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by john.moore26

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I would like to exchange my current hard disk "C" (win98 OS)and all data stored and transfer all to my HD "D" and remove drive "C". My question is - What method should I use and would my OS remain executable? I have over 3 years of win98 updates andwould not like to lose it all. Also I have tried to copy my OS to CD-REW to retain updates but it is always "un-executable". Please help

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by shanghai sam

If you are going to exchange your old hdd (c) with a new one and retain all your data, you need to consider these factors:
- you cannot just copy your os to another media have make it "executable". first the destination media's partition has to be set active. second the destination media must be bootable, third there are system files on your OS that has a fixed location on your disk and cannot be moved without any special preparations.

- to resolve it, you can either use a disk imaging software (some imaging software requires you to have identical hdd in terms of capacity), or reformat the destination media, reinstall all the applications and copy all your data files in it.

by r. a. caluste

If you are going to exchange your old hdd (c) with a new one and retain all your data, you need to consider these factors:
- you cannot just copy your os to another media have make it "executable". first the destination media's partition has to be set active. second the destination media must be bootable, third there are system files on your OS that has a fixed location on your disk and cannot be moved without any special preparations.

- to resolve it, you can either use a disk imaging software (some imaging software requires you to have identical hdd in terms of capacity), or reformat the destination media, reinstall all the applications and copy all your data files in it.

rcaluste@heritagepark.com.ph
(sorry had to repost. i came as user deleted in the previous post:P)

by mdelyea

Use Norton Ghost. It will make a duplicate of your drive (bootable) on another drive. If you do not have access to Ghost you can do a '3 drive copy'. Make a simple win98 bootable hard drive (no extras added and you can use an older smaller hard drive - lets say 500mb). Make this your C: drive (primary master). Attach your old C: drive as either primary slave or master or slave on the secondary channel. Attach the new hard drive as whatever you didn't set your old hard drive up as (eg. old C:= secondary master and new drive = secondary slave). Boot to the small win98 HD and start up windows explorer. Go to 'View' and 'Folder Options'. Under the 'View' tab select 'Show all files' and click apply. Browse to your old C: drive and click 'Edit' and 'Select All'. Then click 'Edit' again and 'Copy'. Click on the new drive and click 'Edit' and 'Paste'. When complete, turn off the computer, remove the drives and setup the new drive as primary master(you will probably have to set the new drive as 'Active' with FDISK so have a bootable floppy with FDISK on it handy). Boot the computer and Voila!

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