Installing additional hard drive and later XP
I'm getting ready to install a second hard drive in my system and in the
very near future will install Windows XP on it to dual boot with ME. I'm hoping someone here can answer my question. I know some of you have XP (probably ALL of you by now!) and maybe someone has done this before. I'm going to install a 100GB Maxtor and want to use Maxblast's option that will copy the Windows ME install from my current 20GB drive to the new drive so that the new 100GB drive will be my boot drive and the old 20GB drive will be additional storage. Then I'm going to install Windows XP on the new drive (while keeping ME on the new drive for dual booting) so that I can boot back to ME if need be without having to mess with the IDE cable attached to the two drives. In case you're wondering, I'll be doing a clean install of Windows XP using a Windows 98SE install CD for my qualifying prior OS (or whatever the correct terminology is!). My question is: will Maxblast wipe out the old drive when it moves Windows ME to the new drive? I'm hoping the answer is "No" but haven't been able to find anything definitive in the Maxtor installation guide or via Google concerning this issue. The installation guide does say "When MaxBlast is finished copying data to your new boot drive..." but I don't want to make any assumptions concerning this. I'd like the old drive available exactly as it is now so that it would be possible to boot into Windows ME from it (by changing its position on the IDE cable) in case something goes wrong with the "MEcopy"/"XP install" scenario. Thank you, Nancy |
Installing additional hard drive and later XP
Maxbalst will not erase the old drive - unless you ask it to in a separate
operation. The operative phrase is 'copying' not 'moving' - so the data exists in two places after the copy (but only one after a 'move') Make sure that you do the install of XP with the old drive not present on the system - otherwise it may put the bootloader there, rather than in the ME partition on the new drive. -- Noel Paton (MVP 2002-2006) (CrashFixPC) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.co.uk "Nevans" wrote in message ... I'm getting ready to install a second hard drive in my system and in the very near future will install Windows XP on it to dual boot with ME. I'm hoping someone here can answer my question. I know some of you have XP (probably ALL of you by now!) and maybe someone has done this before. I'm going to install a 100GB Maxtor and want to use Maxblast's option that will copy the Windows ME install from my current 20GB drive to the new drive so that the new 100GB drive will be my boot drive and the old 20GB drive will be additional storage. Then I'm going to install Windows XP on the new drive (while keeping ME on the new drive for dual booting) so that I can boot back to ME if need be without having to mess with the IDE cable attached to the two drives. In case you're wondering, I'll be doing a clean install of Windows XP using a Windows 98SE install CD for my qualifying prior OS (or whatever the correct terminology is!). My question is: will Maxblast wipe out the old drive when it moves Windows ME to the new drive? I'm hoping the answer is "No" but haven't been able to find anything definitive in the Maxtor installation guide or via Google concerning this issue. The installation guide does say "When MaxBlast is finished copying data to your new boot drive..." but I don't want to make any assumptions concerning this. I'd like the old drive available exactly as it is now so that it would be possible to boot into Windows ME from it (by changing its position on the IDE cable) in case something goes wrong with the "MEcopy"/"XP install" scenario. Thank you, Nancy |
Installing additional hard drive and later XP
Hey Noel!
Thank you for confirming what Maxblast does. I plan to get started this weekend. I appreciate the information about the XP install. I'm sure I would have done it with the old drive present if you hadn't forewarned me. Thanks again, Nancy ..PS. I see from your website that you're in North Wales. My paternal grandmother emigrated from Wales to Canada in the late 1800's. She later met and married my grandfather in Canada after he emigrated there from Scotland. They eventually ended up in the U.S. in the early 1900's. The world seems so small nowadays. P.P.S. I assume that "Windows Nail" on your site means "Window Mail"? :) On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 09:54:33 -0000, Noel Paton wrote in microsoft.public.windowsme.hardware : Maxbalst will not erase the old drive - unless you ask it to in a separate operation. The operative phrase is 'copying' not 'moving' - so the data exists in two places after the copy (but only one after a 'move') Make sure that you do the install of XP with the old drive not present on the system - otherwise it may put the bootloader there, rather than in the ME partition on the new drive. -- Noel Paton (MVP 2002-2006) (CrashFixPC) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.co.uk "Nevans" wrote in message ... I'm getting ready to install a second hard drive in my system and in the very near future will install Windows XP on it to dual boot with ME. I'm hoping someone here can answer my question. I know some of you have XP (probably ALL of you by now!) and maybe someone has done this before. I'm going to install a 100GB Maxtor and want to use Maxblast's option that will copy the Windows ME install from my current 20GB drive to the new drive so that the new 100GB drive will be my boot drive and the old 20GB drive will be additional storage. Then I'm going to install Windows XP on the new drive (while keeping ME on the new drive for dual booting) so that I can boot back to ME if need be without having to mess with the IDE cable attached to the two drives. In case you're wondering, I'll be doing a clean install of Windows XP using a Windows 98SE install CD for my qualifying prior OS (or whatever the correct terminology is!). My question is: will Maxblast wipe out the old drive when it moves Windows ME to the new drive? I'm hoping the answer is "No" but haven't been able to find anything definitive in the Maxtor installation guide or via Google concerning this issue. The installation guide does say "When MaxBlast is finished copying data to your new boot drive..." but I don't want to make any assumptions concerning this. I'd like the old drive available exactly as it is now so that it would be possible to boot into Windows ME from it (by changing its position on the IDE cable) in case something goes wrong with the "MEcopy"/"XP install" scenario. Thank you, Nancy |
Installing additional hard drive and later XP
see inline....
"Nevans" wrote in message ... Hey Noel! Hi, Nevans! Thank you for confirming what Maxblast does. I plan to get started this weekend. Good - just make sure that you read all teh warnings! I appreciate the information about the XP install. I'm sure I would have done it with the old drive present if you hadn't forewarned me. yeah - it's only a small chance, but depending on your BIOS, you could have ended up with teh existing drive as teh default - and an XP tyhat wouldn't boot without that drive present. Thanks again, Nancy .PS. I see from your website that you're in North Wales. My paternal grandmother emigrated from Wales to Canada in the late 1800's. She later met and married my grandfather in Canada after he emigrated there from Scotland. They eventually ended up in the U.S. in the early 1900's. The world seems so small nowadays. My father was born in Hamilton (Glasgow) - I was born in Slough (English home of the Mars-bar), and I now live in Wales..... which makes me some sort of mongrel! :) P.P.S. I assume that "Windows Nail" on your site means "Window Mail"? Oh... did a typo slip through??? bu%%er! I'll get to it soon.... promise! ;) Thanks for the heads-up! Noel :) |
Installing additional hard drive and later XP
(apologies for the typos! - for some reason my spielchucker didn't kick
an!! :( -- Noel Paton (MVP 2002-2006) (CrashFixPC) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.co.uk "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... see inline.... "Nevans" wrote in message ... Hey Noel! Hi, Nevans! Thank you for confirming what Maxblast does. I plan to get started this weekend. Good - just make sure that you read all teh warnings! I appreciate the information about the XP install. I'm sure I would have done it with the old drive present if you hadn't forewarned me. yeah - it's only a small chance, but depending on your BIOS, you could have ended up with teh existing drive as teh default - and an XP tyhat wouldn't boot without that drive present. Thanks again, Nancy .PS. I see from your website that you're in North Wales. My paternal grandmother emigrated from Wales to Canada in the late 1800's. She later met and married my grandfather in Canada after he emigrated there from Scotland. They eventually ended up in the U.S. in the early 1900's. The world seems so small nowadays. My father was born in Hamilton (Glasgow) - I was born in Slough (English home of the Mars-bar), and I now live in Wales..... which makes me some sort of mongrel! :) P.P.S. I assume that "Windows Nail" on your site means "Window Mail"? Oh... did a typo slip through??? bu%%er! I'll get to it soon.... promise! ;) Thanks for the heads-up! Noel :) |
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