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>Tom Roth wrote:
>I've got an NT workstation at home with a mere 1GB IDE hard drive.
> ...what's the easiest way to upgrade to a larger disk
> without having to reinstall everything? I know you can't just select
> all and copy to the new hard drive.
>
> If it matters, I've got a fast and wide scsi card with BIOS already
> installed in this computer so the upgraded hard drive would likely be SCSI.
Tom,
This must have occurred to you but I've got to ask... If you've got the
SCSI card installed why not just add a 2nd HD and leave the boot disk
alone? There's no advantage to a larger boot drive unless data is crowding
out the page file or some such thing. Usually I put the NTWS system in a
small partition (300 - 500mb) just so I can secure it from tampering. I
install all data and apps to different drives or partitions with less
stringent access privileges.
In fact if I remember right having the page file on a 2nd physical disk,
especially a SCSI, should speed things up a bit.
Richard Laycock
rlaycock@home.com
El Cajon, California
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