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procedure for copying EVERYTHING (including Windows) for a HDupgrade
I feel dumb asking this, but I haven't done a hard drive upgrade on a
Windows 98 system in a LONG time. I remember that like MS-DOS, it was possible to simply install the new C drive as a D drive and copy everything from the C drive to the D, then change the jumpers so the new drive is now a master and reconnect the CD-burner. However, I got "file in use" errors when trying to xcopy C: D: /e /h /k /f From a Windows 98SE command prompt after booting the C drive. I tried formatting a new 3.5" disk with format a: /s and booting that, but after copying the xcopy command onto the disk, I found to my shock that even though when I booted the disk it said "Starting Windows 98", it did not support all the switches and when I tried it with just the / e I found it was NOT copying the long file names. I REMEMBER doing this for quite a few people around a decade ago, but I can't recall what commands (and switches) and procedures to use to copy EVERYTHING from the OS to the programs to the data files from the old hard disk to the new one. I know it was simple for somebody who has experience dating back to MS-DOS 5, but I just can't recall what it was. I could have sworn I used XCOPY however. I'm not really doing this to upgrade the hard disk so much as replace it, as half the time I turn on the computer I get a message that Dell Openmanage has detected that the primary hard disk is not operating correctly and to press f1 to continue and f2 to enter setup. Oh, I DID format the drive with the /s switch and used sys d: just to make sure, so I'm pretty sure it should boot to a DOS prompt. I just want to copy everything else so I have a nice copy of my 20GB drive on the new 40gb one with more than 1.5gb of free space. Then I'm going to put the 20gb drive in storage as an emergency backup in case the 40gb drive ever breaks since it's become unreliable. I know somebody's going to ask why I don't simply use it as a D drive. I've got a ZIP drive, a CD-ROM, and a CD-RW/DVD-ROM already hooked up to the machine. |
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