Greetings-- -----Original Message----- From: Mike Buraczewski <[log in to unmask]> >I am adding a second larger drive to a machine. I wish to make this drive >the primary drive. I know the hardware changes which must be made, but I >cannot remember how to transfer the data [including the operating system] >from one drive to the other. I know that the xcopy command is the way to >go, but I don't remember the switches. > The procedure, as I have seen it related here, is as follows: Set any jumper on the new drive to make it a slave, then install it as the primary slave >From a DOS box running in Win95 enter the xcopy command with the following syntax xcopy c:\ <new drive letter>:\ /r /i /c /h /k /e /y This should copy everything. We're assuming that you've fdisked, created an active partition, and formatted the new drive. HTH Paul A. Shippert Library/Media Specialist "Everything she's chosen is conveniently frozen. Eat it and come back for more." Fripp, Sinfield [log in to unmask] PCBUILD only works if you contribute. Send your messages to be posted to: [log in to unmask]