Re: [cobalt-users] HOW DO YOU UPGRADE THE HARD DRIVE TO A LARGER ONE IN A QUBE2??

["William J.A. Brillinger" <billy@xxxxxxxxxx>]

At 04:01 PM 25/02/03 -0500, you wrote:
> On Tuesday 25 February 2003 15:00, Chuck Dumont wrote:
> > I need to upgrade the hard drive in my Qube2 to the largest that it will
> > take.
> >
> > How do I go about doing so?  Can I do a Drive image from a windows machine
> > then take that image and put it on a new drive and then install the new
> > drive in the Qube2?
> >
> You can use a 30GB drive or Seagate 40GB drives can be configured for 32GB.
> AFAIK a drive image won't work. You will end up with the same size drive.
> I would do a backup, install the new drive, then use an OSRCD on the Qube.
> Then do a restore of your backup. The backup/restore works well on a Qube.

You can use PowerQuest Drive Copy to duplicate the drive to a new larger 
drive.
Make sure you use it with the /ipe switch (a:\pqdc.exe /ipe) or you will 
have a corrupt boot partition.

- Bill B.




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