Hard drive migration help
Tuesday, July 27, 2004 by tjesterb | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
I recently got a new HDD. I hooked it up as a slave and used Drive Image 7.0 to copy my drive C to the E partition on the new drive using the app included to clone your drive, OS and all to a new one. I ed to make the E drive bootable, according to the directions, as well. I then switched the jumper on the new drive to the Master setting, hooked up the Master IDE cable to it and tried to boot up from the new drive. However that isn't working. I entered the BIOS and confirmed that it is recognizing the new drive as the Master. How do I boot from the new drive? I want to put the old drive in a USB case and use it as portable storage.
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Jafo
Reply #22 Tuesday, July 27, 2004 10:41 PM
Reply #22 Tuesday, July 27, 2004 10:41 PM
20 gig partition...all complete...from boot descriptor to System Volume Information....written in 8 minutes...no errors...
Jafo
Reply #23 Tuesday, July 27, 2004 10:43 PM
Reply #23 Tuesday, July 27, 2004 10:43 PM
Difference is I can do one while still working within the OS...
Jafo
Reply #24 Tuesday, July 27, 2004 10:44 PM
Reply #24 Tuesday, July 27, 2004 10:44 PM
Forgot....I don't need a Dos NTFS reader to do it either...
yrag
Reply #25 Tuesday, July 27, 2004 10:49 PM
Reply #25 Tuesday, July 27, 2004 10:49 PM
OK...OK...so I'm old fashioned and still like writing DOS commands....so shoot me already 
IPlural
Reply #27 Tuesday, July 27, 2004 11:01 PM
Reply #27 Tuesday, July 27, 2004 11:01 PM
hehe, China, you do know where that power cable plugs into don't ya?
tjesterb
Reply #29 Tuesday, July 27, 2004 11:24 PM
Reply #29 Tuesday, July 27, 2004 11:24 PM
Well, I erased my partitions on the new drive, and reformatted it as one partition. Then defragged C drive, and recopied C onto E. All that with the same results. Everything is hooked up right and the jumpers are right. It's now going on 12:30AM and I have to be up in a few hours, so I'll have another go at it tomorrow. Thanks to all for you suggestions.
Goodnight
...and I think Yrag and China want to be alone.
[Message Edited]
Goodnight
...and I think Yrag and China want to be alone.
[Message Edited]
yrag
Reply #30 Tuesday, July 27, 2004 11:27 PM
Reply #30 Tuesday, July 27, 2004 11:27 PM
....we'll give it another go tomorrow...
...nite, Honey
...nite, Honey
IPlural
Reply #31 Tuesday, July 27, 2004 11:30 PM
Reply #31 Tuesday, July 27, 2004 11:30 PM
oh... backup all system and hidden files is enabled too?
goofy thought on my part
hey, wait!
how come yrag and china get to be alone?
goofy thought on my part
hey, wait!
how come yrag and china get to be alone?
yrag
Reply #32 Tuesday, July 27, 2004 11:34 PM
Reply #32 Tuesday, July 27, 2004 11:34 PM
...hell, John..if Paul is a no-show then you can be the third spoke 
tjesterb
Reply #34 Wednesday, July 28, 2004 4:12 PM
Reply #34 Wednesday, July 28, 2004 4:12 PM
Well, it looks like I'll be out of town for a few days, my Dad is having heart surgery tomorrow, so I'll be heading up to help him and my Mom for a few days.
Hopefully I can get the hard drive issues sorted out when I get back. Family has to take priority.
Thanks everyone for all the insight, I'll be checking in on the boards from my folks PC
Hopefully I can get the hard drive issues sorted out when I get back. Family has to take priority.
Thanks everyone for all the insight, I'll be checking in on the boards from my folks PC
IPlural
Reply #35 Wednesday, July 28, 2004 4:44 PM
Reply #35 Wednesday, July 28, 2004 4:44 PM
best of luck to your father and the rest of you and your family...
here's hoping the best of wishes possible
here's hoping the best of wishes possible
tjesterb
Reply #37 Thursday, July 29, 2004 10:54 PM
Reply #37 Thursday, July 29, 2004 10:54 PM
Thanks for your support, guys. My dad had angioplasty today, now he has to wait a few weeks before he can have an anuerysm [sp] repaired, which is what put him in the hospital to begin with. Anyway, thanks again, I should be back home in a couple or three days. Man, my dad has a LOT of CRAP on his PC! of course every time I clean things up and a few days later he gets some piece of spyware he calls me up asking why I put it there What are you going to do? Gotta take care of the parents though.
of course every time I clean things up and a few days later he gets some piece of spyware he calls me up asking why I put it there What are you going to do? Gotta take care of the parents though.
_02
Reply #38 Thursday, July 29, 2004 11:13 PM
Reply #38 Thursday, July 29, 2004 11:13 PM
Boot with a Windows 98 startup disk or CD.
Run fdisk.
Choose option 2.
Set the partition that you want to boot to as active.
Escape from fdisk.
Run fdisk /mbr.
Remove the disk.
Restart.
Done.
Run fdisk.
Choose option 2.
Set the partition that you want to boot to as active.
Escape from fdisk.
Run fdisk /mbr.
Remove the disk.
Restart.
Done.
jamoman
Reply #39 Friday, July 30, 2004 12:43 AM
Reply #39 Friday, July 30, 2004 12:43 AM
western digital comes with a transfer program have you tried using it instead of d7? its very easy to work with.
IPlural
Reply #40 Friday, July 30, 2004 11:23 PM
are you doing a basic copy or are you doing an exact Image of the drive?
Reply #40 Friday, July 30, 2004 11:23 PM
| recopied C onto E |
are you doing a basic copy or are you doing an exact Image of the drive?
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Reply #21 Tuesday, July 27, 2004 10:03 PM
Gee. Paul...I transfer 12/13 GB to my backup drive just shy of 20 minutes...in DOS ...and I get all the files copied, including the Volume Files
yrag thinks there must be a clog in that Aussie DOS