At 05:48 PM 6/28/2002, Kevin Nowicki wrote:
>Dear Listers,
>
>I have a PII 450, 256ram, 16.8gig HD running Win98se.  I have a second HD
>(D:), Western Digital 80 gig ATA100 plugged into an ATA100 PCI card.  I want
>to copy the contents of C: onto D: and then make D: my boot drive.
>
>I have Norton Ghost but it won't let me place the image of C: onto D:.  I
>have a small LAN and it won't let me copy the image to any other networked
>drive.  It says I need a corporate edition.  But I don't understand why it
>won't let me copy c to d?
>
>Has anyone used that xcopy procedure?  If so, does it work and how (step by
>step please, I'm a little slow) do I do it?  It's getting kind of frustrating
>since I think I'm losing my primary boot drive and want to get the drive
>copied.

It would help if you had told us the version of Windows you are using, but
assuming that it is either Win95/98 or ME, then the process is simple.

Right click on My Computer on your desktop, click on Properties then click
on the Performance tab.  Now, click on the Virtual Memory Tab and check
the "disable virtual memory" box.  You are now ready to reboot the system.

Once the system is rebooted, just open your Windows Explorer and copy
the C drive to the D drive.

Why the above steps?  Windows cannot copy the virtual memory 'swap file'
while in Windows Explorer.

Now, when you have finished you are ready to make your D drive your
C drive by switching their primary/secondary settings on the drives.  You
will need to boot with a floppy disk, use FDISK and set your new C drive,
(the former D drive), to ACTIVE partition.  Once this is done, just boot
the system and reverse the above steps to reengage your virtual memory.

     Bob Wright
The NoSpin Group
http://nospin.com


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