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Backup Considerations
If you are replacing an installed hard disk drive, make a backup copy
of the data from the drive that you are replacing. If you do not know
how to back up your hard disk drive, see the documentation that
comes with your operating system. After the new hard disk drive is
installed and configured, restore your backup data to your new drive.
You can also use the FileCopy utility on the Disk Manager Diskette to
copy data from your old drive to your new drive. For information
about FileCopy see, “FileCopy” on page 2-18.
Creating a System Diskette
If you can not restart (boot) your computer from a previously installed
hard disk drive, and you do not have a backup diskette, you can
recover if you have a System Diskette. If you are replacing your
primary hard disk drive and it contains your operating system, create a
System Diskette before you start your installation.
To create a System Diskette for DOS and Microsoft Windows 3.x:
1. Insert a blank diskette into drive A.
2. At the DOS prompt, type format a: /s and press Enter. The /s
parameter creates the System Diskette.
3. Follow the instructions on the screen.
4. When the format process completes, copy the FDISK.COM,
FORMAT.COM, DISKCOPY.COM, CHKDSK.COM,
XCOPY.EXE, and MEM.EXE commands from the DOS directory
on your existing hard disk drive to the System Diskette.
To create a System Diskette for Windows 95:
1. Click on Start from the main screen.
2. Select Settings; click on Control Panel.
3. From the Control Panel screen, open Add/Remove Programs.
4. Select the Startup Disk tab.
5. Follow the instructions on the screen.
To create a Utility (System) Diskette for OS/2:
1. Open OS/2 System on your Desktop.
2. Open System Setup.
3. Open Create Utility Diskettes.
The Create Utility Diskettes screen displays.
4. Follow the instructions on the screen.
OS/2 creates three (or more) Utility Diskettes, depending upon
the version of OS/2. (Warp Version 4 will create four diskettes.)
For information about creating a System Diskette for other operating
systems, see the documentation that comes with your operating system.
After you have installed and configured the new hard disk drive, copy
your backup data to the new drive. You can use XCOPY to transfer
groups of files from one hard disk drive to another and COPY to
transfer one or more files from one directory to another.
As an alternative to XCOPY you can also use the FileCopy utility on
the Disk Manager Diskette to copy data from your old drive to your
new drive. For information about FileCopy see, “FileCopy” on
page 2-18.
2-6 Deskstar Hard Disk Drive User’s Guide