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Number   :  5272
Date     :  2003-08-11
Author   :  Garry Deane
Subject  :  Re: Just a Few questions..
Size(KB) :  2


--- In xxcopy@yahoogroups.com, "Henry P. Freyer"  
wrote:
> Hello Garry,
> 
> Thanks for the info., regarding my problem. 
> You mentioned (assuming you are talking about W98/Me),
> I am using W95, does this pose a problem?

No, the techniques described for W98/ME will work equally
well on W95.

> I was thinking of copying some of the important files from
> my f: drive to d: and e:, and then use the f: drive to
> replace c:. I would have to format the f: drive once my
> files where moved and then partitioned into 3 drives. Then
> go out and get another drive to replace f: at a later time.
> Will this work?

Yes, that's fine. Very briefly you'd do the following (see
previous post and xxtb#10 for details):

1. Copy files from F: to D:/E: for safekeeping.
2. Boot to DOS and partition and format drive 2 into 3 partitions.
It's a good idea to give the partitions a distinctive volume label
at this point so that you can keep track if/when the drive letters
appear jumbled.
3. Boot to windows, re-assign the drive letters if required and
xxcopy each partition on drive 1 to the corresponding partition on
drive 2.
4. Shut down and swap the ribbon cables between drives 1 & 2.
I have no idea how many drives you have or how they are configured
so I can't tell you the best way to do this. Take note when the
machines boots; it displays which drives are where in the IDE
sequence. You'll probably see something like:

Primary Master: Details of drive 1
Primary Slave: Details of CDR
Secondary Master: Details of drive 2
Secondary Slave: None

If you have this configuration, it would probably be easiest to
leave the drives in their bays and swap the cables where they
plug into the motherboard (swap IDE 1 and IDE 2).

If the F: drive is set up as a slave to drive 1 (it uses the same
cable), you will probably have to change jumpers on the drives to
change the Master/Slave configuration. In this case, it is easier
to swap the drives in their bays because the cable probably won't
fit with the drives in their original position and you have to
remove the drives to get at the jumpers easily.
5. Boot with your boot floppy and run FDISK to set the original
drive 1 (now 2) inactive and drive 2 (now 1) active.
6. Re-boot from the boot floppy and transfer the boot record with
FDISK /MBR.
7. Boot to windows and you should now be up and running. Check that
the drive letter assignments are as they should be.
8. If all is well, you can boot back to DOS and repartition and
format drive 2 (your original drive 1) into a single partition if
required.

> and maybe a little easier for me, for I am not a computer guru.
> Thanks again for all your help.

Read up on the documentation and particularly the link to "Adding
a 2nd Hard Drive" in xxtb#10. If you are worried that you'll stuff
it up, get your local computer shop to do it. It's a pretty quick
operation when you know what to do.

Garry



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