How to clone an IDE drive (OT)

Go to: http://www.maxtor.com/Maxtorhome.htm and download MaxBlast Plus. This is a 1.4 MB file, and it is FREE. Be sure to read the directions on the download page. This utility will create a bootable MaxBlast disk which will work under any version of DOS or Windows. Install your drive. Boot from your newly-created MaxBlast disk. Follow the simple directions. You may choose to simply partition and format your new disk, or you may clone an existing disk. We use this every day in our shop when we set up a new drive or upgrade a customer's existing drive. It's simple, easy, and fast. If there is a gross hardware problem with the motherboard or drives, it will fail. Also, if the data to be cloned is garbage, the program may bomb. Otherwise, MaxBlast has a lot of advantages: * Will clone or partition/format any brand of drive. The utilities shipped with Seagate or WD drives sometimes only work with Seagate or WD drives. * FAST partition/format. Where the DOS utilities can take 10+ minutes, MaxBlast works in seconds. * Removes junk. If the drive you are trying to set up has previously had a bootlock installed, or EZ-BIOS, or if any other program is embedded in the master boot record, MaxBlast will delete it without hassle. I use this all the time when I want to wipe a drive and it's data is so scrambled that even the volume name is trash. Under DOS, you are required to enter the vol name in order to delete a partition, which may not be possible if the vol name has been corrupted and now consists of unprintable characters. MaxBlast has no such requirement. If this isn't clear contact me off list. Good luck! Glen Goodwin 0/0