Mastering Hard Drives
Kenn's
20000303: Mastering Hard Drives
March/2000
Tech
Notes
Tech Note #3
In general, when copying a Windows 9x hard drive, the three most important things to remember are this: (1) release the IP leases before copying the drive, (2) change the computer name and description before copying the drive, and (3) recreate the start menus on the target machine after the copy, with file and print sharing disabled.
You can skip item 3 only if you are confident that the start menus on the source machine were created with file and print sharing off and the source machine has never had its drive shared at any time since the start menus were created.
Neil B has written a step-by-step procedure to follow for copying drives. You can download it from our ftp site.
Also see:
Start Menu Notes September/1999 Tech Note #4
Managing Start Menus in Windows 9x Labs January/1999 Tech Note #3
Creating Distributable Shortcuts for Windows 95 November/1997 Tech Note #2
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