One of
the most frequently asked questions posed to Western Digital
Technical Support is how to transfer all files from the old
to the new drive and make it the boot drive in Windows 95.
Here we
have compiled a list of steps (that have been tested and
recommended by many of our customers) that should allow you
to copy your files over to your new drive, then make the new
drive your primary or boot drive.
NOTE:
The following steps may not be effective in your system.
Microsoft does not recommend the use of the following
procedure, however, results as reported by many of our
customers have been very positive. Western Digital makes no
warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding the reliability of
the proceeding information. This document is provided, as
is, solely for your information. Please consult your system
manual or system manufacturer for further details.
First,
install your drive as a slave/secondary drive to your
existing hard drive. Be sure to jumper
both of your drives properly.
Create
a Boot diskette (Rescue disk) as follows:
- Double-click on My
Computer
- Double-click on Control
Panel
- Double-click Add/Remove
Programs
- Click the Startup Disk tab in the
dialog box
- Click Create Disk, and follow the
instructions
Restart
your computer in MS-DOS mode and using EZ-Drive, partition
and format your drive. Please see Before You Begin
Installing Your Hard Drive to determine whether or not you
require the use of EZ-Drive.
You may
need to partition and format your drive manually if EZ-Drive
is not needed.
In
either case, be sure to transfer the system files to your
new drive using the SYS command. You can transfer the system
files by opening a DOS session under Windows 95 and type:
sys d:
Close
the DOS window and double-click on My Computer again.
Double-click on Control Panel and then System. Click on
Performance tab and Virtual Memory button. Click on "Let me
specify my own system memory setting" and disable virtual
memory.
Restart
Windows 95 and on the Taskbar click on Start, Run and type:
xcopy c:\*.* /e /h /k /r /c
d:
and
click OK. This command line copies all your files to the new
drive. If your existing drive is fairly large, this
operation could take some time. Do not power down your
system during this operation.
Once
this operation is completed, shut down Windows 95, turn off
your PC, and change the jumper settings on your drive so
that your new Caviar drive is the master/primary and the
older drive is the slave/secondary drive.
Place
your boot diskette in the floppy drive and turn on the PC,
edit the CMOS settings to reflect the change in master/slave
drives, then continue booting with your start-up disk.
At the
A: prompt, type Fdisk and select option 2 to make the
primary partition on your new disk drive the active
partition, then exit Fdisk and reboot.
Now,
Windows 95 should boot from the new hard disk. It is also a
good ideal to allow Windows 95 to determine your Virtual
Memory settings. To do so, double-click on My Computer, then
Control Panel and System icon. Click on Performance tab and
Virtual Memory button then Click on "Let Windows specify my
own system memory setting."
For
further information, we recommend reading these articles
from PC World Online:
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