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More info?)
What if I do this:
Remember that I have no floppy, and assume that the laptop can be
booted from a CD ---
Put the new HD in my external (USB) enclosure attached to the laptop--
Run Format and FDisk on the new drive from the laptop
XXClone the C Drive to the new HD
Move the new disk to the laptop
Boot the laptop using the bootable CD I made with NERO
FDisk to set the active partition
On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 10:19:19 -0500, Charlie <invalid@invalid.com>
wrote:
>On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 10:26:30 -0400, Jim T.
><suenjim4.badaddress@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>>Now I'm looking for the procedures to follow in replacing the HD in my
>>ThinkPad i-series. It has no floppy drive, but we do have the ME disk
>>that came with it. I have Backup My PC, but no image creator.
>>I have a big external HD to copy or backup the files to -
>>Source for or directions sought.
>
>If the old laptop drive is still working, and.....
>If you have a desktop computer available, I'd suggest getting a laptop
>drive adapter and install the laptop drive in the desktop computer
>(temporarily), then clone the small drive to a hard drive on the
>desktop. Then replace the small laptop drive with the new larger
>laptop drive as a temporary installation on the desktop. Then clone
>the image back to the new laptop drive from the desktop's hard drive.
>Install the new laptop drive in the laptop and you're finished.
>
>For cloning I recommend xxcopy (it's freeware for personal use), and
>the hardware drive adapter is available on ebay for about $10.
>
>I used this procedure when I changed from a 1 GB to a 6 GB drive in my
>Thinkpad, and it worked just fine.
>
>Charlie Hoffpauir
>http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlieh/
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