John W. Colby
jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Fri Feb 18 15:49:29 CST 2005
1) Get a USB or firewire disk container for the hard disk. 2) Connect to your computer via usb or firewire 3) Use Ghost or similar to write an exact image out to the external drive. 4) Remove the internal drive 5) Install the one in the external box. 6) Reboot. It should come right up and play. 7) if necessary extend the partition to add the remainder of the disk. I did it in exactly this manner for my hard disk, except that I was going from a 60g 4.2 k rpm to a 60g 7200 rpm so I didn't do the extension thing. John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com Contribute your unused CPU cycles to a good cause: http://folding.stanford.edu/ -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Dan Waters Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 2:17 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: [dba-Tech] Replace Hard Drive I am going to replace the 20G HD on my laptop with a faster 60G HD. Based on past experience I'd like to avoid spending the next 2-3 days doing it. 1) XP Pro has a utility called Files and Settings Transfer Wizard. Can this be used to copy the entire HD as is (~15 G) to another PC or to disk? If this practical? I have an older PC 233 Mhz, 384 M memory, 40 G HD which might be useful. 2) There are program like Laplink PC sync or PC upgrade Commander (or others?) which supposedly can help. 3) I've heard of 'ghosting' my HD. Is this a feasible mechanism? So - if you're tired of reading about the poor state of health care you might take a shot at this question! Thanks! Dan Waters ProMation Systems _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com