Experimenting with a dual OS on the new drive c & really don't know
that much about either OS. Will be considering the suggestions that
you & Chris have offered. PS
--- In [email protected], Dragonfly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> Most of the time I do like Christopher mentioned except that I
usually
> copy data files to the new My Computer. That way your install is
clean
> and runs faster.
>
> If you have installed an operating system on the new drive c:, you
only
> need to drag and drop your data files.
>
> If there is no system on the new disk, you need a program like
Ghost to
> copy the entire partition.
>
> Fly......
>
> Christopher Range wrote:
> >
> > peppermark1 wrote:
> >
> > >Just installed a second hard drive on a newer PC build. One HD
is
> > recognized as C (primary) the other as E (secondary). OS is XP.
Would
> > like to transfer the files from E, which was the primary drive,
in my
> > previous PC to the primary HD in current PC? I realize now that
I
> > possibly should of thought of this sooner. Would also like to
erase
> > files that are currently on E, after transfer, so I can get as
much
> > free space on this back up Drive as possible? Any assistance or
> > >suggestions that our members can offer would be very much
appreciated.
> > >Thank you! PS
> > >
> > I had a situation like this just last week. I wanted
to 'replicate' the
> > data on my old(18.2GB) hard drive to, the space on my new(147GB)
hard
> > drive without having to remove the old hard drive. Finally, I
just had
> > to remove the old drive and, start from scratch, with the OS
and, the
> > data backups for the various programs.
> >
> > The other way I know it can be done is, with a null modem cable.
> >
> > Christopher
> >
> >
>
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