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Re: Help: this is a hard one - Need to copy the C:\ to the new hard drive in win95

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From: Alex Nichol
Date: Wed, 09 Oct 1996 00:00

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wtilghma wrote:

>In order to avoid having to open up the case and change jumpers *after*
>installing the new drive, you might want to try completing the hardware
>installation first, then booting from a floppy to do all of the setup and
>data transfer.  I know I did this successfully last year, but I'm still
>depending on my memory here (others please correct me as necessary):
From a floppy boot DOS is not running in a 32 bit file system, and
will not support long file names, nor will Xcopy copy hidden files or
maintain file attributes.
So trying to make a new hard disk that way is extremely fraught, and
likely to be unsuccesful.  You must have had a miracle around that day
if you succeeded <g>

I find the easiest way of moving the whole contents of one drive to
another is Explorer - with windows on each drive, select all (making
sure hidden files are visible) and right-drag / copy here.

-- 
Alex Nichol

alexn@dial.pipex.com
Bournemouth UK

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From: fy83@dial.pipex.com (Alex Nichol)
Subject: Re: Help: this is a hard one - Need to copy the C:\ to the new hard drive in win95
Date: 1996/10/09
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