OOPS!
I took all the time to write this and left out one of the most important
points, how to find the Troubleshooting Basics columns referenced.
The columns are found on our web site at:
http://nospin.com/pc/ts001.html
I apologize for the need for this second post with additional instructions.
Bob Wright
The NOSPIN Group
At 07:30 AM 12/13/1999 , you wrote:
>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
>The NOSPIN Group
>
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