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Paul Hopwood (paul@wall.demon.co.uk) 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, 

> 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<

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):

Before doing anything, create a system floppy (format a: /s) and also copy
the DOS commands format, fdisk, chkdsk, and xcopy to it.  Then install the
new drive, setting the jumpers so it's the master and your old drive's the
slave.  Boot from the floppy drive and run fdisk from there to partition
the new drive (be careful that you've got the right drive chosen so you
don't ruin your old drive). You can then format the new drive as a system
drive (again, be careful with drive designations) and use xcopy (as
instructed in the previous post, except exchanging the drive letters) to
duplicate all of the files from the old drive to the new drive.  (As a
bonus, the new drive will be freshly defragmented.) You should then be
able to boot from your new drive, although I found when I did this that
Win3.1 complained about a corrupted swap file, so I had to recreate it.  I
don't know what sort of things Win95 might complain about, but you could
always go in and make your old drive the master again and see if you can
fix things. In any case, I would leave the old drive alone for a while 
until you're certain that everything works on the new drive.

Bill Tilghman **** Indiana University **** wtilghma@indiana.edu