xcopy

[Rick]

Does anybody no the proceedure for transferring all the
contents from one hardrive to another new hardrive in a
Windows 2000 operating system.

I'm trying to make an exact copy (operating system,
hidden files, everything). I've does this before in 98
operating system, for some reason, I can't make it
operate in the 2000 system.

 

[Ray at]

You won't be able to do this just by copying. There are some files that
will be locked and cannot be accessed, even for copying. I suggest using a
drive imaging software package. I believe that Powerquest makes that or
something?

Ray at work

 

[Gary]

Make an Image

 

[Ray at]

When I said, "I believe Powerquest makes that" I thought that I had
mentioned "Ghost," an imaging package. I forgot to type that. But now that
I think about it more, I think it's actually Symantec.

Ray at work

 

[Mark V]

When I said, "I believe Powerquest makes that" I thought that I
had mentioned "Ghost," an imaging package. I forgot to type that.
But now that I think about it more, I think it's actually
Symantec.

http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/ Image for DOS, Image for Win
also.

And Partition Magic (and others) can also often do Disk-to-Disk copy.

 

[Ray at]

Dolly is good too. It's popular for imaging a TiVo drive, but I'm sure it'd
work great on any system, as it's a bit-for-bit copier. Always back up your
TiVo and keep the backup hard drive in your freezer! :]

Ray at work