sailormoon21
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I would like to transfer the operating system, programs and files to a new larger hard disk (80 GB) and use this to boot the OS from, while using the smaller one (20 GB) just for data storage.
I already gave it a try. I used acronis migrate easy to clone my old harddisk to the new larger one. Some forums on the net say not to reboot before the two harddisks have been switched from primary master to slave and the other way round. I skipped this procedure by mistake.
I switched the two harddisks just the same to see what happened but at reboot the PC gave me an error saying "error on starting OS" or something on those lines. The problem is because the drive letters had not been switched.
I went around this problem by switching the drive letters manually from the register, through Local machine > system > mounted devices
It didn't work at first, I had to press F8 and select load most recent configuration which worked. Then the OS loaded from the new larger hard drive, but the settings were incorrect. I couldn't connect to the internet. So I went all the way back and undid the changes and here I am.
Does anybody know of a good way around transfering the files and settings from one hard disk to another without trouble?
And most important, if I use a device like Acronis Migrate easy or true image how can I make so that the drive letters get switched so that at reboot the PC recognises the OS in the right hard drive? I'm asking this because I'm assuming that a perfect clone of the old drive would retain the shortcuts as is, that is, if before they were shortcut to a folder in C: they would remain so
Should the PC convert the drive letters automatically?
I already gave it a try. I used acronis migrate easy to clone my old harddisk to the new larger one. Some forums on the net say not to reboot before the two harddisks have been switched from primary master to slave and the other way round. I skipped this procedure by mistake.
I switched the two harddisks just the same to see what happened but at reboot the PC gave me an error saying "error on starting OS" or something on those lines. The problem is because the drive letters had not been switched.
I went around this problem by switching the drive letters manually from the register, through Local machine > system > mounted devices
It didn't work at first, I had to press F8 and select load most recent configuration which worked. Then the OS loaded from the new larger hard drive, but the settings were incorrect. I couldn't connect to the internet. So I went all the way back and undid the changes and here I am.
Does anybody know of a good way around transfering the files and settings from one hard disk to another without trouble?
And most important, if I use a device like Acronis Migrate easy or true image how can I make so that the drive letters get switched so that at reboot the PC recognises the OS in the right hard drive? I'm asking this because I'm assuming that a perfect clone of the old drive would retain the shortcuts as is, that is, if before they were shortcut to a folder in C: they would remain so
Should the PC convert the drive letters automatically?