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Copying to added hard drive?
Is there a way to copy games and other programs over to an added hard
drive from the existing hard drive. I was wondering if there is a program (preferably freeware) that will copy everything over, including changing registry settings, so that I can avoid reloading everything again. I will soon add another hard drive and want to store my games, some progs, photos, media files, etc...over to it and keep my other hard drive for the operating system and other things. Thanks |
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Copying to added hard drive?
In article NDL%f.488$QP4.343@fed1read12, SHRED says...
Is there a way to copy games and other programs over to an added hard drive from the existing hard drive. I was wondering if there is a program (preferably freeware) that will copy everything over, including changing registry settings, so that I can avoid reloading everything again. I will soon add another hard drive and want to store my games, some progs, photos, media files, etc...over to it and keep my other hard drive for the operating system and other things. It'd be far easier to get one of the many free backup utilities and schedule regular backups of the save game files for each game. -- Conor, Same ****, different day. |
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Conor wrote:
In article NDL%f.488$QP4.343@fed1read12, SHRED says... Is there a way to copy games and other programs over to an added hard drive from the existing hard drive. I was wondering if there is a program (preferably freeware) that will copy everything over, including changing registry settings, so that I can avoid reloading everything again. I will soon add another hard drive and want to store my games, some progs, photos, media files, etc...over to it and keep my other hard drive for the operating system and other things. It'd be far easier to get one of the many free backup utilities and schedule regular backups of the save game files for each game. I am trying to word my question better: I am adding another hard drive. I want to move my games and some other applications over to it and keep my OS (Win2000)on the original drive. How? Thanks |
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SHRED wrote:
Is there a way to copy games and other programs over to an added hard drive from the existing hard drive. I was wondering if there is a program (preferably freeware) that will copy everything over, including changing registry settings, so that I can avoid reloading everything again. You can't just copy them over... the installation program set registry entries that usually could not be done with backup program. -- .~. Might, Courage, Vision. SINCERITY. http://www.linux-sxs.org / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! May the Force and Farce be with you! /( _ )\ (Ubuntu 5.10) Linux 2.6.15.6 ^ ^ 21:57:02 up 2:56 0 users 1.00 1.00 news://news.3home.net news://news.hkpcug.org news://news.newsgroup.com.hk |
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SHRED wrote:
Is there a way to copy games and other programs over to an added hard drive from the existing hard drive. I was wondering if there is a program (preferably freeware) that will copy everything over, including changing registry settings, so that I can avoid reloading everything again. I will soon add another hard drive and want to store my games, some progs, photos, media files, etc...over to it and keep my other hard drive for the operating system and other things. That might be doable by utilities included with utility suites or disk managers like PartitionMagic. It's never worked satisfactorily for me. I would just reinstall on the larger hard drive? I haven't been separating applications from the operating system partition for years. I reinstall using a disk manager to keep incremental backups of the operating system partition to the point where the basics are included and everything looks good, then I go from there. (Windows XP is like a decent house built on a landfill. Trying to keep the yard looking good is pointless.) Good luck. |
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Here is a program that's supposed to do what you want. I haven't tried
it myself. http://www.funduc.com/app_mover.htm SHRED wrote: Is there a way to copy games and other programs over to an added hard drive from the existing hard drive. I was wondering if there is a program (preferably freeware) that will copy everything over, including changing registry settings, so that I can avoid reloading everything again. I will soon add another hard drive and want to store my games, some progs, photos, media files, etc...over to it and keep my other hard drive for the operating system and other things. Thanks l ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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Bill Eversole wrote: Here is a program that's supposed to do what you want. I haven't tried it myself. http://www.funduc.com/app_mover.htm SHRED wrote: Is there a way to copy games and other programs over to an added hard drive from the existing hard drive. I was wondering if there is a program (preferably freeware) that will copy everything over, including changing registry settings, so that I can avoid reloading everything again. I will soon add another hard drive and want to store my games, some progs, photos, media files, etc...over to it and keep my other hard drive for the operating system and other things. Thanks I can guarantee CasperXP although 'apparently' it cost's money. It did a brilliant job on four or five drives and not that slow either. Exact clones were reproduced, so you could take one drive out put a cloned one in and you couldnt tell the difference. Regards , Andy |
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It is further alleged that on or about Fri, 14 Apr 2006 05:15:14
-0700, in alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt, the queezy keyboard of SHRED spewed the following: |Conor wrote: | In article NDL%f.488$QP4.343@fed1read12, SHRED says... | Is there a way to copy games and other programs over to an added hard | drive from the existing hard drive. | | I was wondering if there is a program (preferably freeware) that will | copy everything over, including changing registry settings, so that I | can avoid reloading everything again. | | I will soon add another hard drive and want to store my games, some | progs, photos, media files, etc...over to it and keep my other hard | drive for the operating system and other things. | | It'd be far easier to get one of the many free backup utilities and | schedule regular backups of the save game files for each game. | | | |I am trying to word my question better: | |I am adding another hard drive. |I want to move my games and some other applications over to it and keep |my OS (Win2000)on the original drive. |How? http://www.google.com/search?client=...utf-8&oe=utf-8 -- -nos1eep |
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Yes, but you have to think this through carefully. I'm
assuming you have a fairly small drive now, and you are adding a bigger drive to get more space. You need a program like PowerQuest Drive Image. First slave the new big drive to your present drive. On the new drive, split it into 2 partitions .. the first will be the size of your present C-drive .. the 2nd should be the rest of the new drive. Run Disk Image, and save the image to the new D-drive ( the 1st partition on the new big drive ). Second, copy that image to the last partition on the new big drive. Then create a boot ( restore ) floppy using the Disk Image program. Remove the old drive, and make the new drive a master. Boot the computer to the floppy ( DR DOS ) and tell it you want to restore the image. You should be able to detect the 2 partitions on the hard drive, and restore the image to the First partition which will become your restored C-drive with the image on the D-drive. Note: if you have a problem with drive letters ( DI gets confused ), then just do a minimal OS install to the first partition, even if you have to delete it in order to make it a recognizable C-drive. Then do the floppy boot and tell it to restore. That will work for sure. You can even put DI on the minimal C-drive and restore from there without using the floppy boot, but the floppy boot is quicker. You may even need to change the drive letter on the 2nd partition, but no biggie there. The minimal OS install can do that. After you are done, you now have an intact old drive to hang on to, and your system is up and running identical to what you had. Later, if you want to, slave the old drive to the new and keep it that way to archive old files, or if you feel you have every thing you need, format it for the extra space. johns |
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Copying to added hard drive?
SHRED wrote:
Is there a way to copy games and other programs over to an added hard drive from the existing hard drive. I was wondering if there is a program (preferably freeware) that will copy everything over, including changing registry settings, so that I can avoid reloading everything again. I will soon add another hard drive and want to store my games, some progs, photos, media files, etc...over to it and keep my other hard drive for the operating system and other things. Thanks This will copy the programs and adjust the registry and it is freewa Download it here -- http://digilander.libero.it/rareware/coa2.zip Regards Lee in Toronto |
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