Harddrive problem or something else?

[xhail]

The system specs are as follows:
OS: Win200
PentiumIII 400 (cartridge looking forgot what they are called)
128 megs of generic RAM
Mobo... no idea

This machine is used as a customer database/cash register type of thing.

The error that comes up is something about not being able to write to /Device01/Harddrive1 or something like that... and it just basically hangs and the only way out is to use a hard reboot.

According to the person I am helping out, the only time it seems to do this is when it's raining or snowing outside. All I basically did was clean out the inside of the case and reseated the cables for the harddrives.

If things go bad and the hard drive needs to be replaced, could I just attach a hard drive as a master, slave the original and just copy past everything from said harddrive to the new one?

Or do I actually have to use Norton Ghost or something like that?

Thanks

 

[Darkstar559]

ouch

yeah, you would have to use partition magic or norton ghost to copy all the files.. you cant just copy and paste thats just... ugh

if it still cant access the hard drive, i would say buy yourself a new low cost system around $150 and replace the parts with a duron

 

[xhail]

I expected that much... I was just hoping I could completely copy over all files to the new hard drive... but I guess computers are never that easy

oh well... guess Norton ghost it has to be :/
thanks