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installing new hard driive, copying from old to new
I'm planning to buy a new hard drive as my present one may be failing. However, my present one may also be ok, in which case I would want to keep the old drive and use it to back up the data on the new drive. Two questions: How do I copy the data from the old drive to the new drive? Is there a simple, one-step way of doing this so that I don't have to go through a big job of backing all my stuff onto other media as insurance? If I decide to have both drives installed (using the old drive as a backup medium), how do I do that? If this is relatively simple, I will look to buy an inexpensive hard drive and do the job on my own. If it's complicated, I will more likely buy the HD from Dell so that their tech support can walk me through it. I have a Dell Dimension with Windows 98. Thanks much. Larry |
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If you plan to purchase a hard drive larger than 120GB, then you will also
need a controller card that supports 48bit addressing, Windows does not support drives larger than 137GB. As well, depending on the size of the drive you may need to update windows FDISK for drives larger than 64GB and possibly the BIOS if yours doesn't support LBA. Once you have the new HD, look at the backend where the ribbon cable, jumpers and power connects. Most drives have a diagram on the top of the drive for jumper settings. Set the jumper on the new drive to be the Master and set the jumper on the old drive to be the Slave. For now pull the old drive from the machine and install only the new drive to avoid possible corruption or worse, fdisk and format the wrong drive. Connect the longer end of the ribbon cable to the Primary IDE on the motherboard and the other end, where the connectors are closer to one another, to the harddrive. Make sure the drive is set for either Single or Master, Single doesn't always work. Connect the power to the drive. Either use the manufacturers disk if supplied to partition/format the disk or Put a 98 boot disk that has CD support in the Floppy drive and boot the machine Select Boot with CD support from the presented menu. Note the drive letter assigned the CD drive near the end of boot. fdisk (partition) and fromat the drive. How to Use the Fdisk Tool and the Format Tool to Partition or Repartition a Hard Disk http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q255867/ Once the drive is partitioned/formatted, place the Win98 setup disk in the CD drive. Then type at the prompt and press Enter: NotedCDdriveLetter:\setup.exe **Note: type the actual assigned CD drive letter you noted earlier.** Make sure you have your ProductKey (not the ProductID) on hand as you will be asked for it. Once you have a fresh install of Windows with all the drivers needed: Shut down and install the old drive as the Slave on the connector between the Master drive and mobo IDE on the ribbon cable. Boot up and you will be able to drag/drop data files to where you want them or keep them where their at and set the path to them within the app that uses them. Have fun and good luck. -- Brian A. Conflicts start where information lacks. http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Larry" wrote in message ... I'm planning to buy a new hard drive as my present one may be failing. However, my present one may also be ok, in which case I would want to keep the old drive and use it to back up the data on the new drive. Two questions: How do I copy the data from the old drive to the new drive? Is there a simple, one-step way of doing this so that I don't have to go through a big job of backing all my stuff onto other media as insurance? If I decide to have both drives installed (using the old drive as a backup medium), how do I do that? If this is relatively simple, I will look to buy an inexpensive hard drive and do the job on my own. If it's complicated, I will more likely buy the HD from Dell so that their tech support can walk me through it. I have a Dell Dimension with Windows 98. Thanks much. Larry |
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I'm glad I asked this. My CD drive hasn't been working lately and I
hadn't bothered getting it fixed. It appears from what you say that the CD drive is necessary to install a new hard drive. Or is there a way around that? In any case, I've obviously got to get that CD drive fixed or replaced. Brian A. wrote: If you plan to purchase a hard drive larger than 120GB, then you will also need a controller card that supports 48bit addressing, Windows does not support drives larger than 137GB. As well, depending on the size of the drive you may need to update windows FDISK for drives larger than 64GB and possibly the BIOS if yours doesn't support LBA. Once you have the new HD, look at the backend where the ribbon cable, jumpers and power connects. Most drives have a diagram on the top of the drive for jumper settings. Set the jumper on the new drive to be the Master and set the jumper on the old drive to be the Slave. For now pull the old drive from the machine and install only the new drive to avoid possible corruption or worse, fdisk and format the wrong drive. Connect the longer end of the ribbon cable to the Primary IDE on the motherboard and the other end, where the connectors are closer to one another, to the harddrive. Make sure the drive is set for either Single or Master, Single doesn't always work. Connect the power to the drive. Either use the manufacturers disk if supplied to partition/format the disk or Put a 98 boot disk that has CD support in the Floppy drive and boot the machine Select Boot with CD support from the presented menu. Note the drive letter assigned the CD drive near the end of boot. fdisk (partition) and fromat the drive. How to Use the Fdisk Tool and the Format Tool to Partition or Repartition a Hard Disk http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q255867/ Once the drive is partitioned/formatted, place the Win98 setup disk in the CD drive. Then type at the prompt and press Enter: NotedCDdriveLetter:\setup.exe **Note: type the actual assigned CD drive letter you noted earlier.** Make sure you have your ProductKey (not the ProductID) on hand as you will be asked for it. Once you have a fresh install of Windows with all the drivers needed: Shut down and install the old drive as the Slave on the connector between the Master drive and mobo IDE on the ribbon cable. Boot up and you will be able to drag/drop data files to where you want them or keep them where their at and set the path to them within the app that uses them. Have fun and good luck. "Larry" wrote in message ... I'm planning to buy a new hard drive as my present one may be failing. However, my present one may also be ok, in which case I would want to keep the old drive and use it to back up the data on the new drive. Two questions: How do I copy the data from the old drive to the new drive? Is there a simple, one-step way of doing this so that I don't have to go through a big job of backing all my stuff onto other media as insurance? If I decide to have both drives installed (using the old drive as a backup medium), how do I do that? If this is relatively simple, I will look to buy an inexpensive hard drive and do the job on my own. If it's complicated, I will more likely buy the HD from Dell so that their tech support can walk me through it. I have a Dell Dimension with Windows 98. Thanks much. Larry |
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No, the CD drive is not necessary to install a new drive. It is only
necessary if you want to install an OS on it unless the Win98 setup files are on your harddrive already. Most manufacturers place them in C:\Windows\Options\Cabs although they may place them elsewhere. Use find to see if you can locate them, many will show as win98_##.cab. In the named box type: *.cab Select the c: drive to look in and click find. If you happen on a folder with many many .cab files named as above, bingo, you've got them on hand in the drive. Write down the entire path to the folder to use in DOS. If any directories or folders have names longer than 8+3, 8 characters for the name +3 for the extension then you will need to get the DOS name of the directory/folder. To do this right click on the folder and click Properties. The dos name will be shown in the window that comes up. ex: Program Files has the DOS name Progra~1 In this case, after you have partitioned/formatted the drive: Shut down and install the second drive as explained previously Boot with a 98 boot disk as stated previously Select "boot without CD support" At the prompt type and press Enter after each: cd d:\ **Note:use the actual drive letter that the setup files are on if not on d:** Type in the full path to the folder where the setup files are and include setup.exe, such as: d:\windows\options\cabs\setup.exe Your Windows install should now begin using the files on the hard drive. Have fun and good luck. -- Brian A. Conflicts start where information lacks. http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Larry" wrote in message ... I'm glad I asked this. My CD drive hasn't been working lately and I hadn't bothered getting it fixed. It appears from what you say that the CD drive is necessary to install a new hard drive. Or is there a way around that? In any case, I've obviously got to get that CD drive fixed or replaced. Brian A. wrote: If you plan to purchase a hard drive larger than 120GB, then you will also need a controller card that supports 48bit addressing, Windows does not support drives larger than 137GB. As well, depending on the size of the drive you may need to update windows FDISK for drives larger than 64GB and possibly the BIOS if yours doesn't support LBA. Once you have the new HD, look at the backend where the ribbon cable, jumpers and power connects. Most drives have a diagram on the top of the drive for jumper settings. Set the jumper on the new drive to be the Master and set the jumper on the old drive to be the Slave. For now pull the old drive from the machine and install only the new drive to avoid possible corruption or worse, fdisk and format the wrong drive. Connect the longer end of the ribbon cable to the Primary IDE on the motherboard and the other end, where the connectors are closer to one another, to the harddrive. Make sure the drive is set for either Single or Master, Single doesn't always work. Connect the power to the drive. Either use the manufacturers disk if supplied to partition/format the disk or Put a 98 boot disk that has CD support in the Floppy drive and boot the machine Select Boot with CD support from the presented menu. Note the drive letter assigned the CD drive near the end of boot. fdisk (partition) and fromat the drive. How to Use the Fdisk Tool and the Format Tool to Partition or Repartition a Hard Disk http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q255867/ Once the drive is partitioned/formatted, place the Win98 setup disk in the CD drive. Then type at the prompt and press Enter: NotedCDdriveLetter:\setup.exe **Note: type the actual assigned CD drive letter you noted earlier.** Make sure you have your ProductKey (not the ProductID) on hand as you will be asked for it. Once you have a fresh install of Windows with all the drivers needed: Shut down and install the old drive as the Slave on the connector between the Master drive and mobo IDE on the ribbon cable. Boot up and you will be able to drag/drop data files to where you want them or keep them where their at and set the path to them within the app that uses them. Have fun and good luck. "Larry" wrote in message ... I'm planning to buy a new hard drive as my present one may be failing. However, my present one may also be ok, in which case I would want to keep the old drive and use it to back up the data on the new drive. Two questions: How do I copy the data from the old drive to the new drive? Is there a simple, one-step way of doing this so that I don't have to go through a big job of backing all my stuff onto other media as insurance? If I decide to have both drives installed (using the old drive as a backup medium), how do I do that? If this is relatively simple, I will look to buy an inexpensive hard drive and do the job on my own. If it's complicated, I will more likely buy the HD from Dell so that their tech support can walk me through it. I have a Dell Dimension with Windows 98. Thanks much. Larry |
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Am I missing something here Brian? Unless I misread this, if he does this,
all he will have is a system with Windows freshly installed on it, but NOT the *programs*, (which were left installed over on the old drive). He would have to reinstall all the programs all over again. I must be missing something.. Brian A. wrote: If you plan to purchase a hard drive larger than 120GB, then you will also need a controller card that supports 48bit addressing, Windows does not support drives larger than 137GB. As well, depending on the size of the drive you may need to update windows FDISK for drives larger than 64GB and possibly the BIOS if yours doesn't support LBA. Once you have the new HD, look at the backend where the ribbon cable, jumpers and power connects. Most drives have a diagram on the top of the drive for jumper settings. Set the jumper on the new drive to be the Master and set the jumper on the old drive to be the Slave. For now pull the old drive from the machine and install only the new drive to avoid possible corruption or worse, fdisk and format the wrong drive. Connect the longer end of the ribbon cable to the Primary IDE on the motherboard and the other end, where the connectors are closer to one another, to the harddrive. Make sure the drive is set for either Single or Master, Single doesn't always work. Connect the power to the drive. Either use the manufacturers disk if supplied to partition/format the disk or Put a 98 boot disk that has CD support in the Floppy drive and boot the machine Select Boot with CD support from the presented menu. Note the drive letter assigned the CD drive near the end of boot. fdisk (partition) and fromat the drive. How to Use the Fdisk Tool and the Format Tool to Partition or Repartition a Hard Disk http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q255867/ Once the drive is partitioned/formatted, place the Win98 setup disk in the CD drive. Then type at the prompt and press Enter: NotedCDdriveLetter:\setup.exe **Note: type the actual assigned CD drive letter you noted earlier.** Make sure you have your ProductKey (not the ProductID) on hand as you will be asked for it. Once you have a fresh install of Windows with all the drivers needed: Shut down and install the old drive as the Slave on the connector between the Master drive and mobo IDE on the ribbon cable. Boot up and you will be able to drag/drop data files to where you want them or keep them where their at and set the path to them within the app that uses them. Have fun and good luck. -- Brian A. Conflicts start where information lacks. http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Larry" wrote in message ... I'm planning to buy a new hard drive as my present one may be failing. However, my present one may also be ok, in which case I would want to keep the old drive and use it to back up the data on the new drive. Two questions: How do I copy the data from the old drive to the new drive? Is there a simple, one-step way of doing this so that I don't have to go through a big job of backing all my stuff onto other media as insurance? If I decide to have both drives installed (using the old drive as a backup medium), how do I do that? If this is relatively simple, I will look to buy an inexpensive hard drive and do the job on my own. If it's complicated, I will more likely buy the HD from Dell so that their tech support can walk me through it. I have a Dell Dimension with Windows 98. Thanks much. Larry |
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No, you're not missing anything. The OP mentioned copying data over and I
took it as such. If the OP wants to copy the entire drive he can use the manufacturers disk or another utility that accomplishes that. Some food for thought for the OP: I myself would do a fresh install and then forego the task of reinstalling only the apps I actually use, not the ones I may use but want them there just in case, those could wait until they were truly needed. -- Brian A. Conflicts start where information lacks. http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Bill in Co." wrote in message ... Am I missing something here Brian? Unless I misread this, if he does this, all he will have is a system with Windows freshly installed on it, but NOT the *programs*, (which were left installed over on the old drive). He would have to reinstall all the programs all over again. I must be missing something.. Brian A. wrote: If you plan to purchase a hard drive larger than 120GB, then you will also need a controller card that supports 48bit addressing, Windows does not support drives larger than 137GB. As well, depending on the size of the drive you may need to update windows FDISK for drives larger than 64GB and possibly the BIOS if yours doesn't support LBA. Once you have the new HD, look at the backend where the ribbon cable, jumpers and power connects. Most drives have a diagram on the top of the drive for jumper settings. Set the jumper on the new drive to be the Master and set the jumper on the old drive to be the Slave. For now pull the old drive from the machine and install only the new drive to avoid possible corruption or worse, fdisk and format the wrong drive. Connect the longer end of the ribbon cable to the Primary IDE on the motherboard and the other end, where the connectors are closer to one another, to the harddrive. Make sure the drive is set for either Single or Master, Single doesn't always work. Connect the power to the drive. Either use the manufacturers disk if supplied to partition/format the disk or Put a 98 boot disk that has CD support in the Floppy drive and boot the machine Select Boot with CD support from the presented menu. Note the drive letter assigned the CD drive near the end of boot. fdisk (partition) and fromat the drive. How to Use the Fdisk Tool and the Format Tool to Partition or Repartition a Hard Disk http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q255867/ Once the drive is partitioned/formatted, place the Win98 setup disk in the CD drive. Then type at the prompt and press Enter: NotedCDdriveLetter:\setup.exe **Note: type the actual assigned CD drive letter you noted earlier.** Make sure you have your ProductKey (not the ProductID) on hand as you will be asked for it. Once you have a fresh install of Windows with all the drivers needed: Shut down and install the old drive as the Slave on the connector between the Master drive and mobo IDE on the ribbon cable. Boot up and you will be able to drag/drop data files to where you want them or keep them where their at and set the path to them within the app that uses them. Have fun and good luck. -- Brian A. Conflicts start where information lacks. http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Larry" wrote in message ... I'm planning to buy a new hard drive as my present one may be failing. However, my present one may also be ok, in which case I would want to keep the old drive and use it to back up the data on the new drive. Two questions: How do I copy the data from the old drive to the new drive? Is there a simple, one-step way of doing this so that I don't have to go through a big job of backing all my stuff onto other media as insurance? If I decide to have both drives installed (using the old drive as a backup medium), how do I do that? If this is relatively simple, I will look to buy an inexpensive hard drive and do the job on my own. If it's complicated, I will more likely buy the HD from Dell so that their tech support can walk me through it. I have a Dell Dimension with Windows 98. Thanks much. Larry |
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The OP stated he wanted a simple one step operation. The closest thing to
this would be XXCopy. Here it is: http://www.xxcopy.com/xxcopy10.htm Larry, this is nowhere near a one step operation...nothing relating to computers is, but it works and is relatively simple. You will find step-by-step instructions at the link. Scroll to the end for the download offered in .zip compression. I assume you are familiar with .zip files. GL! HTH, DTV "Brian A." gonefish'n@afarawaylake wrote in message ... No, you're not missing anything. The OP mentioned copying data over and I took it as such. If the OP wants to copy the entire drive he can use the manufacturers disk or another utility that accomplishes that. Some food for thought for the OP: I myself would do a fresh install and then forego the task of reinstalling only the apps I actually use, not the ones I may use but want them there just in case, those could wait until they were truly needed. -- Brian A. Conflicts start where information lacks. http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Bill in Co." wrote in message ... Am I missing something here Brian? Unless I misread this, if he does this, all he will have is a system with Windows freshly installed on it, but NOT the *programs*, (which were left installed over on the old drive). He would have to reinstall all the programs all over again. I must be missing something.. Brian A. wrote: If you plan to purchase a hard drive larger than 120GB, then you will also need a controller card that supports 48bit addressing, Windows does not support drives larger than 137GB. As well, depending on the size of the drive you may need to update windows FDISK for drives larger than 64GB and possibly the BIOS if yours doesn't support LBA. Once you have the new HD, look at the backend where the ribbon cable, jumpers and power connects. Most drives have a diagram on the top of the drive for jumper settings. Set the jumper on the new drive to be the Master and set the jumper on the old drive to be the Slave. For now pull the old drive from the machine and install only the new drive to avoid possible corruption or worse, fdisk and format the wrong drive. Connect the longer end of the ribbon cable to the Primary IDE on the motherboard and the other end, where the connectors are closer to one another, to the harddrive. Make sure the drive is set for either Single or Master, Single doesn't always work. Connect the power to the drive. Either use the manufacturers disk if supplied to partition/format the disk or Put a 98 boot disk that has CD support in the Floppy drive and boot the machine Select Boot with CD support from the presented menu. Note the drive letter assigned the CD drive near the end of boot. fdisk (partition) and fromat the drive. How to Use the Fdisk Tool and the Format Tool to Partition or Repartition a Hard Disk http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q255867/ Once the drive is partitioned/formatted, place the Win98 setup disk in the CD drive. Then type at the prompt and press Enter: NotedCDdriveLetter:\setup.exe **Note: type the actual assigned CD drive letter you noted earlier.** Make sure you have your ProductKey (not the ProductID) on hand as you will be asked for it. Once you have a fresh install of Windows with all the drivers needed: Shut down and install the old drive as the Slave on the connector between the Master drive and mobo IDE on the ribbon cable. Boot up and you will be able to drag/drop data files to where you want them or keep them where their at and set the path to them within the app that uses them. Have fun and good luck. -- Brian A. Conflicts start where information lacks. http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Larry" wrote in message ... I'm planning to buy a new hard drive as my present one may be failing. However, my present one may also be ok, in which case I would want to keep the old drive and use it to back up the data on the new drive. Two questions: How do I copy the data from the old drive to the new drive? Is there a simple, one-step way of doing this so that I don't have to go through a big job of backing all my stuff onto other media as insurance? If I decide to have both drives installed (using the old drive as a backup medium), how do I do that? If this is relatively simple, I will look to buy an inexpensive hard drive and do the job on my own. If it's complicated, I will more likely buy the HD from Dell so that their tech support can walk me through it. I have a Dell Dimension with Windows 98. Thanks much. Larry |
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If that is the case, then the simplest way is as I stated:
If the OP wants to copy the entire drive he can use the manufacturers disk or another utility that accomplishes that. -- Brian A. Conflicts start where information lacks. http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Satellite Man" wrote in message ... The OP stated he wanted a simple one step operation. The closest thing to this would be XXCopy. Here it is: http://www.xxcopy.com/xxcopy10.htm Larry, this is nowhere near a one step operation...nothing relating to computers is, but it works and is relatively simple. You will find step-by-step instructions at the link. Scroll to the end for the download offered in .zip compression. I assume you are familiar with .zip files. GL! HTH, DTV "Brian A." gonefish'n@afarawaylake wrote in message ... No, you're not missing anything. The OP mentioned copying data over and I took it as such. If the OP wants to copy the entire drive he can use the manufacturers disk or another utility that accomplishes that. Some food for thought for the OP: I myself would do a fresh install and then forego the task of reinstalling only the apps I actually use, not the ones I may use but want them there just in case, those could wait until they were truly needed. -- Brian A. Conflicts start where information lacks. http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Bill in Co." wrote in message ... Am I missing something here Brian? Unless I misread this, if he does this, all he will have is a system with Windows freshly installed on it, but NOT the *programs*, (which were left installed over on the old drive). He would have to reinstall all the programs all over again. I must be missing something.. Brian A. wrote: If you plan to purchase a hard drive larger than 120GB, then you will also need a controller card that supports 48bit addressing, Windows does not support drives larger than 137GB. As well, depending on the size of the drive you may need to update windows FDISK for drives larger than 64GB and possibly the BIOS if yours doesn't support LBA. Once you have the new HD, look at the backend where the ribbon cable, jumpers and power connects. Most drives have a diagram on the top of the drive for jumper settings. Set the jumper on the new drive to be the Master and set the jumper on the old drive to be the Slave. For now pull the old drive from the machine and install only the new drive to avoid possible corruption or worse, fdisk and format the wrong drive. Connect the longer end of the ribbon cable to the Primary IDE on the motherboard and the other end, where the connectors are closer to one another, to the harddrive. Make sure the drive is set for either Single or Master, Single doesn't always work. Connect the power to the drive. Either use the manufacturers disk if supplied to partition/format the disk or Put a 98 boot disk that has CD support in the Floppy drive and boot the machine Select Boot with CD support from the presented menu. Note the drive letter assigned the CD drive near the end of boot. fdisk (partition) and fromat the drive. How to Use the Fdisk Tool and the Format Tool to Partition or Repartition a Hard Disk http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q255867/ Once the drive is partitioned/formatted, place the Win98 setup disk in the CD drive. Then type at the prompt and press Enter: NotedCDdriveLetter:\setup.exe **Note: type the actual assigned CD drive letter you noted earlier.** Make sure you have your ProductKey (not the ProductID) on hand as you will be asked for it. Once you have a fresh install of Windows with all the drivers needed: Shut down and install the old drive as the Slave on the connector between the Master drive and mobo IDE on the ribbon cable. Boot up and you will be able to drag/drop data files to where you want them or keep them where their at and set the path to them within the app that uses them. Have fun and good luck. -- Brian A. Conflicts start where information lacks. http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Larry" wrote in message ... I'm planning to buy a new hard drive as my present one may be failing. However, my present one may also be ok, in which case I would want to keep the old drive and use it to back up the data on the new drive. Two questions: How do I copy the data from the old drive to the new drive? Is there a simple, one-step way of doing this so that I don't have to go through a big job of backing all my stuff onto other media as insurance? If I decide to have both drives installed (using the old drive as a backup medium), how do I do that? If this is relatively simple, I will look to buy an inexpensive hard drive and do the job on my own. If it's complicated, I will more likely buy the HD from Dell so that their tech support can walk me through it. I have a Dell Dimension with Windows 98. Thanks much. Larry |
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Interesting. There is a huge collection of files under
Windows\Options\Cabs adding up to over 200 MB, but it doesn't seem to be the same contents as the W98 CD. For example, I did a search for Windows Messaging, WMS.exe and Microsoft Fax, awfax.exe, which I know are on the Windows 98 CD, and they are not here. But maybe that's because they are not essential parts of the operating system. Larry Brian A. wrote: No, the CD drive is not necessary to install a new drive. It is only necessary if you want to install an OS on it unless the Win98 setup files are on your harddrive already. Most manufacturers place them in C:\Windows\Options\Cabs although they may place them elsewhere. Use find to see if you can locate them, many will show as win98_##.cab. In the named box type: *.cab Select the c: drive to look in and click find. If you happen on a folder with many many .cab files named as above, bingo, you've got them on hand in the drive. Write down the entire path to the folder to use in DOS. If any directories or folders have names longer than 8+3, 8 characters for the name +3 for the extension then you will need to get the DOS name of the directory/folder. To do this right click on the folder and click Properties. The dos name will be shown in the window that comes up. ex: Program Files has the DOS name Progra~1 In this case, after you have partitioned/formatted the drive: Shut down and install the second drive as explained previously Boot with a 98 boot disk as stated previously Select "boot without CD support" At the prompt type and press Enter after each: cd d:\ **Note:use the actual drive letter that the setup files are on if not on d:** Type in the full path to the folder where the setup files are and include setup.exe, such as: d:\windows\options\cabs\setup.exe Your Windows install should now begin using the files on the hard drive. Have fun and good luck. "Larry" wrote in message ... I'm glad I asked this. My CD drive hasn't been working lately and I hadn't bothered getting it fixed. It appears from what you say that the CD drive is necessary to install a new hard drive. Or is there a way around that? In any case, I've obviously got to get that CD drive fixed or replaced. Brian A. wrote: If you plan to purchase a hard drive larger than 120GB, then you will also need a controller card that supports 48bit addressing, Windows does not support drives larger than 137GB. As well, depending on the size of the drive you may need to update windows FDISK for drives larger than 64GB and possibly the BIOS if yours doesn't support LBA. Once you have the new HD, look at the backend where the ribbon cable, jumpers and power connects. Most drives have a diagram on the top of the drive for jumper settings. Set the jumper on the new drive to be the Master and set the jumper on the old drive to be the Slave. For now pull the old drive from the machine and install only the new drive to avoid possible corruption or worse, fdisk and format the wrong drive. Connect the longer end of the ribbon cable to the Primary IDE on the motherboard and the other end, where the connectors are closer to one another, to the harddrive. Make sure the drive is set for either Single or Master, Single doesn't always work. Connect the power to the drive. Either use the manufacturers disk if supplied to partition/format the disk or Put a 98 boot disk that has CD support in the Floppy drive and boot the machine Select Boot with CD support from the presented menu. Note the drive letter assigned the CD drive near the end of boot. fdisk (partition) and fromat the drive. How to Use the Fdisk Tool and the Format Tool to Partition or Repartition a Hard Disk http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q255867/ Once the drive is partitioned/formatted, place the Win98 setup disk in the CD drive. Then type at the prompt and press Enter: NotedCDdriveLetter:\setup.exe **Note: type the actual assigned CD drive letter you noted earlier.** Make sure you have your ProductKey (not the ProductID) on hand as you will be asked for it. Once you have a fresh install of Windows with all the drivers needed: Shut down and install the old drive as the Slave on the connector between the Master drive and mobo IDE on the ribbon cable. Boot up and you will be able to drag/drop data files to where you want them or keep them where their at and set the path to them within the app that uses them. Have fun and good luck. "Larry" wrote in message ... I'm planning to buy a new hard drive as my present one may be failing. However, my present one may also be ok, in which case I would want to keep the old drive and use it to back up the data on the new drive. Two questions: How do I copy the data from the old drive to the new drive? Is there a simple, one-step way of doing this so that I don't have to go through a big job of backing all my stuff onto other media as insurance? If I decide to have both drives installed (using the old drive as a backup medium), how do I do that? If this is relatively simple, I will look to buy an inexpensive hard drive and do the job on my own. If it's complicated, I will more likely buy the HD from Dell so that their tech support can walk me through it. I have a Dell Dimension with Windows 98. Thanks much. Larry |
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Are they Win98_##.cab files? If so they are the setup files.
As well if so, are you searching properly? *.cab in Named Name of file in Containing text Searching the folder, not the files I don't really see why, but it may be a possibility that Dell omitted the files you're looking for. -- Brian A. Conflicts start where information lacks. http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Larry" wrote in message ... Interesting. There is a huge collection of files under Windows\Options\Cabs adding up to over 200 MB, but it doesn't seem to be the same contents as the W98 CD. For example, I did a search for Windows Messaging, WMS.exe and Microsoft Fax, awfax.exe, which I know are on the Windows 98 CD, and they are not here. But maybe that's because they are not essential parts of the operating system. Larry Brian A. wrote: No, the CD drive is not necessary to install a new drive. It is only necessary if you want to install an OS on it unless the Win98 setup files are on your harddrive already. Most manufacturers place them in C:\Windows\Options\Cabs although they may place them elsewhere. Use find to see if you can locate them, many will show as win98_##.cab. In the named box type: *.cab Select the c: drive to look in and click find. If you happen on a folder with many many .cab files named as above, bingo, you've got them on hand in the drive. Write down the entire path to the folder to use in DOS. If any directories or folders have names longer than 8+3, 8 characters for the name +3 for the extension then you will need to get the DOS name of the directory/folder. To do this right click on the folder and click Properties. The dos name will be shown in the window that comes up. ex: Program Files has the DOS name Progra~1 In this case, after you have partitioned/formatted the drive: Shut down and install the second drive as explained previously Boot with a 98 boot disk as stated previously Select "boot without CD support" At the prompt type and press Enter after each: cd d:\ **Note:use the actual drive letter that the setup files are on if not on d:** Type in the full path to the folder where the setup files are and include setup.exe, such as: d:\windows\options\cabs\setup.exe Your Windows install should now begin using the files on the hard drive. Have fun and good luck. "Larry" wrote in message ... I'm glad I asked this. My CD drive hasn't been working lately and I hadn't bothered getting it fixed. It appears from what you say that the CD drive is necessary to install a new hard drive. Or is there a way around that? In any case, I've obviously got to get that CD drive fixed or replaced. Brian A. wrote: If you plan to purchase a hard drive larger than 120GB, then you will also need a controller card that supports 48bit addressing, Windows does not support drives larger than 137GB. As well, depending on the size of the drive you may need to update windows FDISK for drives larger than 64GB and possibly the BIOS if yours doesn't support LBA. Once you have the new HD, look at the backend where the ribbon cable, jumpers and power connects. Most drives have a diagram on the top of the drive for jumper settings. Set the jumper on the new drive to be the Master and set the jumper on the old drive to be the Slave. For now pull the old drive from the machine and install only the new drive to avoid possible corruption or worse, fdisk and format the wrong drive. Connect the longer end of the ribbon cable to the Primary IDE on the motherboard and the other end, where the connectors are closer to one another, to the harddrive. Make sure the drive is set for either Single or Master, Single doesn't always work. Connect the power to the drive. Either use the manufacturers disk if supplied to partition/format the disk or Put a 98 boot disk that has CD support in the Floppy drive and boot the machine Select Boot with CD support from the presented menu. Note the drive letter assigned the CD drive near the end of boot. fdisk (partition) and fromat the drive. How to Use the Fdisk Tool and the Format Tool to Partition or Repartition a Hard Disk http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q255867/ Once the drive is partitioned/formatted, place the Win98 setup disk in the CD drive. Then type at the prompt and press Enter: NotedCDdriveLetter:\setup.exe **Note: type the actual assigned CD drive letter you noted earlier.** Make sure you have your ProductKey (not the ProductID) on hand as you will be asked for it. Once you have a fresh install of Windows with all the drivers needed: Shut down and install the old drive as the Slave on the connector between the Master drive and mobo IDE on the ribbon cable. Boot up and you will be able to drag/drop data files to where you want them or keep them where their at and set the path to them within the app that uses them. Have fun and good luck. "Larry" wrote in message ... I'm planning to buy a new hard drive as my present one may be failing. However, my present one may also be ok, in which case I would want to keep the old drive and use it to back up the data on the new drive. Two questions: How do I copy the data from the old drive to the new drive? Is there a simple, one-step way of doing this so that I don't have to go through a big job of backing all my stuff onto other media as insurance? If I decide to have both drives installed (using the old drive as a backup medium), how do I do that? If this is relatively simple, I will look to buy an inexpensive hard drive and do the job on my own. If it's complicated, I will more likely buy the HD from Dell so that their tech support can walk me through it. I have a Dell Dimension with Windows 98. Thanks much. Larry |
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