Backing up hard disk for transfer to new disk.

[Ken Abrams]

In article <3714NU013809 at NDSUVM1> NU013809 at NDSUVM1.BITNET (Greg Wettstein) writes:
>My question is basically: What is the best utility/procedure to use so that
>the contents of the 80 megabyte drive can be transfered to the 330 megabyte
>drive with a minimum of system disruption?
>
I DO wish folks would leave a ! formatted address in their posts <SIGH>....
Anyhow, this is probably of general interest.   
I can't say what is best for this purpose but the Xenix backup and restore
WILL work quite easily to do what you want.  Executing the proceedure is
a snap; getting all the necessary information and making the necessary
preparations is the tough part.  It took me about 6 months to assemble all
the information and test out the proceedures enough that I was comfortable
with it.  THEN I replaced my hard disk.  Everything went like clock work.
The key to the whole thing is making a boot/root floppy with all the
necessary programs on it (restore in particular).  Procedures for doing
this can be had from SCO if you are "supported".
Feel free to send me mail or better yet give me a call sometime.
All the gory details are probably too much for net posts.


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