On Mon, Jan 21, 2002 at 12:44:02PM -0500, Bruce Marshall wrote: >I'm going to be upgrading my Thinkpad A20m to a larger HD. > >Anyone here know what the options are for moving current stuff to the new HD? > >I'm familiar with all the mundane stuff of copy partitions, etc but I wonder >if two HD's can be hooked up (even temporarily) to do the copy or whether >I'll have to re-install Win98SE and SuSE 7.2. Normally I wouldn't worry >about any of this because it's pretty straight forward and I would >re-install. But the Windows on the Thinkpad has some pretty big mods on it >and a normal re-install won't cut it I think. I would like to eventually get >everything back the same as it is now.
I have a ThinkPad 600 running Caldera 3.1 Workstation that ran OpenLinux 2.3 for a couple of years. I purchased a larger hard drive for the ThinkPad for the new Linux, and kept the old drive with Windows and Linux for those times when I absolutely have to run Windows (turbotax and the Nortel SiteManager are about the only things I use under Windows). I did copy everything from the TP off to the network, and reloaded the old Linux partition back under a directory on the new system so I wouldn't have to be searching for old files. I also have an Adaptec PMCIA SCSI card for the TP, and made backups to an external tape just to be on the safe side. The only times I've ever reinstalled Windows on the ThinkPads, I've used the restore CD that came with them which. I've also used this when installing Linux originally rather than mess with Partition Magic or other resizing software (at least IBM's smart enough to put Windows in a relatively small partition, and not in one huge partion). BTW: When I got the new hard drive, I called IBM support to find out where to buy an extra mounting bracket for the new drive so I could just swap drives quickly without having to mess with screws and such. The support person said this wasn't really his department, but took the model number, got the necessary part numbers, and set up a conference call with the appropriate people so I could order it quickly. Excellent support is the primary reason we use only IBM laptops (that and I can't stand the touchpads instead of the little eraser in the keyboard :-). Bill -- INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC UUCP: camco!bill PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 URL: http://www.celestial.com/ The pinnacle of open systems is: when moving from vendor to vendor, the design flaws stay the same. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
