Transferring OS from one drive to another

[knarf]

I want to put a new 10k rpm scsi drive into my 6400 server that is currently utilizing a 7,200 rpm drive. Is it possible to just move the operating system and all contents of the slower drive to the new drive after I intall it? Just like one big drag & drop?

 

[aUt0eXebat]

you can, but its not the best idea......

 

[ErraticMAX]

I agree... not the best idea... but it can be done.

What OS? If it's Win9x this might help...

With the new drive installed as a master on the secondary channel, already fdisked, formated, etc, boot into Windoze, open the command promt and type...

xcopy c:\*.* d:\ /s/e/h/c/y/r

shut down, switch drives, boot from diskette, make new drive active partition, reboot, viola!

It's been a LONG time since I've done this... I may have left out a step... anyone?

Good Luck!

 

[oldfart]

Use Norton Ghost for that.

 

[knarf]

Its Windows 2000 pro

 

[vegetation]

I see no problem with this. Just make sure to unload any driver(s) for hardware that is abandoned prior to the transfer!

 

[Dufusyte]

Just drag and drop using explorer. You cannot copy the swap file however (win386.swp), so be sure not to drag that file.

Meanwhile, if you intend to boot from the new drive, make sure you set it as Primary Active Partition. The best way to do this is to physically disconnect the old drive, boot from floppy, fdisk the new drive, and set as Primary Active Partition. Then re-plug in your old drive; now you can boot from either drive.

 

[Clocker]

I do this on a daily basis as a computer tech. First I would reccommend using ghost it is very easy to use and understand. If you have bios limitations on your system board then use the accompanying software that came with your drive. Otherwise, you partition and load the OS. (which I woud do anyway to maximize performance.)

Clocker