Rich, What you will want to do is get Partition Magic, Norton Ghost or other partition copying software.
I am assuming that you would like the configuration in Windows to stay the same.. Plug new drive into a two connector drive cable as a slave (Don't forget to re-jumper master if necessary) OR remove the smaller drive and connect the newer one. (Also remember BIOS setup changes if the drive is not recognized and autoconfigured.) Run the partition copying application from DOS or Windows. (You will see the new drive even without partitions and formatting.) COPY the currect windows/debian drive partitions to the new drive. It will take care of the formatting and such. Swap around on cable and Test the new drive as MASTER. Delete the partitions from the bigger old drive (windows/linux) Then COPY the smaller old drive partition to the bigger old drive. (You will need a two connector cable for this.) Replace as in previous configuration for two drives. This should keep your Registry in tact. During this process you will be able to leave the free space and partition it for windows or Linux as well as grow your windows partitions in the free space. You may be able combine your windows partitions if you would like. (Depends on the software being used) CAUTION this will throw off your disk references to the D drive in the registry and INI files. -- Danny R. Gray Research Technician Department of Pathology UNC-CH School of Medicine > > Subject: New hard drive > Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 15:33:32 -0500 > From: Rich Lampe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > I broke down and bought a larger hard drive for my system. My system > contains windows and a partition for Debian. I would like to copy > everything over and then remove the older drives. > Currently my master drive is split in half with windows/debian(hda3) > and I have another small drive as a secondary master (hdc1). > > I would like to have the new drive as the master and the only drive in > the system and yes I have no backups other then doing it on floppies. > > Where can I read how to do this in the how to guide? It took me a while > to get everything configured for debian to work properly - so I hope I > don't lose it. Also if someone could recommend a good device to use for > backups for Debian. > > Thanks in advance, > Rich
