that the file system will change
with size of the partition. To change from the default file
system, press properties and select your file system and
cluster size.
The wrong cluster size can cause
problems in certain Operating Systems, check with your
Operating System manufacturer for details.
2.. DiscWizard will now partition,
format, and copy all your files from the old drive to the
new one. Additionally a Custom Installation Manual will be
created.
3.. DiscWizard will give you an
opportunity to print the manual on the next screen. This
manual contains detailed instructions on how to make the new
drive the master and the old drive the slave, follow them
closely. Make your selection and click next to proceed.
4.. DiscWizard will now turn off your
computer. Make the changes outlined in the Custom
Installation Manual and restart your computer.
5.. Your computer will now boot to the
new drive. Both drives are ready for use.
As the Boot drive removing the old drive
from the system
1.. The next screen allows you to set
the partition sizes you want. Simply click and hold the
slider bar under the pie chart. As you move it forward or
backward the disc size will change. When the partition is
the size you wish release the slider and press the set
button. You will notice that the file system will change
with size of the partition. To change from the default file
system, press properties and select your file system and
cluster size.
The wrong cluster size can cause
problems in certain Operating Systems, check with your
Operating System manufacturer for details.
2.. DiscWizard will now partition,
format, and copy all your files from the old drive to the
new one. Additionally a Custom Installation Manual will be
created.
3.. DiscWizard will give you an
opportunity to print the manual on the next screen. This
manual contains detailed instructions on how to make the new
drive the master, follow them closely. Make your selection
and click next to proceed.
4.. DiscWizard will now turn off your
computer. Make the changes outlined in the Custom
Installation Manual and restart your computer.
5.. Your computer will now boot to the
new drive. The drive is now ready for use.
DiscWizard Maintenance Options
Please see our document on How To Use
DiscWizard for Windows Maintenance Options.
|I installed a new segate 100GB hard drive and used the
utilities CD to format
| it, but either Windows XP Home edition won't let the files
be copied from my
| boot drive (C
to the new hard drive (D
or there is
something wrong with
| the CD. Windows recognize's the hard drive (D
and its
partitions (NTFS) but
| won't copy the files over to it. I've tried both method's
on the CD, i.e. the
| Windows DiscWizard utility and the DOS utility and both
come back saying the
| volume on the new hard drive (D
is not large enough (?)
which is bull
| because I'm only copying over 9+GB worth of files over to
it, am I missing
| something here ?? Sorry for the run on but I'm gettin
alittle frustrated with
| the problem.
| --
| Jim
