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Bob Mac

How do I replace a 10GB hard drive with a newer 80GB SATA
hard drive in windows xp? I have the new hard drive
(80GB SATA) installed, how can I transfer the data to it
from the old 10GB drive so I can remove the old drive?
 
Bob said:
How do I replace a 10GB hard drive with a newer 80GB SATA
hard drive in windows xp? I have the new hard drive
(80GB SATA) installed, how can I transfer the data to it
from the old 10GB drive so I can remove the old drive?
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First, export your addressbook and any other application specific
settings that need to be exported.

Now, you'll need to reinstall Windows on the new drive.

You need to make sure your new harddrive is recognised as the C: drive,
I believe this means it needs be your Master and the old one the Slave.
You do this by setting the jumpers on the drive and attaching the new
drive to the IDE connection at the end of the tape, your old drive will
be the connected to the middle connection of the tape.

Now put your Windows CD in the CD drive and start up the computer. Setup
will recognise the old operating system, tell it you want to install on
a new drive. Setup will allow you to partition and format your new
harddrive.

Personnally I would suggest creating 2 partitions, "System" (C:\ drive)
and "Data" (D:\ drive). Format each as NTFS, you must install Windows on
your C:\ drive.

The reason for creating the 2 partitions is, if anything goes wrong in
the future and you need to reinstall Windows you won't have to backup
all your data.

Now, after installation is complete, copy all your data from your old
drive to the new Data drive and replace all your other stuff like
bookmark files, addressbook etc.

The last thing I would do is, if you use My Documents, point it to some
folder on your "Data" drive. You do this by right-clicking on My
Documents and entering the path in the Target tab.

HTH
 
John said:
Now, you'll need to reinstall Windows on the new drive.
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One more, very important thing. If you are connected to a highspeed
internet connection, DSL or cable. You *must*:

1) Make sure you have a setup for your firewall and anit-virus either on
a CD or on your old drive.

2) Disconnect your network cable *before* installing Windows

3) After installing Windows install your firewall and anti-virus software.

*DO NOT* connect your network cable unless you are behind a firewall,
otherwise between the time that you install Windows and install your
firewall, even if it is the first thing you after booting for the first
time you will be hit by at least 3 or 4 worms.
 
Amen-Amen-Amen. Speaking from personal experience. I re-installed XP
Home a couple of months ago; finished and went direct to the Windows
Update immediately instead of re-installing Norton Internet Security as
I should have before going on the Internet. I knew better and had the
Norton CD at hand. Wind up with two worms including one of the Sasser
variants. Got rid of them but expended some time in doing it. To wind
up, tis far better to write down a step-by-step list and follow it.
Gene K
 
Actually, if don't want to reinstall Windows, you might try just copying
the files over, I'm not sure if Windows will like this much, but you can
give it a try. I would still suggest partitioning the drives as outline
in my other response. To partition and format the drives from inside
Windows use Control Panel\Administrative Tools\Computer Management\Disk
Management.
 
One more, very important thing. If you are connected to a highspeed
internet connection, DSL or cable. You *must*:

1) Make sure you have a setup for your firewall and anit-virus either on
a CD or on your old drive.

2) Disconnect your network cable *before* installing Windows

3) After installing Windows install your firewall and anti-virus software.

*DO NOT* connect your network cable unless you are behind a firewall,
otherwise between the time that you install Windows and install your
firewall, even if it is the first thing you after booting for the first
time you will be hit by at least 3 or 4 worms.
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Your a little paranoid.
 
No he is not. Both Sasser and Blaster worms enter through open ports on
your system. We have users all over these boards who have been victimized
because they redid their setup and had a live broadband connection before
reinstalling their firewall or turning on the XP firewall.
 
Remove the 10gb drive and do a clean install onto your 80gb drive.. install
a firewall (or use XP offering) and anti-virus.. connect to the internet and
get Windows, firewall and AV updates.. re-install the 10gb drive as a
slave.. now you can copy over stuff at your leisure, and when finished,
reformat the 10gb drive and use it for backup stuff..
 
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