At 12:47 AM 12/11/1999 , Ninderjit Virk wrote:
>Hi to all
>First posting so please be gentle.
>I have a classic Pentium. I want to get a bigger hard
>drive because the current one doesn't have enough
>space. Is there any way to copy all the files or
>programs to the new drive? I want my new drive to be
>my default drive and don't want to keep my older
>drive.(I have accidentally lost my Office97 CD and
>some other software). I really want to have Office 97
>on my new drive and don't want to take the risk of
>loosing anything. Is anybody out there can help me?
This can be rather complicated to explain, so we will try to
keep it simple and stay to a process that does not require
additional software, other than what is probably already on
your computer.
The first thing you will need to do is add your new hard drive
to your computer as a SLAVE drive, behind the existing hard
drive as the Master drive. This process is fully explained in
my column, Trouble Shooting Basics - Editions 9 - 14.
Once your new hard drive is installed and formatted. Start
Windows95/98. Then enter CONTROL PANEL / SYSTEM.
This is found at: Start / Settings / Control Panel
Double click on the System Icon. Then click on the Performance
Tab, then click on the Virtual Memory button. Now, click on the
"Let me specify my own virtual memory settings." Then click on
the "Disable Virtual Memory." Then, click on the Okay buttons and
the system will restart.
Now, be sure that the system does not have any hidden files. Start
Windows Explorer, then click on the View toolbar button / Folder Options.
Then click on the View Tab in this window. Under the heading of
Hidden Files, be sure the "Show all files" button has been checked.
You are now ready to copy all the files from your existing hard drive,
the C drive to your new drive, the D drive. Just drag and drop all files
and folders shown under C to the D drive.
Be sure to build a boot floppy disk at this point, if you do not already
have one, use the Add/Delete Programs option in Control Panel:
Start / Settings / Control Panel. Click on the Startup Disk tab and
create a boot disk.
Okay. The D drive will now have all your information. Using the same
processes explained in my Troubleshooting Basics columns, listed
above, remove the old hard drive and set your new drive as the
Primary Master in your PC.
Now, reboot the system, using the Startup or Boot disk. Run FDISK
by typing: FDISK from the Dos Prompt. One of the options in FDISK
is Set Partition Active. You will need to do this for your new drive as
it cannot be done until this time. Then, close and the system will reboot.
At this point, if you have followed all the procedures listed above... Windows
should start and run on the new drive. You will need to reverse the instructions
for turning off Virtual Memory above and turn it back on.
Just as a NOTE: The reason we turned off Virtual Memory above is that the
swap file cannot be copied from one drive to the other. This will stop the
copy process... there are other ways around this issue, but this is the
simplest to explain.
Bob Wright
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