On Thursday 24 January 2002 1:52 am, zohar wrote: > I have once used Symantec Ghost which copied my complete HDD on another > disk and after reformatting my HDD I again used Ghost to copy the > contents to the original HDD and all settings were as before. But mine > was PC. > > I think taking the original HDD to PC and then attach the other one > (bigger) as slave. > Copy the contents of it on the new one using ghost. > Then put extra OS(win, SUSE). > This msy solve your problem. > Please mail me if I am wrong logically so I would not make the same > mistake next time. >
I'm hoping to mount the old and the new drive on the laptop and do the copy there. That's essentially the same thing you're suggesting. Since all of my desktops are SCSI based, I'd really rather not get into trying to configure IDE on those. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On > Behalf Of Bruce Marshall > Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 10:48 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: <OT> Thinkpad upgrade > > On Tuesday 22 January 2002 0:06 am, Philip J. Koenig wrote: > > On 21 Jan 2002, at 12:57, Bill Campbell boldly uttered: > > > 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 :-). > > > > One thing that you can do on some Thinkpads is get a converter that > > will allow you to replace the battery with a 2nd HD. I did this on > > my older Tpad when doing an HD upgrade and it's a *way* convenient > > way to copy stuff over without having to deal with external backup > > mediums. > > > > I totally agree on IBM service, which is one reason why I'm a > > dedicated Tpad user and I recommend them to all my clients. > > > > > > Phil > > I think I've found an answer.... I have backup software that will > write to > a disk... that disk can be remote on the LAN. > > So I will backup the TP to another Windows machine, put the new drive in > and > install a new Windows and the backup software. Then restore from the > backup. > > If all goes well, the job is done. -- +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + Bruce S. Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bellaire, MI 01/24/02 08:58 + +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ "Capitalism without Bankruptcy is like Christianity without Hell." ------Frank _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
