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Hard Drive Copy?
Name: Ryan Date: December 1, 2003 at 23:08:09 Pacific OS: WIN XP HOME CPU/Ram: Athlon XP 2200+ w/ 512 mb
Comment:
Right now I have a 40 gig hard drive that runs at 5400 rpm. I am thinking of upgrading to a hard drive that runs at least 7200 rpm. However, I do not want to have to transfer everything by hand. Is there an easy way to copy the OS and other system information with out doing everything the hard way?
Name: Michael Date: December 2, 2003 at 00:15:30 Pacific
Reply:
If you purchase your new drive retail from one of the well known manufacturers, it should come with software to image (copy) the old hard drive to the new hard drive byte for byte. However, I always find a clean install the best way to go.
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Response Number 2
Name: FJ Date: December 2, 2003 at 01:47:41 Pacific
Reply:
Do a search for a program called "Disk Image"
It's the easiest way to transfer complete hard drive images.
It was the 4th one I tried and it is perfect. Easy to use and when you're finished you'll not know you installed a new drive.
You may have to get a copy of partition magic 8.0 or later to expand the disk image after you make the transfer. Disk Image will move a small drive image to another, but if you are going onto a larger disk, you'll have to stretch the partition wall to cover the new drives size.
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Response Number 3
Name: wired Date: December 4, 2003 at 13:53:39 Pacific
Reply:
Ryan,
Same solution as FJ suggested but i prefer Norton Ghost over DiskImage for mirroring drives.
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Name: Ryan
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