Date: Sat, 15 May 2004 06:18:03 +0000 From: "Matt Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Strategy for changing the hard disk on a Libretto
From: Sylvain Bouju <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
- a first try installing win98se on it from scratch on a single 8GB partition (hoping to manage the remaining space later)
From my many experiences doing this, what you did there should have workd.After I make a partition on a new HDD with FDISK, I usually put my new hard disk drives (HDDs) in a desktop with a 3.5 inch to 2.5 inch IDE adapter, and copy the x.\Win98 folder over the the new HDD. But it really should make any difference how you install Windows. Then I put it in the Libretto, install Windows 98SE and boot to Win98. At that point in install Partition Magic (PM). PM then should see the entire drive space, and let you set up any partitions you want to make the entire HDD available.
Did your Libretto boot to the Windows desktop after you installed it to your new 20GB HDD? If so, did you try installing PM at that point to see if it was able to see the entire 20GB HDD space?
- a second try having made first the 3 partitions as wanted (8GB, 78 MB for the hibernation and 10+ GB) with the good working method with lds100ct + FDISK (hoping this time to avoid a complete reinstallation of my environnement by copying it with some method from my well working 10GB to the first c: partition of the 20GB)
Philip will have to address that. This is a totally new approach to me.
I have made nothing new on the 10GB, which is my stable Libretto environement. Just tried to make this xcopy from it (in the Lib, under the DOS windows inside win98SE) to the 20GB (this one being in my firewire enclosure)
I was wondering about xcopy. Does it copy hidden system files? If not, then important W98SE system boot files may not have been copied over to the 20GB HDD.
The problem occured just after, having putted the 20 GB into the Libretto, Win98 don't start; just a very short Window 98 startup screen, then the c:\> prompt.
Yes... I see in the help information for xcopy that you have to add the /H switch to copy over hidden and system files. That may be your problem. Did you run that /H command when you copied file from the 10GB HDD to the 20GB HDD?
Matt
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