On Thursday, Apr 29, 2004, at 09:33 Canada/Eastern, Mark Des Cotes wrote: > [...] But how can I get transfer the info on my old drive to the new > one. I don't have access to a firewire or usb drive to do a temporary > transfer. [...] You should have a backup tool as an essential part of your toolkit. There's no point in belabouring the issue -- see the list archives. If you have a backup tool, whatever that is, it's simple: (1) do a full backup, (2) (optional) test the backup, (3) swap drives, with the usual precautions, (4) restore from backup according to your backup utility's instructions. f