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Going to be formatting soon........

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Scenario:

I have a Scsi 15,000 18.7 gigger, we will name it HD-A. I also have two 10,000 sata hd set for RAID0, we will name that HD-B. :)

I currently have windows installed on HD-A, and i'm looking to format, and when I reinstall windows, it will be on HD-B. Obviously I have a lot more stuff on HD-B, because it is a lot bigger. Today I have gotten all my files that I need transferred over to my new install. Including updates/mp3s/programs, etc. It equals about 10gb worth.

Soooo, is there a way that I can get into dos, format HD-A, transfer that 10gig folder from HD-B to HD-A, then format HD-B, and install windows on HD-B?

Or would it just be easier to get that folder into a bunch of 650mb RAR files, and just burn them on CD's, format both HD-A and HD-B, and install windows on HD-B? With this approach, is there a program out there that will bunch of files into 650mbish single files so that I dont have to figure out what files to go in what RAR's to fit to 650mb and not go above?

I sure hope this makes sense. Please note that both the HD-A and HD-B have controller cards.
 
Yea, it's possible to do that but please please be careful about it. I've heard so many horror stories about people accidently formatting the wrong hard drive durring the windows install.

Best way is probably to use system boot disk that has xcopy and format on it. Format your OS drive, then use xcopy to copy the stuff you need off of HD-B onto HD-A, then physically unplug HD-A (the one you want to keep the files on) and then proceed with the windows install on HD-B, selecting the format option etc. if you want to wipe it clean, might get away with not doing it (if there is no OS) but i'm not neccessarily reccomending it.

Sorry I can't describe it much better.
 
xcopy? that is something new to me.

Can I just boot into windows xp installation and do the recovery console (kicks me into dos) ? I have a ide hd here I may use to manuever all this stuff. well, i have an IDE hd, but no power extra power cable for it. lol
 
xcopy *.* d:\

or whatever drive label it is..

xcopy copies subdirectories..and i believe if you use /h it'll copy files with the attrib hidden

if it doesnt, in dos type attrib -h

that'll unhide anything that is hidden then xcopy to copy it over
 
this may seem really silly... but from the recovery console, I only had access to c:\ (HD-A)

Can someone direct me to a site that has startup disks that will detect both my HD-A (SCSI adaptec 29160n) and my HD-B (RAID adaptec 1210sa). They are formatted into NTFS. I downloaded this: http://www.ntfs.com/boot-disk.htm and it booted me into DOS, but didnt have access to either HD-A nor HD-B.

I am essentially going to:

format c:\*.* --(HD-A that currently has windows installed) will this format into NTFS?
xcopy d:\STUFFTOGO\*.* /a /e /k (transfer my backup from HD-B to HD-A)
then i'm going to unplug HD-A (currently only has my backup files on it) and install windows on HD-B.
 
Any options about recognizing SCSI adaptec 29160n controller and adaptec 1210sa controller in DOS? If so, I will be set to go!
 
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