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How Move OS XP from Old to New HD?
Windows XP Home (SP1)
I originally had and still have a 15 GB HD, using NTFS, which had the OS and everything else on it. I just installed a Maxtor 80 GB DiamondMax Plus 9 Model 6Y080P0 ,which has a 5 MB Buffer, configured (with the jumpers on the back) as a slave. It shows up Computer Management as Healthy and Online using NTFS. I named it Grape (E. I'm using fruit names nowadays. Since the new drive is faster than the old, I want to move the OS to it. So how do I go about doing that? The new drive came with the MaxBlast 3 app. The Maxtor guy on the phone said I could use that to move the OS, but I'm not clear how. It has a copy function, but then how do I get the computer to know the OS is now on E instead of C? I didn't use MaxBlast to set up the drive. I just use Computer Management. So how do I move the OS from the old HD to the new? -- ********************* * Nehmo Sergheyev * ********************* |
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How Move OS XP from Old to New HD?
"Nehmo Sergheyev" wrote: Windows XP Home (SP1) I originally had and still have a 15 GB HD, using NTFS, which had the OS and everything else on it. I just installed a Maxtor 80 GB DiamondMax Plus 9 Model 6Y080P0 ,which has a 5 MB Buffer, configured (with the jumpers on the back) as a slave. It shows up Computer Management as Healthy and Online using NTFS. I named it Grape (E. I'm using fruit names nowadays. Since the new drive is faster than the old, I want to move the OS to it. So how do I go about doing that? The new drive came with the MaxBlast 3 app. The Maxtor guy on the phone said I could use that to move the OS, but I'm not clear how. It has a copy function, but then how do I get the computer to know the OS is now on E instead of C? You don't. You can't move your system from one drive letter to another. Fortunately, that's not what you want to do, you want to replace your old C: with a new C:. Unfortunately, you're doing it the wrong way. The proper way to use MaxBlast is to install both HDDs, boot MaxBlast from floppy disk, do the prep and copying, remove the original HDD, and boot the new HDD. You don't want to let old-XP see the new HDD before doing the copy, and you don't want new-XP to see old-XP the first time it boots up. Many people who complain of problems with cloning utilities have made one of these two mistakes. At this point, a Win98 boot floppy may work to fix things back up. Remove the old HDD, install new HDD as master, boot from a Win98 boot floppy (download one from www.bootdisk.com if you need to), and execute the command "fdisk /mbr". This should remove the Disk ID XP put on the new HDD, causing XP to forget that HDD was E:. Now use MaxBlast to copy the old drive to new, then remove the old HDD. If all goes well, when you reboot XP should come up as C: on the new HDD. You can subsequently reinstall the old HDD, but only after first getting the system back up and running as a one-HDD system. If you let XP see the new disk before cloning, XP may give it a drive letter (E:, in your case), and record that fact in its registry. Then when you clone XP to the new disk, of course the registry goes with it. Then when you try to boot the new disk, XP recognizes the disk it's on was already given another drive letter -- namely, E: -- so the boot sequence hangs, looking in vain for drive C:. The Win98 "fdisk /mbr" command is a quick way to force XP to forget the previous drive letter assignment. (Note: the "fixmbr" command from the XP recovery console may seem to be similar, but in fact will not invalidate previous drive letter assignments.) Note MaxBlast usually works fine, but is not a particularly robust program and some people run into a glitch here or there with it. The price is right, though, and it doesn't hurt to try it (as long as you don't mistakenly copy in the wrong direction), so try it first. If it doesn't work for you, you'll need to use one of the other numerous utilities mentioned here frequently -- Ghost, DriveImage, BootIt NG, TrueImage, Casper XP, and others. |
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How Move OS XP from Old to New HD?
Nehmo Sergheyev wrote in message ... Windows XP Home (SP1) I originally had and still have a 15 GB HD, using NTFS, which had the OS and everything else on it. I just installed a Maxtor 80 GB DiamondMax Plus 9 Model 6Y080P0, which has a 5 MB Buffer, configured (with the jumpers on the back) as a slave. It shows up Computer Management as Healthy and Online using NTFS. I named it Grape (E. I'm using fruit names nowadays. Be careful, it might sue you for cruel and unusual punishment. Since the new drive is faster than the old, I want to move the OS to it. So how do I go about doing that? The new drive came with the MaxBlast 3 app. The Maxtor guy on the phone said I could use that to move the OS, but I'm not clear how. It has a copy function, but then how do I get the computer to know the OS is now on E instead of C? Its better to just copy it from the original drive to the new one and boot with just the new one plugged in on the first boot after the copy. XP will then see that as the C drive. You can connect the original drive again after thats been done. I didn't use MaxBlast to set up the drive. I just use Computer Management. I havent tried doing the copy with MaxBlast. I have done it with both ghost and drive image. There is also now www.xxclone.com but I havent tried that either. So how do I move the OS from the old HD to the new? See above. The crucial bit is to only have the new drive plugged in on the first boot after the copy. |
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How Move OS XP from Old to New HD?
- Nehmo -
Windows XP Home (SP1) I originally had and still have a 15 GB HD, using NTFS, which had the OS and everything else on it. I just installed a Maxtor 80 GB DiamondMax Plus 9 Model 6Y080P0, which has a 5 MB Buffer, configured (with the jumpers on the back) as a slave. It shows up Computer Management as Healthy and Online using NTFS. The new drive came with the MaxBlast 3 app. The Maxtor guy on the phone said I could use that to move the OS, but I'm not clear how. It has a copy function, but then how do I get the computer to know the OS is now on E instead of C? - Rod Speed - Its better to just copy it from the original drive to the new one and boot with just the new one plugged in on the first boot after the copy. XP will then see that as the C drive. You can connect the original drive again after thats been done. I havent tried doing the copy with MaxBlast. I have done it with both ghost and drive image. There is also now www.xxclone.com but I havent tried that either. .The crucial bit is to only have the new drive plugged in on the first boot after the copy. - Nehmo - Okay, I'm going to try it. Actually, I already saw you give similar advice to a similar question, but I wanted some assurance with my particular circumstances. . -- ********************* * Nehmo Sergheyev * ********************* |
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"Rod Speed" wrote in message ... Nehmo Sergheyev wrote in message ... Windows XP Home (SP1) I originally had and still have a 15 GB HD, using NTFS, which had the OS and everything else on it. I just installed a Maxtor 80 GB DiamondMax Plus 9 Model 6Y080P0, which has a 5 MB Buffer, configured (with the jumpers on the back) as a slave. It shows up Computer Management as Healthy and Online using NTFS. I named it Grape (E. I'm using fruit names nowadays. Be careful, it might sue you for cruel and unusual punishment. Since the new drive is faster than the old, I want to move the OS to it. So how do I go about doing that? The new drive came with the MaxBlast 3 app. The Maxtor guy on the phone said I could use that to move the OS, but I'm not clear how. It has a copy function, but then how do I get the computer to know the OS is now on E instead of C? Its better to just copy it from the original drive to the new one and boot with just the new one plugged in on the first boot after the copy. XP will then see that as the C drive. Are you sure you can do this? I don't know about XP but with 2K certain critical files are locked and will not copy (unlike win 98) . I understand Xcopy is the way to get around this but there may be problems with long file names. http://www.vtwebwizard.com/tips/disk_repair.php http://www.dansdata.com/sbs27.htm You can connect the original drive again after thats been done. I didn't use MaxBlast to set up the drive. I just use Computer Management. I havent tried doing the copy with MaxBlast. I have done it with both ghost and drive image. There is also now www.xxclone.com but I havent tried that either. So how do I move the OS from the old HD to the new? See above. The crucial bit is to only have the new drive plugged in on the first boot after the copy. |
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How Move OS XP from Old to New HD?
"Nehmo Sergheyev" wrote in message ... Windows XP Home (SP1) I originally had and still have a 15 GB HD, using NTFS, which had the OS and everything else on it. I just installed a Maxtor 80 GB DiamondMax Plus 9 Model 6Y080P0 ,which has a 5 MB Buffer, configured (with the jumpers on the back) as a slave. It shows up Computer Management as Healthy and Online using NTFS. I named it Grape (E. I'm using fruit names nowadays. Since the new drive is faster than the old, I want to move the OS to it. So how do I go about doing that? The new drive came with the MaxBlast 3 app. The Maxtor guy on the phone said I could use that to move the OS, but I'm not clear how. It has a copy function, but then how do I get the computer to know the OS is now on E instead of C? It will ask you. I didn't use MaxBlast to set up the drive. I just use Computer Management. So how do I move the OS from the old HD to the new? I'd use the maxblast. Read and print the readme file if you need to. Avoid using thier formater and overlay if possible. -- ********************* * Nehmo Sergheyev * ********************* |
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Hi Dan!
One of the better posts on cloning that I have seen. Should help many. The only thing is that I would not use drive utilities from the manufacturer. I would use Drive Image or Drive Copy to do the transfer. They copy only the used sectors whereas, I believe, the utilities from the drive manufacturers use file copy, hence they are slower. "I'm Dan" wrote in message ... "Nehmo Sergheyev" wrote: Windows XP Home (SP1) I originally had and still have a 15 GB HD, using NTFS, which had the OS and everything else on it. I just installed a Maxtor 80 GB DiamondMax Plus 9 Model 6Y080P0 ,which has a 5 MB Buffer, configured (with the jumpers on the back) as a slave. It shows up Computer Management as Healthy and Online using NTFS. I named it Grape (E. I'm using fruit names nowadays. Since the new drive is faster than the old, I want to move the OS to it. So how do I go about doing that? The new drive came with the MaxBlast 3 app. The Maxtor guy on the phone said I could use that to move the OS, but I'm not clear how. It has a copy function, but then how do I get the computer to know the OS is now on E instead of C? You don't. You can't move your system from one drive letter to another. Fortunately, that's not what you want to do, you want to replace your old C: with a new C:. Unfortunately, you're doing it the wrong way. The proper way to use MaxBlast is to install both HDDs, boot MaxBlast from floppy disk, do the prep and copying, remove the original HDD, and boot the new HDD. You don't want to let old-XP see the new HDD before doing the copy, and you don't want new-XP to see old-XP the first time it boots up. Many people who complain of problems with cloning utilities have made one of these two mistakes. At this point, a Win98 boot floppy may work to fix things back up. Remove the old HDD, install new HDD as master, boot from a Win98 boot floppy (download one from www.bootdisk.com if you need to), and execute the command "fdisk /mbr". This should remove the Disk ID XP put on the new HDD, causing XP to forget that HDD was E:. Now use MaxBlast to copy the old drive to new, then remove the old HDD. If all goes well, when you reboot XP should come up as C: on the new HDD. You can subsequently reinstall the old HDD, but only after first getting the system back up and running as a one-HDD system. If you let XP see the new disk before cloning, XP may give it a drive letter (E:, in your case), and record that fact in its registry. Then when you clone XP to the new disk, of course the registry goes with it. Then when you try to boot the new disk, XP recognizes the disk it's on was already given another drive letter -- namely, E: -- so the boot sequence hangs, looking in vain for drive C:. The Win98 "fdisk /mbr" command is a quick way to force XP to forget the previous drive letter assignment. (Note: the "fixmbr" command from the XP recovery console may seem to be similar, but in fact will not invalidate previous drive letter assignments.) Note MaxBlast usually works fine, but is not a particularly robust program and some people run into a glitch here or there with it. The price is right, though, and it doesn't hurt to try it (as long as you don't mistakenly copy in the wrong direction), so try it first. If it doesn't work for you, you'll need to use one of the other numerous utilities mentioned here frequently -- Ghost, DriveImage, BootIt NG, TrueImage, Casper XP, and others. |
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tomcas wrote in message t... Rod Speed wrote Nehmo Sergheyev wrote Windows XP Home (SP1) I originally had and still have a 15 GB HD, using NTFS, which had the OS and everything else on it. I just installed a Maxtor 80 GB DiamondMax Plus 9 Model 6Y080P0, which has a 5 MB Buffer, configured (with the jumpers on the back) as a slave. It shows up Computer Management as Healthy and Online using NTFS. I named it Grape (E. I'm using fruit names nowadays. Be careful, it might sue you for cruel and unusual punishment. Since the new drive is faster than the old, I want to move the OS to it. So how do I go about doing that? The new drive came with the MaxBlast 3 app. The Maxtor guy on the phone said I could use that to move the OS, but I'm not clear how. It has a copy function, but then how do I get the computer to know the OS is now on E instead of C? Its better to just copy it from the original drive to the new one and boot with just the new one plugged in on the first boot after the copy. XP will then see that as the C drive. Are you sure you can do this? Yep, done it and quite a few have said they have done it successfully too. I don't know about XP but with 2K certain critical files are locked and will not copy (unlike win 98) . You dont do the copy at the XP level, you use ghost or drive image at the dos level. I understand Xcopy is the way to get around this but there may be problems with long file names. Yep, well known problem. http://www.vtwebwizard.com/tips/disk_repair.php http://www.dansdata.com/sbs27.htm You can connect the original drive again after thats been done. I didn't use MaxBlast to set up the drive. I just use Computer Management. I havent tried doing the copy with MaxBlast. I have done it with both ghost and drive image. There is also now www.xxclone.com but I havent tried that either. So how do I move the OS from the old HD to the new? See above. The crucial bit is to only have the new drive plugged in on the first boot after the copy. |
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On Sat, 03 Jan 2004 09:15:07 GMT
"Nehmo Sergheyev" wrote: Windows XP Home (SP1) I originally had and still have a 15 GB HD, using NTFS, which had the OS and everything else on it. I just installed a Maxtor 80 GB DiamondMax Plus 9 Model 6Y080P0 ,which has a 5 MB Buffer, configured (with the jumpers on the back) as a slave. It shows up Computer Management as Healthy and Online using NTFS. I named it Grape (E. I'm using fruit names nowadays. Since the new drive is faster than the old, I want to move the OS to it. So how do I go about doing that? The new drive came with the MaxBlast 3 app. The Maxtor guy on the phone said I could use that to move the OS, but I'm not clear how. It has a copy function, but then how do I get the computer to know the OS is now on E instead of C? You don't, once you copy it you make the new drive "C". Trying to move the OS from one drive letter to another is an exercise in futility--you _can_ do it but by the time you've found all the various places where you have to change the drive letter you'll find that you might as well just have reinstalled from scratch. I didn't use MaxBlast to set up the drive. I just use Computer Management. So how do I move the OS from the old HD to the new? -- ********************* * Nehmo Sergheyev * ********************* -- -- --John Reply to jclarke at ae tee tee global dot net (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net) |
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How Move OS XP from Old to New HD?
Windows XP Home (SP1)
I originally had and still have a 15 GB HD, using NTFS, which had the OS and everything else on it. I just installed a Maxtor 80 GB DiamondMax Plus 9 Model 6Y080P0, which has a 5 MB Buffer, configured (with the jumpers on the back) as a slave. It shows up Computer Management as Healthy and Online using NTFS. The new drive came with the MaxBlast 3 app. The Maxtor guy on the phone said I could use that to move the OS, but I'm not clear how. It has a copy function, but then how do I get the computer to know the OS is now on E instead of C? - Rod Speed - Its better to just copy it from the original drive to the new one and boot with just the new one plugged in on the first boot after the copy. XP will then see that as the C drive. You can connect the original drive again after thats been done. I havent tried doing the copy with MaxBlast. I have done it with both ghost and drive image. There is also now www.xxclone.com but I havent tried that either. .The crucial bit is to only have the new drive plugged in on the first boot after the copy. - Nehmo - Okay, I'm going to try it - Nehmo - It didn't work. MaxBlast seemed to copy all (except a few unnecessary) files. I shut down unplugged the old drive Restarted a message displayed: Operating System Not Found I shut down re-plugged in the old drive restarted like normal the old drive is still the C drive. -- ********************* * Nehmo Sergheyev * ********************* |
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"Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)" wrote: The only thing is that I would not use drive utilities from the manufacturer. I would use Drive Image or Drive Copy to do the transfer. They copy only the used sectors whereas, I believe, the utilities from the drive manufacturers use file copy, hence they are slower. I agree -- I use DriveImage. But if the OP doesn't have DriveImage (or DriveCopy, Ghost, TrueImage, or CasperXP) and does have MaxBlast, then it's at least worth a try. If it works, he's saved some money, and if it doesn't, no harm done. |
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"Nehmo Sergheyev" wrote: Its better to just copy it from the original drive to the new one and boot with just the new one plugged in on the first boot after the copy. XP will then see that as the C drive. Okay, I'm going to try it It didn't work. MaxBlast seemed to copy all (except a few unnecessary) files. I shut down unplugged the old drive Restarted a message displayed: Operating System Not Found I shut down re-plugged in the old drive restarted like normal the old drive is still the C drive. "Operating System Not Found" often means the partition was not set as "active". Do you know if the new partition has been marked active in its partition table? Check if MaxBlast has that as a menu option. If it doesn't, download the freeware MbrWork from http://www.bootitng.com/utilities.html. Boot from a floppy disk, run mbrwork.exe and use its "Set a partition active" option. BTW, MaxBlast doesn't remove C: from the old drive, it merely duplicates it on the new drive. The old drive will still think it's C: if you boot from it, so your last comment is normal. |
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How Move OS XP from Old to New HD?
"Nehmo Sergheyev" wrote in message ... Windows XP Home (SP1) I originally had and still have a 15 GB HD, using NTFS, which had the OS and everything else on it. I just installed a Maxtor 80 GB DiamondMax Plus 9 Model 6Y080P0, which has a 5 MB Buffer, configured (with the jumpers on the back) as a slave. It shows up Computer Management as Healthy and Online using NTFS. The new drive came with the MaxBlast 3 app. The Maxtor guy on the phone said I could use that to move the OS, but I'm not clear how. It has a copy function, but then how do I get the computer to know the OS is now on E instead of C? - Rod Speed - Its better to just copy it from the original drive to the new one and boot with just the new one plugged in on the first boot after the copy. XP will then see that as the C drive. You can connect the original drive again after thats been done. I havent tried doing the copy with MaxBlast. I have done it with both ghost and drive image. There is also now www.xxclone.com but I havent tried that either. .The crucial bit is to only have the new drive plugged in on the first boot after the copy. - Nehmo - Okay, I'm going to try it - Nehmo - It didn't work. MaxBlast seemed to copy all (except a few unnecessary) files. I shut down unplugged the old drive Restarted a message displayed: Operating System Not Found Works fine with drive image and ghost. I shut down re-plugged in the old drive restarted like normal the old drive is still the C drive. Yeah, thats to be expected. You only get a mess when XP manages to boot off the copy and gets completely confused by the old drive being visible as well on the first boot after the copy. |
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- Nehmo -
Windows XP Home (SP1) I originally had and still have a 15 GB HD, using NTFS, which had the OS and everything else on it. I just installed a Maxtor 80 GB DiamondMax Plus 9 Model 6Y080P0 ,which has a 5 MB Buffer, configured (with the jumpers on the back) as a slave. It shows up Computer Management as Healthy and Online using NTFS. I named it Grape (E. I'm using fruit names nowadays. Since the new drive is faster than the old, I want to move the OS to it. So how do I go about doing that? The new drive came with the MaxBlast 3 app. The Maxtor guy on the phone said I could use that to move the OS, but I'm not clear how. It has a copy function, but then how do I get the computer to know the OS is now on E instead of C? - tomcas - It will ask you. - Nehmo - It didn't. I already described what happened in another post in this thread, but everybody doesn't read every post, and I really want to get this question answered, so here it is again: I shut down unplugged the ribbon (IDE interface cable) from the old drive restarted after the usual box that appeared that lists some things about the computer (what is this box called, incidentally?) a message appeared: No Operating System Found. (I'm not sure if that was the exact wording.) - Nehmo - I didn't use MaxBlast to set up the drive. I just use Computer Management. So how do I move the OS from the old HD to the new? - tomcas - I'd use the maxblast. Read and print the readme file if you need to. Avoid using thier formater and overlay if possible. - Nehmo - There's no readme file, but after you choose a model number, it prepares detailed.htm , titled MaxBlast 3 Custom Installation Manual [1]. This doesn't cover my problem. There is also the help file. And in there is this: "When copying from partition to partition, if the destination partition is a primary partition, Drive-To-Drive copy will make the partition bootable. This allows you to migrate your operating system to a new drive even if the drive was not partitioned using MaxBlast 3." I didn't need to use the formatter or overlay. Actually, I didn't see those option. Anyway I erlier used the "quick format" form XP's Computer Management when I installed the new drive. [1] I noticed that one of the image files detailed.htm uses is a 468 KB bitmap, newdrive.bmp . This easily could have been a jpg or a gif, using much less space. -- ********************* * Nehmo Sergheyev * ********************* |
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How Move OS XP from Old to New HD?
Windows XP Home (SP1)
I originally had and still have a 15 GB HD, using NTFS, which had the OS and everything else on it. I just installed a Maxtor 80 GB DiamondMax Plus 9 Model 6Y080P0, which has a 5 MB Buffer, configured (with the jumpers on the back) as a slave. It shows up Computer Management as Healthy and Online using NTFS. The new drive came with the MaxBlast 3 app. The Maxtor guy on the phone said I could use that to move the OS, but I'm not clear how. It has a copy function, but then how do I get the computer to know the OS is now on E instead of C? - Rod Speed - Its better to just copy it from the original drive to the new one and boot with just the new one plugged in on the first boot after the copy. XP will then see that as the C drive. You can connect the original drive again after thats been done. I havent tried doing the copy with MaxBlast. I have done it with both ghost and drive image. There is also now www.xxclone.com but I havent tried that either. .The crucial bit is to only have the new drive plugged in on the first boot after the copy. - Nehmo - Okay, I'm going to try it - Nehmo - It didn't work. MaxBlast seemed to copy all (except a few unnecessary) files. I shut down unplugged the old drive Restarted a message displayed: Operating System Not Found - Rod Speed - Works fine with drive image and ghost. - Nehmo - I suspect the problem is not with the copy program. MaxBlast seemed to do the job, and I don't see copying as an overly complicated operation. I think maybe I should reset the jumpers and follow the rest of the instructions in an article I found on the Maxtor site. I copied article in its entirety under the link below, but the first paragraph of it might be relevant since I currently have the new drive jumper-configured as slave: "1. Install the new drive as a slave to the Master boot drive. If the new drive is as a slave on the same cable as the Master boot drive then you should set both drives' jumpers to Cable Select." From that paragraph, it appears a drive can be a slave without being configured as a slave with the jumpers. It apparently directs you to configure both drives, new and old, as Cable Select. Further on in the Answer, the directions are to. "2. Confirm that the new hard drive is installed and detected by the system BIOS" I'm not sure how to do that. I understand the system BIOS is something that comes up when you start, but I'm not clear how to instruct it to do anything. I also don't understand what they mean by "3. Boot your system from the MaxBlaxt 3 CD." How would I do that? I notice in 10, the directions neglect to tell you to connect the old drive to anything, but I believe they mean for you to connect the gray (slave position) connector to it. After reading these instructions, I'm thinking maybe I can change the jumpers on both old and new drives to Cable Select turn off computer change the positions of the drives on the ribbon (IDE interface cable) to new HD on black as master and old HD on grey as slave then restart. Do you think trying this procedure is dangerous in any way? BTW, Ron, I notice you post a lot on the subject of HDs. Do you do something with HDs for a living? http://www.ericseven.com?id=1262 quote This article explains how to copy the operating system from an existing boot drive to a new drive using MaxBlast 3 Answer: 1. Install the new drive as a slave to the Master boot drive. If the new drive is as a slave on the same cable as the Master boot drive then you should set both drives' jumpers to Cable Select. If you are using an Ultra ATA PCI adapter please make sure that both hard drives are connected to the adapter card. 2. Confirm that the new hard drive is installed and detected by the system BIOS. Adding a new drive may require BIOS configuration, refer to your system manual for BIOS settings to Auto-detect the new drive. The system BIOS will not detect drives that are connected to an Ultra ATA PCI card. The Ultra ATA PCI card uses its own BIOS and should display the drives that are connected to it during boot. 3. Boot your system from the MaxBlast 3 CD or floppy. You may need to change your BIOS settings to boot to the CD or floppy. 4. If the drive is not formatted or partitioned Maxblast 3 will notify you that it has found a new hard drive. Click yes to continue. 5. Follow the on-screen prompts to step through the installation process. 6. Stop at "Choose An Installation Method" Select the "Install drive as a new boot drive" option. This procedure prompts the copy process. 7. Select "Advanced Installation" Method. Here you can specify the partition size. 8. Follow the on-screen prompts to step through the installation process. 9. Shutdown the computer. When MaxBlast 3 is finished copying the data to your new boot drive, remove any CDs or floppies, and perform a normal shutdown. (Power Off) 10. Unplug the ATA cable from both the new and old drives, then re-connect the new drive as Primary Master. Cable Note: The black connector is always master. The grey connector is always slave. The blue connector always connects to motherboard or add-in UDMA controller. 11. Power the system on. At the Windows desktop, double click the My Computer icon. The newly installed boot drive will appear as drive letter C. 12. The old hard drive can now be used for additional storage. /quote -- ********************* * Nehmo Sergheyev * ********************* |
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