Transferring an OS between the old and new HDD's - Page 2

Quakindude · February 22nd, 2007

I have no idea if it will or not. Won't hurt to give it a shot!

Running Rampant · February 24th, 2007

I've done it! I've cloned my old HDD onto my new 160GB main drive and its working great!

....the only problem I have now is that my PC won't recognise my other 160GB HDD, although when I run Everest Home Edition, it shows up as being there straight away so I know its working....any ideas guys?

Cyberlon · February 24th, 2007

Is it a new HDD? It may have come with no partitions on it. In Windows XP, right click the My Computer icon, select manage from the menu. Select Disk Management from the Storage sub menu and see if it sees the drive there. Disk management can create a primary partition or whatever configuration you would like for that drive if it sees it.

Running Rampant · February 24th, 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cyberlon

Is it a new HDD? It may have come with no partitions on it. In Windows XP, right click the My Computer icon, select manage from the menu. Select Disk Management from the Storage sub menu and see if it sees the drive there. Disk management can create a primary partition or whatever configuration you would like for that drive if it sees it.

Thanks mate, its there in Disk Management but it still won't show up in My Computer.

Its actually an older HDD, the new one is the main disk thats working fine

Quakindude · February 24th, 2007

Go back to the Disk Storage area that Cyber told you about. Now, right click on the old disk and select format. You can set up a new partition on it if you want or format the whole drive as one single partition.

Cyberlon · February 26th, 2007

Please keep in mind that creating a partition and formatting the drive erases all data without exception. If there was supposed to be information on this drive the partitioning process will destroy it beyond the ability of simple software based data recovery solutions. -- But no worries if it is SUPPOSED to be blank, just create a primary partition, the wizard will also format the drive for you at the end of the process. -- I recommend using NTFS instead of FAT32 when formatting.

February 22nd, 2007	#11
Quakindude I'm Diggin it! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Fort Rucker, AL. Posts: 2,767 Blog Entries: 7	Re: Transfering an OS between the old and new HDD's I have no idea if it will or not. Won't hurt to give it a shot! Q6600@ 3.2GHz w/ CNPS9700 \| EVGA 780i \| 4Gb Patriot Extreme DDR2-800 5-5-5-12 \| EVGA GTX 280 1Gb Video \| 1x WD 640Gb HDD, 2x Seagate 400Gb HDD, 1x250Gb WD \| 2x Samsung SH-203B Opticals \| Antec 900 \| ABS/Tagan BZ700 700W PSU \| Zalman ZM-MFC1 Fan Controller

February 24th, 2007	#12
Running Rampant Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 53	Re: Transferring an OS between the old and new HDD's I've done it! I've cloned my old HDD onto my new 160GB main drive and its working great! ....the only problem I have now is that my PC won't recognise my other 160GB HDD, although when I run Everest Home Edition, it shows up as being there straight away so I know its working....any ideas guys? Pentium 4 2.8GHz (FSB 533) Elite L4S5MG3 Mobo 2x512 PC2100 RAM Sapphire ATI Radeon X1650 Pro 256MB GDDR3 160GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 HDD 160GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 HDD Lite-On CD-RW/DVD-ROM LTC-48161H Sony DVD-RW DRU-800A Sumvision 550W PSU Creative i-Trigue 3330 2.1 Speakers Samsung SyncMaster 913n 19" LCD Monitor Windows XP SP2

February 24th, 2007	#13
Cyberlon Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Higher than you! Posts: 179	Re: Transferring an OS between the old and new HDD's Is it a new HDD? It may have come with no partitions on it. In Windows XP, right click the My Computer icon, select manage from the menu. Select Disk Management from the Storage sub menu and see if it sees the drive there. Disk management can create a primary partition or whatever configuration you would like for that drive if it sees it. ____________________________ _= AMD 2700+ OC'd to 3200 =_ -=1GB RAM, ATI 9600XT 512MB=- --------------------------------

February 24th, 2007	#15
Quakindude I'm Diggin it! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Fort Rucker, AL. Posts: 2,767 Blog Entries: 7	Re: Transferring an OS between the old and new HDD's Go back to the Disk Storage area that Cyber told you about. Now, right click on the old disk and select format. You can set up a new partition on it if you want or format the whole drive as one single partition. Q6600@ 3.2GHz w/ CNPS9700 \| EVGA 780i \| 4Gb Patriot Extreme DDR2-800 5-5-5-12 \| EVGA GTX 280 1Gb Video \| 1x WD 640Gb HDD, 2x Seagate 400Gb HDD, 1x250Gb WD \| 2x Samsung SH-203B Opticals \| Antec 900 \| ABS/Tagan BZ700 700W PSU \| Zalman ZM-MFC1 Fan Controller

February 26th, 2007	#16
Cyberlon Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Higher than you! Posts: 179	Re: Transferring an OS between the old and new HDD's Please keep in mind that creating a partition and formatting the drive erases all data without exception. If there was supposed to be information on this drive the partitioning process will destroy it beyond the ability of simple software based data recovery solutions. -- But no worries if it is SUPPOSED to be blank, just create a primary partition, the wizard will also format the drive for you at the end of the process. -- I recommend using NTFS instead of FAT32 when formatting. ____________________________ _= AMD 2700+ OC'd to 3200 =_ -=1GB RAM, ATI 9600XT 512MB=- --------------------------------

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