[dba-Tech] Replace Hard Drive

Jon Tydda jon at tydda.plus.com
Fri Feb 18 21:06:25 CST 2005


Depends on the laptop... the Dell Latitude I have at work has a removeable
cd-drive, and you can put hard drive in there, but I wouldn't have thought
it was possible on most of them.

Sorry, didn't notice the word laptop in your original post... too busy
getting ready to go to the pub. Must pay attention in future :-)


Jon

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[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Dan Waters
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Jon,

But, this is a laptop.  I'm pretty sure I can only install one HD at a time.
Can Norton Ghost copy to discs?  (maybe about 20 CDrs).  Or copy to a
different PC so I can copy back?

Dan

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[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jon Tydda
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 3:11 PM
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Yep, get yourself a copy of Norton Ghost, install it. Install the 60gb drive
as the secondary master and copy exactly the contents of your 20gb drive to
the new 60gb drive.

Take the 20gb out, put the 60gb in as the primary master and use disk
manager to extend the partitions. MAKE SURE YOU RUN SCANDISK AND DEFRAG
AFTERWARDS. I can't reiterate that enough. If you have a problem with it,
you still have your original 20gb as a backup.

Simple as a really simple thing! :-)


Jon

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Dan Waters
Sent: 18 February 2005 19:17
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

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