Hi all,
I have two machines, one with winXP P4, 20 GB HD and the other with winME P3, 20 GB HD.

I want to add one more hard disk 40 GB to both machines.

Now my question is how to do this?

Further, all my programs including OS reside on "C:" (20 GB) what I want is to make the new
hard disk with 40 GB as "C:" and move all files and program residing on old "C:" to
new one with 40 GB.

How to achive this?

Any help in this regard will be appreciated.

thanks in advance
regards

/rsasalm

Howdy Mohammad Saleem!

Install the new drives as slaves, keeping the old drives as masters.

With Norton Ghost you can make a copy of everything on the 20GB onto the new 40GB.

Then switch 20GB drives to slaves and 40GB drives to masters. If you use Ghost the 40GB drives are now bootable.

Then do whatever you want with the old drives.

I this what you want?

Hi Kerry,

Thanks for reply.

I wonder where I can get Norton Ghost.
Is it shareware or commercial product?

regards
/Saleem

http://www.pcnineoneone.com/howto/idedrv1.html
--------------xxcopy ( freeware ) from ,
http://www.datman.com/xxcopy/betatest/

Start > Programs > MS-DOS Prompt .
Copy the 1st line below & click paste in MS-DOS & click Enter , you
get a copy of everything . No need to close any programs down .
2nd line excludes Windows .
3rd line copies Windows only .

Adjust drive letters to suit .

XXCOPY C:\ D:\ /CLONE
XXCOPY C:\ D:\ /CLONE /Xwindows\
xxcopy "C:\windows\" "d:\windows" /CLONE

http://members.tripod.com/~diligent/harddisk.htm
Use the startup disk to boot the computer and when you are at the A:\
prompt type sys c: and press Enter. The required boot information will
be copied to the new disk and you have a working copy of the old hard
disk .
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How to Prevent Drive Letters from Changing After You Add a Hard Disk or a CD-ROM (Q282530)
The information in this article applies to:
Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
Microsoft Windows 98
Microsoft Windows 95
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q282530

Howdy Saleem!

xxcopy is a good program. If you still want to try Norton Ghost Corporate Edition 7.5 you can download the trial version for free from...

https://enterprisesecurity.symantec.com/Content/TrialwareForm.cfm?PID=12342847&EID=0&ProductID=3&PromoCode=ESTrialware&SSL=YES

You have to fill out a short questionaire and you can use the program for 30 days, I believe. Since you will probably only use this program once in a blue moon you might uninstall it after you finish installing the new drives. Then if you need it again, install the program again.

Hope this helps!