M$ question [OFF TOPIC]

[taharka]

Howdy,

On Wed, 2006-02-22 at 08:21 -0800, Daniel B. Thurman wrote:
> Sorry Folks,
> 
> I know this is a fedora group (I have fedora systems too) and
> I hope some of you are tolerant of *gasp* windoes.
> 
> I am desperate so I need to ask if anyone had any experience
> in trying to create/copy the entire M$ windows OS (win2k pro) from
> a main (old) drive to a new (bigger) drive successfully?  I am trying
> to get off of an old drive, transfer the contents of the old to a newer
> drive and remove the old drive.  I cannot get windows to boot off the
> new drive.
> 
> Here is what I tried to do:
> 
> 1) Use Maxtor's disk utility:
> 
>    a) Created 3 partitions; 36GB, 50GB, 50GB (from a 200GB HD) and
>        was forced to keep total # of space used to <= 137GB due to
>        the fact my old system does not support it (BIOS and MS 2000Pro)
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Have you checked for a BIOS update for your mother board? I run W2K
Advanced Server here & purchased a larger Segate drive. Had the exact
same issue using Seagate's drive tools. A BIOS update allowed Seagate's
drive tools to do it's do lickety split ;-)

taharka

Lexington, Kentucky U.S.A.