[dba-Tech] Help with moving files from one hard drive to another(Cross posted)

Erwin Craps - IT Helps Erwin.Craps at ithelps.be
Sat Dec 6 04:25:42 CST 2003


If files are not that big, u could use a cheap USB memory stick.
I always have one with me and it fare more easyer to use and install
then disk or network (depends on what is already available at the
premisses ofcourse).

USB interface and atleast W98 are needed for a USB memory stick.
Does not work with Windows NT 4, because of lack of USB support.

Comes in multple sizes, 256,512MB and I suspose 1GB should be out there
to.
Copying to or from an USB sticj is ofcourse slower than from disk to
disk or network to network so copying 100GB would not be a good idea.
Working with two sticks could speed up the process.

Erwin 

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[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] Namens Gary Kjos
Verzonden: zaterdag 6 december 2003 7:38
Aan: dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com
Onderwerp: RE: [dba-Tech] Help with moving files from one hard drive to
another(Cross posted)

I'd hook them together via the NIC's. You may need a special crossover
type of cable or else a hub to connect the two systems, but either of
those should be pretty cheap. You will also need to put a share on the
Win98 system to allow the WinXP system to see it's hard drive. Windows
XP has a nice wizard that will walk you through everything you need to
do on that side.

You also could just move the hard drive if they want to keep the entire
drive. You may need to set some jumpers on the drives - maybe. I just
added a new hard drive to my home system and found that the newer drives
don't use jumpers to designate primary or slave drive anymore, it just
goes by the position they are plugged into on the cable.  Still is
dooable - just have to determine what each of the two drives
capabilities are as far as being primary or slave and how to set them
for that mode. If you google on the type and model of drives, you will
undoubtably find info on how to do it.

Dell has a pretty good section on their site telling you how to do it to
their systems step by step - with pictures and everything.

Gary Kjos
garykjos at hotmail.com





>From: "Stoker, Kenneth E" <Kenneth.Stoker at pnl.gov>
>Reply-To: Discussion of Hardware and Software 
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>To: dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com, AccessD at databaseadvisors.com
>Subject: [dba-Tech] Help with moving files from one hard drive to 
>another (Cross posted)
>Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2003 15:35:48 -0800
>
>Everyone,
>
>I have a co-worker who came to me and asked me how to get the files off

>his old computer onto his new computer.  First questions I asked were 
>do you have any larger capacity media drives, cd burner, zip drive,
etc.
>Answer is no.  So, I thought it should be possible for him to open his 
>old computer, take out the hard drive, put it in his new computer and 
>the new computer on boot up should recognize the older hard drive.  Is 
>this correct?
>
>Old machine:  PII 233MHz running Win98
>New machine:  PIV 2.66 GHz running WinXP Pro.
>
>Another option is that he says both machines have NICs.  Can he just 
>plug the two machines together through the NICs and have them recognize

>each other?
>
>I have to admit that I haven't tried to do things this way myself so I 
>hope that some extra guidance can help us get this right.
>
>Any help offered is greatly appreciated.
>
>Ken Stoker
>Technology Commercialization
>Information Systems Administrator
>PH: (509) 375-3758
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>E-mail:  Kenneth.Stoker at pnl.gov
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