Re: Copy OS to Smaller Partition? (or Reinstall?)

2002-10-23 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 23/10/02 22:44, BGbytes at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I was s hoping that would be the "simple" answer. Thanks Laurent! Not > that reinstalling is THAT big of a deal, but simply copying the System > Folder will make the change-over a breeze. > > You're the best! Thanks. I always notice

Re: Copy OS to Smaller Partition? (or Reinstall?)

2002-10-23 Thread BGbytes
I was s hoping that would be the "simple" answer. Thanks Laurent! Not that reinstalling is THAT big of a deal, but simply copying the System Folder will make the change-over a breeze. You're the best! Thanks. I always notice you answer alot of people's questions time and again. You must h

Re: Copy OS to Smaller Partition? (or Reinstall?)

2002-10-22 Thread Jon Glass
on 10/22/02 10:22 PM, BGbytes at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > And, for future reference, if I wanted to completely "UNpartition" this HD, > and have all 6 gigs in "one" place, would I use the "Drive Setup" to "wipe > out" the two partitions, and it would create "one partition" in place of the > curr

Re: Copy OS to Smaller Partition? (or Reinstall?)

2002-10-22 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 22/10/02 16:22, "BGbytes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip!] > Can I just "slide over" and "copy" the System Folder from the 4.3 to the 1.7 > and will it work? [snip!] Yes, you can do that. I did it myself a couple of times. After making the copy, you might have to just open the newly copied sy

Copy OS to Smaller Partition? (or Reinstall?)

2002-10-22 Thread BGbytes
Greetings... This no doubt is a "dumb" question for the experts out there, but here goes anyway :-/ ... This Wallstreet (266/192/6) came partitioned, 4.3 gigs and 1.7 gigs. OS 9.2.2 is on the 4.3 gig partition, but I would like to switch it to the smaller 1.7 gig partition; and keep all my "stuf