Replacing a Second HD

[Jerry]

Here's my situation:

I am an 80G hardrive C and a 16G HD D with No partion.
Both are full. While there are some files on the D drive
that I put there, there are also some files that seem to
have migrated on their own from the C drive. I want to
replace the D drive with an 80G drive. I am planning on
removing the old D drive, installing the NEW 80G drive,
moving some files from C to the NEW D - then remove the
NEW D Drive, reinstall the old D drive and move those
files to the newly created space on the C drive - then,
reinstall the NEW 80G D drive and move the files from the
C drive to the new D drive. Confusing isn't it. But, I
can't think of any other way.

The question is this: How can I be sure that none of the
OS files have migrated to the old D drive ?

If anyone has any suggestions, they would really be
appreciated.

Thanks !

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Jerry,

Temporarily install the new drive where the CD drive is currently connected,
or if there is nothing else on that cable, just use the slave spot. Copy the
files across from D:\, then shut down, put the new drive in its permanent
spot, and reattach the CD drive.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[Jerry]

Hi Rick -

Sounded like the perfect solution. I diconnected on of
my CD drives and connected the (new) third HD, however,
they system is not recognizing it. I have tried setting
it to Cable Select with no result. What am I doing
wrong ??

Also, you mentioned "copying" the files. I was thinking
of "moving" them. Is there a difference ?

Thanks,

Jerry

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Jerry,

Check the jumper on the new drive, it may not be set to CS.

On Copy vs Move:

I always copy, then once I am assured that the data is good, then delete
from the original source. If you move, then later find out something is
corrupted, you have nothing to go back to.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[Guest]

Thanks for you reply again. I've checked the jumper and
according to the diagram on the new drive, it is
currently set to CS. Do I need to do anything to the
bios to get it to recognize the new drive ??

Thanks again !



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[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

You did connect a power supply as well, yes?

The BIOS should simply be set to auto-detect, nothing fancier.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[Jerry]

Rick,

Really appreciate all your help. Here's my status:

I removed the old D (IBM)drive and installed the new D
(Seagate)drive. This system is now acknowledging the new
drive.

Interestingly, when I ran the Seagate installation
software, there was no option NOT to insert a partion.
It forced me to put in 1 partion. I've been told by
those more knowledgeable than I, that I should not have a
partion. Is there a way to delete it ??

Now, I took the original IBM drive and tried connecting
it to the CDRW connection to facilitate the transfer as
you suggested, but it is not being found by the system.
Any suggestions ??

Again, appreciate all your help !

Jerry

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Your sources are correct.

Do this: put the old drive in where it was, hook the new drive into the CD
position. Boot up, start/run diskmgmt.msc and use this tool to delete any
existing partitions on the new drive and create, then format, new ones.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[Ron Sommer]

Rick,
First, you say "Your sources are correct." to this statement, "I should not
have a partion. Is there a way to delete it ??"
So you are saying that Jerry does not need a partition.
Then, you say to remove then create a new partition.
Did you really mean to say a partition is not needed?

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Ron,

I'm stating that Jerry's source that told him not to create a partition with
the seagate setup software is correct. WinXP tends to *really* dislike drive
overlay software, and it really screws up installations when used. Jerry
should install the drive and let the Windows disk management software do the
partitioning work. Hope that clarifies it for you, Ron.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[Ron Sommer]

Rick,
Thanks for the clarification.