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paul@wall.demon.co.uk (Paul Hopwood) wrote:

>Kenneth@victrola.com (Kenneth Keeton) wrote:

>>        I am wanting to copy all the files from the C:\ drive to the 2.1gig 
>>D:\ drive.  I have herd that some people have had some real problems doing 
>>this.  I need to know how, in detail, to copy the files to the D:\ drive, 
>>moving all the hidden and system files so as to make the D:\ drive in to the 
>>C:\ drive.  I would also need to know how to also make the D:\ drive the C:\ 
>>drive and all the changes to the system file, partitions and jumpers that need 
>>to be made to do this, also any information on how to make the 420mb hard 
>>drive run from the 2.1gig so that the 2.1gig would be the C:\ drive and the 
>>420mb would be the D:\ drive in the end.

>If you eventually want to boot from the new drive you should copy the
>system files to it.  You can do this either when you format it or by
>typing SYS D: at the command line.

>From Windows95, start an MS-DOS session and type:

>XCOPY C:\ D:\ /E /H /K

>Assuming the drives are IDE, to swap the them over you need to set the
>drive you want as  drive C: to be the master and D: as the slave.  

>This is acheived via a set of jumpers located on the drive.  These are
>usually marked on the casing but if it's unclear post the make and
>model numbers and someone should be able to give you more details.

>Cheers,
>       >iv< Paul >iv<

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What would I do if I have a new SCSI drive and I'm trying to copy all
my files over from my old IDE to the SCSI?