I need to make an exact copy of an NT 4.0 Workstation's existing IDE drive over to a new, larger hard drive. This workstation has an extremely critical application and associated data files on it. The current drive is FAT32 and has two partitions, C: and D:.
I want to take the newly copied hard drive and upgrade it to WIN2K. The theory is, if the upgrade process blows up on me I can throw the original drive back in and have the pharmacy up and running again in no time without the need to try and restore from the crappy back up system the workstation has.
What is the best way to achieve this. I have heard bad things about some disk copying programs and wondered whether anyone here has experience with this scenario on NT 4.0 workstations.
Thanks in advance for any insight or tips.
I want to take the newly copied hard drive and upgrade it to WIN2K. The theory is, if the upgrade process blows up on me I can throw the original drive back in and have the pharmacy up and running again in no time without the need to try and restore from the crappy back up system the workstation has.
What is the best way to achieve this. I have heard bad things about some disk copying programs and wondered whether anyone here has experience with this scenario on NT 4.0 workstations.
Thanks in advance for any insight or tips.