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Anonymous   09-06-2004 at 01:54:34 AM

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I've got a machine with 2 disks in it, a C drive and a big NTFS
application disk, now I want to substitute a _bigger_ application
disk. In a normal startup I've got lots of files open on the
applicaton drive.

I've connected the new disk and formatted it, and given it a drive
letter.

Is there anything wrong with booting into safe mode command shell
and doing an X copy ?

Is it posssible to change a drive letter while in safe mode ?

This isn't life or death. I've got other ways of moving the file
system, but this would be the easiest, if it works.






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Anonymous   09-07-2004 at 02:26:18 AM
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Al

It doesn't work. Ghost, or similar programs, is a much easier path.

Best regards

Bjorn
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Bjorn Landemoo - mvp2@landemoo.com - http://landemoo.com/
Microsoft MVP (Windows Server - File System)

adykes@panix.com (Al Dykes) wrote:

>
>I've got a machine with 2 disks in it, a C drive and a big NTFS
>application disk, now I want to substitute a _bigger_ application
>disk. In a normal startup I've got lots of files open on the
>applicaton drive.
>
>I've connected the new disk and formatted it, and given it a drive
>letter.
>
>Is there anything wrong with booting into safe mode command shell
>and doing an X copy ?
>
>Is it posssible to change a drive letter while in safe mode ?
>
>This isn't life or death. I've got other ways of moving the file
>system, but this would be the easiest, if it works.

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