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Name: imtiaz
Date: June 8, 2004 at 12:16:30 Pacific
OS: windows98
CPU/Ram: 256
Comment:

Hi friends
How an operating system(Windows 98) can be copied from one Hard Disk to another Hard Disk. Plz tell me. I’ll be very thankful to you.



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Response Number 1
Name: name
Date: June 8, 2004 at 12:51:03 Pacific
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If you are buying a new hard drive, like Maxtor and others, many of them now come with software to do this.

Otherwise, you need Norton Ghost or a similar program for this.


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Response Number 2
Name: ham30
Date: June 8, 2004 at 13:14:41 Pacific
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And if they don't come with the software, you can usually go their web site and download it.


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Response Number 3
Name: TopFarmer
Date: June 8, 2004 at 20:08:06 Pacific
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for more help read this thread
http://www.computing.net/windows95/wwwboard/forum/159005.html


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Response Number 4
Name: upal_2
Date: June 8, 2004 at 22:02:08 Pacific
Reply:

There is a dos utility called xxcopy which
can do this. I think that xxcopy is
shareware or freeware but not sure about
that part.

If you use the switch /clone xxcopy will
make a clone of one drive to another. For
example

xxcopy /clone C: D:


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Response Number 5
Name: Mechanix2Go
Date: June 9, 2004 at 03:28:57 Pacific
Reply:

Hi,

XXcopy probably will. But so will xcopy, which you already have..

You ned to boot in DOS, then:

xcopy [old HD letter]:\windows [new HD letter]:\windows\/s/h

If you want to boot from the new drive:

sys [new HD letter]:

HTH


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Response Number 6
Name: mister
Date: June 9, 2004 at 08:34:14 Pacific
Reply:

Get it at www.xxcopy.com


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Response Number 7
Name: TopFarmer
Date: June 9, 2004 at 16:45:27 Pacific
Reply:

Hi all
Mechanix2Go- correct me if I'm wrong but xcopy has problems with long file names, and only will copy the dos short name.


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Response Number 8
Name: Dave357
Date: June 9, 2004 at 17:01:56 Pacific
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TopFarmer, you are absolutely correct. Xxcopy however, overcomes these problems.

HTH

Dave

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