"Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)" wrote:
The only thing is that I would not use drive utilities from the
manufacturer. I would use Drive Image or Drive Copy to do the transfer.
They
copy only the used sectors whereas, I believe, the utilities from the
drive
manufacturers use file copy, hence they are slower.

I agree -- I use DriveImage. But if the OP doesn't have DriveImage (or
DriveCopy, Ghost, TrueImage, or CasperXP) and does have MaxBlast, then it's
at least worth a try. If it works, he's saved some money, and if it
doesn't, no harm done.