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Copy your hard drive with Xcopy
command.
Copying
your hard drive with Windows can be easy and very handy. Keep in mind
that you will still have to partition and format your new drive first
but you can copy your current hard drive with just a few mouse clicks
and keystrokes.This has worked for me on several occasions when other
software didn't.
This article assumes that you have the drive installed and
formatted and ready for use. It also assumes that your Windows Drive is
C:\ and we will assume that your new drive is E:\ (although it
could be any letter from D through Z ). I have used the Xcopy command to
copy a hard drive with 98, ME, and XP. With 98 and ME I had to type
Xcopy32 and with XP just Xcopy and then the rest of the command. If your
copying NT or 2000 pro I don't know if it will work. You can try it and
see because you wont hurt anything since this command does not erase
your original drive. I will tell you that if your using NT or 2000 pro
you will need to shut down your computer and then remove your original
drive or you may get a startup error due to multiple start commands.
Now that we have set the ground rules for the new
drive lets get to the command.
Get ready because once you run the command, you will have some time on
your hands while the copy takes place. Follow these steps and Good Luck.
Windows 98 or ME:
Disable any antivirus software
Clean out your temp files and history.
Click Start
Click Run
Type xcopy32 c:\*.* e:\*.* /s /e /r /v /k /f /c /h Hit Enter
Remember that Xcopy is assuming that your original drive is C:\ and your
new drive is E:\ and you also have only one partition on each drive.
If you get an error you can type in CMD
Hit Enter. You should get a window that looks like DOS
Type xcopy32 c:\*.* e:\*.* /s /e /r /v /k /f /c /h
Hit Enter
This should start the copy and you will see lots of files being copied
to the new hard drive.
Windows XP:
Disable any antivirus software
Clean out your temp files and history.
If you want to clear out up to a couple of gigs of space, clear out your
system restore points.
Click Start
Click Run
Type xcopy c:\*.* e:\*.* /s /e /r /v /k /f /c /h
Hit Enter
Remember that Xcopy is assuming that your original drive is C:\ and your
new drive is E:\ and you also have only one partition on each drive. The
best way to make sure you have the command correct is to copy and paste
the command from this page to a text document then use it from there to
fill in the run command.
note: Each one of the letters in the Xcopy command act as switches and
make the command do something or not do something. If you are going to
try to remember this a trick is to just remember serv kfc hot.
If your interested in knowing what each switch does here they are:
/s
Copies folders and subfolders except empty ones. /e
Copies any subfolder, even if it is empty. /r
Overwrites read-only files. /v
Verifies each new file. /k
Copies attributes. xcopy commands normally reset read-only
attributes. /f
Displays full source and destination file names while copying. /c
Continues copying even if errors occur. /h
Copies hidden and system files.
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