Hard Disk Transfer Possible?

[arti-47]

Hi there,

I've got this laptop (an old protege m100) that has a TEAC DW-224E
cd-rom drive that died on me and the "busy" light just goes on forever.

Recently, my hard disk (toshiba MK 4019GAX, 40gb, 5400rpm, 16mb buffer
size) starts making a knocking sound and things get real slow on my
comp... so i have a feeling that i'm going to have to say bye bye this
hard drive soon.

so now i am faced with a big problem. bcoz my cd-rom is dead and i cant
boot from usb (and try to boot from an external cd drive) bcoz my bios
doesnt allow it... i wish to know :

1. will it be possible for me to get new hard drive, plug it into my
bro's laptop and install windows into there? after which i take the new
hard disk and replace my own laptop's 2.5" disk? would it cause alot of
problems becoz of the initial driver setup and all?

2.if 1 is not possible, is there any other way to solve the problem
(w/o getting a new laptop )?

3. will there e any problems if i got a 80gb harddisk for my system?

been searching ard many forums but can't get a definite answer about my
questions before carrying my plan out.

thanks in advance!

 

[Brian A.]

Hi there,

I've got this laptop (an old protege m100) that has a TEAC DW-224E
cd-rom drive that died on me and the "busy" light just goes on forever.

Recently, my hard disk (toshiba MK 4019GAX, 40gb, 5400rpm, 16mb buffer
size) starts making a knocking sound and things get real slow on my
comp... so i have a feeling that i'm going to have to say bye bye this
hard drive soon.

Knocking is not a good thing. You may want to get that new drive very
soon so you can still retrieve data off the drive.

so now i am faced with a big problem. bcoz my cd-rom is dead and i cant
boot from usb (and try to boot from an external cd drive) bcoz my bios
doesnt allow it... i wish to know :

1. will it be possible for me to get new hard drive, plug it into my
bro's laptop and install windows into there? after which i take the new
hard disk and replace my own laptop's 2.5" disk? would it cause alot of
problems becoz of the initial driver setup and all?

With laptops being proprietory you will run into driver issues, yet that
isn't the half of what's wrong with the picture. If you install XP using
his machine you best make sure you don't activate it yet or your out of
updates due to the hardware difference and wap.
Your better choice would be to create a folder on the drive, copy the
contents of the cd to the folder, put the drive in your machine and run the
install from the drive. Now there's no issues spoken of to get in the way.

2.if 1 is not possible, is there any other way to solve the problem
(w/o getting a new laptop )?

The above will work fine.

3. will there e any problems if i got a 80gb harddisk for my system?

None at all if it fits. May as well partition it off then, install XP on
the primary partition and use whatever others for apps, data, backups, etc.

been searching ard many forums but can't get a definite answer about my
questions before carrying my plan out.

thanks in advance!

NP.

--

Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User }
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

 

[arti-47]

Hi Brian,

Thanks for the informative reply! I get you mean... I feel so dumb not
having thought of this option instead... haha.

--> "Your better choice would be to create a folder on the drive, copy
the
contents of the cd to the folder, put the drive in your machine and run
the
install from the drive. Now there's no issues spoken of to get in the
way."


So just to clarify:
1. So this would mean i have to copy the cd contents over (while in my
present windows) and boot the machine thru the new HDD and using the cd
contents on this HDD to install windows?

1. are there any special programs to recommend to carry out the copying
process? from what i know i'd need to copy some special files that
allow for the booting process to be carried out. is this step even
needed?

Once again, thanks for your reply!

 

[arti-47]

Hi Brian,

Thanks for the informative reply! I get you mean... I feel so dumb not
having thought of this option instead... haha.

--> "Your better choice would be to create a folder on the drive, copy
the
contents of the cd to the folder, put the drive in your machine and run
the
install from the drive. Now there's no issues spoken of to get in the
way."

So just to clarify:
1. So this would mean i have to copy the cd contents over (while in my
present windows) and boot the machine thru the new HDD and using the cd
contents on this HDD to install windows?

1. are there any special programs to recommend to carry out the copying
process? from what i know i'd need to copy some special files that
allow for the booting process to be carried out. is this step even
needed?

Once again, thanks for your reply!

 

[arti-47]

Hi Brian,

Thanks for the informative reply! I get you mean... I feel so dumb not
having thought of this option instead... haha.

--> "Your better choice would be to create a folder on the drive, copy
the
contents of the cd to the folder, put the drive in your machine and run
the
install from the drive. Now there's no issues spoken of to get in the
way."

So just to clarify:
1. So this would mean i have to copy the cd contents over (while in my
present windows) and boot the machine thru the new HDD and using the cd
contents on this HDD to install windows?

2. are there any special programs to recommend to carry out the copying
process? from what i know i'd need to copy some special files that
allow for the booting process to be carried out. is this step even
needed?

Once again, thanks for your reply!

 

[Brian A.]

Connect the new drive to your brothers machine.
Boot with a 98 boot disk that has CD support and use fdisk to partition the
drive.
At the prompt type: fdisk and press Enter
Select "Support for Large disks".
If you need more info see: http://basconotw.mvps.org/hd_prep.htm
Click the thumbnails for larger image.
Click fdisk link for fdisk instructions.

When finished reboot with the 98 boot disk and select with CD Support form
the boot menu.
Take note of the CD drives assigned letter at the end of boot.
If you create more than 1 partition, format one partition and create a
folder on the formatted partition.
At the prompt type and press enter after each:
driveletter:\
md xpsetup **Note the space after md.

Put the XP CD in the CD drive and copy the CD to the folder on the drive.
**Note spaces marked by -. Do not type the -.
At the prompt type and press enter after each:
xcopy-cddriveletter:\*.*-hddriveletter:\xpsetup-/A-/E-/K

When finished check the xpsetup folder using the dir command to check the
contents are present.
Check the XP setup CD contents to compare #folders/files/total size.

When done put the hd in your machine.
Boot with the 98 boot disk.
Type at the prompt and press Enter:
driveletter:\xpsetup\setup.exe

--

Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User }
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

 

[arti-47]

Hey Brian,

Thanx so much for your instructions!

Since my BIOS can't boot using a usb floppy, and I have no floppy
drive... I plan to plug the new drive into my bro's drive and create
two partitions of FAT type, and make one of the drives bootable using
the format /s option. I think this would allow the new drive to be
bootable on my comp and allow me to install windows (from the data on
the other partition)?

You've been a great help... looks like i've got a new hard disk to
look forward to!

 

[arti-47]

Well, got my laptop up and running already! Thanks again Brian!

 

[Brian A.]

Glad to help. Good luck and have fun.

--

Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User }
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375