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More info?)
Thanks for your advice. New hard drive now up and running!
"Christopher Muto" <muto@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
news:cD8Id.19089$Vn2.7505@trndny06...
> depending on the backup software you used to create an image of your
entire
> system, there is usually a method to create an emergency boot disk that
> would both boot the computer and start the restore procedure...
>
> but, a simpler approach to all of that would be to temporarily connect
both
> your old and new hard drives to the system and clone the image from the
old
> drive to the presumably larger new one... then position the old one as the
> primary drive and remove the old and you would be all set. what drive did
> you get? most package in a retail box come with a cable that allows two
> drive to be connected at once, and with the necessary software to do the
> cloning of the drive image from the old to the new. the software can also
> be downloaded from the manufacturer's web site, but if you have a slim
line
> case then you will have to get your hands on an ide cable that has
> connectors for two drives at the same time.
>
> "janbo" <janet.biggs@tesco.net> wrote in message
> news:OC3Id.31$Lo5.26@newsfe1-win.ntli.net...
> > I'm trying to put new hard drive into my old GX1.
> > I've backed up my system to CD, and set my system setup to boot from CD.
> > The system recognises the new hard drive, and it recognises that I have
a
> > CD drive, yet when I reboot I get a teasing glimps of the Window startup
> > screen, and then it goes to c:\. Anyone know what I'm doing wrong?
> >
>
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