Transfer contents of main drive to another

Octoman · 11-21-02, 06:05 PM

I am gonna buy a an OEM 30 gig maxtor drive and set it up with a Win98SE boot disk. I currently have a 12 gig Maxtor and use it as my surfing machine. What I would like to know is how to transfer the contents of my 12gig to my new 30 gig and just be able to boot off and use it normally. Is there a DOS command to copy the contents and everything to do what I want? Thanks.

rUfUnKy · 11-21-02, 06:10 PM

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Originally posted by Octoman
I am gonna buy a an OEM 30 gig maxtor drive and set it up with a Win98SE boot disk. I currently have a 12 gig Maxtor and use it as my surfing machine. What I would like to know is how to transfer the contents of my 12gig to my new 30 gig and just be able to boot off and use it normally. Is there a DOS command to copy the contents and everything to do what I want? Thanks.

I believe what your saying you want to do is make a exact copy of yer 12 gig HDD to your new 30 gig HDD.. For this you should use a program like norton ghost it will make a image of your old HDD .. ...

Octoman · 11-21-02, 06:28 PM

what i really want to do is just transfer the old stuff to the new drive and just use the new drive with the old stuff on it like I never did anything to the computer at all.

rUfUnKy · 11-21-02, 06:41 PM

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Originally posted by Octoman
what i really want to do is just transfer the old stuff to the new drive and just use the new drive with the old stuff on it like I never did anything to the computer at all.

Right, so you don't want to reinstall your OS or any data correct ?? Norton Ghost will do this ...

Octoman · 11-21-02, 11:04 PM

True, but I don't want to buy software to a one time transfer.

macklin01 · 11-21-02, 11:09 PM

Go to maxtor's site and see if they have any setup downloads. WD has a free download / setup disk that lets you do just what you say, for instance ... (it lets you format, run diagonistics, and do direct drive copies.)

This should do the trick:

http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/dow...st_plus_ii.htm

Let me know if you need anymore help -- Paul

Octoman · 11-25-02, 12:41 AM

Yeah I got the software from maxtor and created a floppy, however I am still having trouble copying the drive contents over. For the record I am copying a single partition from the 12 gig to the new 30 gig. here is the error i get while using the disk copy feature of the Maxtor software.

" Error
Reading Drive 80 I/O Timeout:
Sector = 48251595, Result = 4 "

The 12gig is on ide1 master and the 30 gig is on ide2 as a master. I have tried setting them up in opposite positions with the same result. Any ideas anyone???

macklin01 · 11-25-02, 01:17 AM

Hi, several questions:

1) So it does it copy any of it, or none of it?

2) If just some of it, does it fail at the same point every time?

3) Have you double-checked the jumper settings on both drives?

4) Are you overclocked?

If you are overclocked, you should go back to stock speeds for this drive transfer. Also, if you are getting partial success each time, you should run a full scandisk of the drive. Actually, if the maxtor software has any drive diagnostics utilities for a surface scan, you should do that. I suspect a bad sector on the 12gig drive.

Good luck! -- Paul

turd · 11-25-02, 07:41 AM

try setting the target drive up as slave to the source

Krieger · 11-25-02, 04:08 PM

also as strange as it might seem you can just litterly copy one drive to the other. I've done this before... works most of the time.

11-21-02, 06:05 PM	Thread Starter #1
Octoman Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Houston, TX	Transfer contents of main drive to another I am gonna buy a an OEM 30 gig maxtor drive and set it up with a Win98SE boot disk. I currently have a 12 gig Maxtor and use it as my surfing machine. What I would like to know is how to transfer the contents of my 12gig to my new 30 gig and just be able to boot off and use it normally. Is there a DOS command to copy the contents and everything to do what I want? Thanks. __________________ Octavious Chacon "the smoke is the magic part of the chip and if it gets out you can't run the puter anymore." -el
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11-21-02, 06:28 PM	Thread Starter #3
Octoman Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Houston, TX	what i really want to do is just transfer the old stuff to the new drive and just use the new drive with the old stuff on it like I never did anything to the computer at all. __________________ Octavious Chacon "the smoke is the magic part of the chip and if it gets out you can't run the puter anymore." -el
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11-21-02, 11:04 PM	Thread Starter #5
Octoman Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Houston, TX	True, but I don't want to buy software to a one time transfer. __________________ Octavious Chacon "the smoke is the magic part of the chip and if it gets out you can't run the puter anymore." -el
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11-21-02, 11:09 PM	#6
macklin01 Computational Oncologist / Biomathematician / Moderator on Vacation, Ph.D. Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Pasadena, CA	Go to maxtor's site and see if they have any setup downloads. WD has a free download / setup disk that lets you do just what you say, for instance ... (it lets you format, run diagonistics, and do direct drive copies.) This should do the trick: http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/dow...st_plus_ii.htm Let me know if you need anymore help -- Paul __________________ My heatware (macklin01) Need image I/O for your science apps? Try EasyBMP My biomedical research: Mathematical Cancer Modeling & Simulation I'm on vacation as a moderator as I devote more time to my faculty position. Thank you for your understanding if I don't respond to your PM. -- Paul
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11-25-02, 12:41 AM	Thread Starter #7
Octoman Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Houston, TX	Yeah I got the software from maxtor and created a floppy, however I am still having trouble copying the drive contents over. For the record I am copying a single partition from the 12 gig to the new 30 gig. here is the error i get while using the disk copy feature of the Maxtor software. " Error Reading Drive 80 I/O Timeout: Sector = 48251595, Result = 4 " The 12gig is on ide1 master and the 30 gig is on ide2 as a master. I have tried setting them up in opposite positions with the same result. Any ideas anyone??? __________________ Octavious Chacon "the smoke is the magic part of the chip and if it gets out you can't run the puter anymore." -el
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11-25-02, 01:17 AM	#8
macklin01 Computational Oncologist / Biomathematician / Moderator on Vacation, Ph.D. Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Pasadena, CA	Hi, several questions: 1) So it does it copy any of it, or none of it? 2) If just some of it, does it fail at the same point every time? 3) Have you double-checked the jumper settings on both drives? 4) Are you overclocked? If you are overclocked, you should go back to stock speeds for this drive transfer. Also, if you are getting partial success each time, you should run a full scandisk of the drive. Actually, if the maxtor software has any drive diagnostics utilities for a surface scan, you should do that. I suspect a bad sector on the 12gig drive. Good luck! -- Paul __________________ My heatware (macklin01) Need image I/O for your science apps? Try EasyBMP My biomedical research: Mathematical Cancer Modeling & Simulation I'm on vacation as a moderator as I devote more time to my faculty position. Thank you for your understanding if I don't respond to your PM. -- Paul
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11-25-02, 07:41 AM	#9
turd Member Join Date: Sep 2001	try setting the target drive up as slave to the source
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11-25-02, 04:08 PM	#10
Krieger Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: North of Boston, MA	also as strange as it might seem you can just litterly copy one drive to the other. I've done this before... works most of the time.
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