How do you set up a "2nd" hard drive?

Question

Hi. I got some bad news yesterday. My PC is ~ 5.5 years old, and the hard drive (HD) has developed "bad sectors." Apparently, whenever the HD operates and it "hits" a bad sector, it then "skips" and creates MORE of them... So, I bought a replacement hard drive last night.

I'm pretty sure that I can "copy over" my data files, with no problem. My questions are:

1. What about the "hidden" files? Do I try and click on "C:" and create a "mirror" of the drive, on my new E:?

2. How about installing the operating system (Windows 2k)? Do that from CDs?

3. Lastly, how do I let the computer / BIOS know, that once I have Win 2K up on my E:, that I want to use that as my start-up (I think "master") drive? Please be DETAILED, in your reply!

Kurt

FLW-UP: "How" do I create a Start-Up Disk, for Win 2K? Create a floppy, or boot off the CD-ROM? Also, the Tech guy at Comp USA mentioned a concern about "partitioning" the O/S? What is "pendrive" - S/W or H/W? Thanks!

Answer 1

I'd use a mirror imaging software to make a "mirror" of the drive you want to copy.

Install Windows 2000 via CD.

For the BIOS, you need to set it up so it boots via the second hard drive.

For example, in my BIOS, which is an AMI Award, if I go to Advanced Chipset options or something like that, I can choose First Boot Device, Second Boot Device, etc. "IDE-0" is usually the first hard drive, and IDE-1 usually is the second one.

Answer 2

if i have been you i ought to set up a clean operating equipment on the recent hardcontinual and merely reproduction each and each and every of the records you choose off the former hardcontinual. in the initiating ought to eliminate the former hardcontinual then set up the recent one insert a homestead windows xp boot disk and set up homestead windows xp onto that hardcontinual. on the lower back of the oldcontinual there ought to be some connecters, one putting forward slave and carry close. in case you regulate the connecter to slave then this disk can then be used for storage merely and under no circumstances booted off of. then reproduction all records that you choose to save off thecontinual and then erase the disk making use of the format device. now you need to have 2 demanding drives. you dont choose to regulate the bios in any way i dont imagine. wish this helps

Answer 3

the best way is to use norten ghost, a program for transferring or cloneing one HD to another, it will do all the work for you.

Answer 4

no problem. we can create a cartesian in harddisk.