Adding a hard drive

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Tony

I have a feeling that this is gonna be one of those "man is this guy a moron"
questions, but I need to ask anyway.

I had a 30GB Western Digital drive stop working. It was the only drive on my HP
Pavilion, and one day it just would not boot. I tried to reinstall WinXP, but
it would not take. I have taken it to two local PC shops, and they cannot get
anything out of it, either.

I bought a new machine, and I have purchased an identical drive, with the
thought that I can copy the data on the existing (new) drive, including a
program like "Recover My Files" or similar, slave the old drive to it, and run
the recovery program. (I really don't want to do this on the new computer, in
case there was a virus McAfee didn't catch)

Here are the questions:

If I'm going to copy the new machine's HD to the virgin one I just purchased,
do I need to format the new drive first and load an OS?

I purchased an identical drive because I was also told that I could swap the
platters from the old drive to the new one to determine is there is a physical
problem with the drive. Am I snipe hunting?

(Please be gentle)

TIA

Tony
 
I have a feeling that this is gonna be one of those "man
is this guy a moron" questions, but I need to ask anyway.
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I had a 30GB Western Digital drive stop working. It was
the only drive on my HP Pavilion, and one day it just would
not boot. I tried to reinstall WinXP, but it would not take.
Click to expand...

That's not necessarily good if the drive was partly working.
I have taken it to two local PC shops, and
they cannot get anything out of it, either.
Click to expand...

What did they say about it ?
I bought a new machine, and I have purchased an identical
drive, with the thought that I can copy the data on the existing
(new) drive, including a program like "Recover My Files" or
similar, slave the old drive to it, and run the recovery program.
Click to expand...
(I really don't want to do this on the new computer,
in case there was a virus McAfee didn't catch)
Click to expand...
Here are the questions:
Click to expand...
If I'm going to copy the new machine's HD to the virgin one I just
purchased, do I need to format the new drive first and load an OS?
Click to expand...

Nope. The safest approach is to clone the original drive to the new
one using something like clonedisk from http://invircible.com/resq.php
I purchased an identical drive because I was also told that I could
swap the platters from the old drive to the new one to determine
is there is a physical problem with the drive. Am I snipe hunting?
Click to expand...

Yes, its not really practical to move the platters. It can be worth
moving the logic card from the new drive to the dead one tho.

What exactly happens when you try running WD's
diagnostic from a floppy on the Pavilion ?
 
Rod Speed" (e-mail address removed)
Date: 3/8/2004 8:57 PM Pacific Standard Time
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That's not necessarily good if the drive was partly working.


What did they say about it ?
Click to expand...

They could not get it to boot, either. They said it was "dead"
Nope. The safest approach is to clone the original drive to the new
one using something like clonedisk from http://invircible.com/resq.php
Click to expand...

So I just install it as a slave, and run the clonedisk program?
Yes, its not really practical to move the platters. It can be worth
moving the logic card from the new drive to the dead one tho.

What exactly happens when you try running WD's
diagnostic from a floppy on the Pavilion ?
Click to expand...

I did not receive any software with the new drive.

Thanks!
 
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