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In a message dated 7/28/2002 12:29:42 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask]
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> My husband's computer HD is on it's way out.(and it's less just over a
> year old!) Anyway, I'd like to replace the HD and transfer the
> information from the old HD to the new HD. Where can I find the
> information to do this?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Susan
Hi,
If you get a retail hard drive (as opposed to an OEM model), it normally
comes with a utility to do this, on a floppy (I KNOW Maxtor and Western
Digital drives do, I assume other major brands do as well).
You install the drive temporarily as either a slave to the original drive,
or as either a master/slave on the other IDE channel (cable),
partition/format and copy the data from the old drive to the new with the
floppy program, then re-install as a master instead of the original drive,
If you DO get an OEM drive (to save a few bucks), then you can download MAX
BLAST from the Maxtor website, and make a floppy from it. It says it only
works on Maxtor drives, but I've used it on many other brands, and it works
fine.
HTH,
Peter Hogan
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PS, link for MAX BLAST: <A HREF="http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downloads/maxblast_plus_ii.htm">Maxtor.com - MaxBlast Plus II</A>
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