Re: Transferring Windows OS from IDE to SCSI

Cruise Director <SeaFuncSpam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote
> Rod Speed wrote
>> Cruise Director <SeaFuncSpam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote

>>> I inherited a 15000 RPM 20GB SCSI drive that I might want
>>> to use as my C: drive, on the belief that it'll be quicker than
>>> my extant 7200 RPM 20GB IDE drive. What's a painless
>>> way to transfer a live OS installation to the new drive?

>> I prefer True Image myself. If that doesnt boot when you
>> try booting the clone on the SCSI drive, boot the XP CD
>> and act as if you are doing a new install, dont format the
>> drive and it will detect the install and ask if you want to
>> repair it. Say yes and it should boot fine after that.

> Will that work for Windows 2000?

Probably, but its more primitive in that area.

>>> Also, what's a cheap / free way?

>> Symantec SystemWorks Pro 2003 off ebay, using the ghost off that.

> I've got an old version of Ghost 2000 IIRC. I just wasn't confident
> that a clone would be valid across non-identical volumes.
> I suppose I could try it and see, as it wouldn't lose anything.

Yep. Forget just what 2000 could do, its been too long now.


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