[lbo-talk] computer question: copying hard drives, swapping motherboards

[RE]

I replied to Seth offlist about this, but I think it's worth spreading around.
I think Ravi raised the problem of changing hard drives as part of changing
computers.  There's a thread at
http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/ubb.x?a=tpc&s=50009562&f=77909774&m=1400925745
on swapping motherboards while retaining the same Windows (either 2k or XP)
install.
It's clear, includes pix, and I've used it for three swaps.  Those forums are
generally
useful for computer questions.

To copy hard drives, along with the other suggestions offered here you can use
Disk Copy by Powerquest, or you can create a copy through Norton Ghost.  Disk
Copy may be out of print by now since Powerquest was bought by Symantec, but I
just used DC 4.0 for a hard drive upgrade and I recommend it if you can find
it.

Randy
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ravi" <gadfly at exitleft.org>
To: <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 5:09 PM
Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] computer question


: Dwayne Monroe wrote:
: > Ravi:
: >
: > otoh, if you want your new computer to look exactly like your old, just
: > pop out the hard disk from the old and plonk it into the new (you may
: > need to set master/slave jumper settings to have your system boot off
: > the old disk).
: > ===================
: >
: > I would advise against this method since the result will be an attempt
: > by Windows to rebuild itself per the discovered hardware it'll find on
: > the new machine.
: >
: > <...>
: >
:
: true, true, true! thanks for the correction.
:
: apologies for overposting, today.
:
: --ravi
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