Exchanging hard drive

I have a 10g hard drive that is old and running out of
room anyway. I have a new 40g hard drive that I am going
to replace it with. What program could I use(price
doesn't matter), to image the entire disk and place it on
the new disk? Will this work(boot) since it is a
different drive? If all else fails I will just do a clean
install. Thanks for sharing your time and knowledge.

Symantec Ghost. http://www.symantec.com/sabu/ghost/ghost_personal/
If the new drive has a utility cd, like Maxtor or WD, then it may have a
function for cloning the old drive to the new one. There are other
strategies, such as a backup and restore, depending on what backup program
you have. What version of XP are you using?

"Anonymous" wrote in message
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I have a 10g hard drive that is old and running out of
room anyway. I have a new 40g hard drive that I am going
to replace it with. What program could I use(price
doesn't matter), to image the entire disk and place it on
the new disk? Will this work(boot) since it is a
different drive? If all else fails I will just do a clean
install. Thanks for sharing your time and knowledge.

XP Pro. To use Ghost would I have to connect the new HDD
while the old one is still connected? I have Systemworks
2004 Pro, which also includes Ghost(I think). Will the XP
Backup be enough to do what I need or, since I have it,
should I use Norton Ghost?

-----Original Message-----
Symantec Ghost.
http://www.symantec.com/sabu/ghost/ghost_personal/
If the new drive has a utility cd, like Maxtor or WD,
then it may have a
function for cloning the old drive to the new one.
There are other
strategies, such as a backup and restore, depending on
what backup program
you have. What version of XP are you using?

"Anonymous" wrote
in message
...
I have a 10g hard drive that is old and running out of
room anyway. I have a new 40g hard drive that I am
going
to replace it with. What program could I use(price
doesn't matter), to image the entire disk and place it
on
the new disk? Will this work(boot) since it is a
different drive? If all else fails I will just do a
clean
install. Thanks for sharing your time and knowledge.


.

Yes, they both have to be connected at same time to clone one to the other
(unless external disk is used).
I haven't done it with Ghost, but the HD manufacturers usually have a
program to do that.
It usually involves jumpering new (bigger) disk as slave, connecting it to
computer, booting (from HD mfg's floppy), cloning (old-new), shutting down,
disconnecting BOTH disks, jumpering new as master (on primary IDE),
connecting it. Now booting from the new one, _should_ be OK. Do it a few
times and check that the system (h/w and OS) is running OK, then you cxan
connect the old disk (jumpered as slave on primary IDE) and format it.

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"Anonymous" kirjoitti viestissä
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XP Pro. To use Ghost would I have to connect the new HDD
while the old one is still connected? I have Systemworks
2004 Pro, which also includes Ghost(I think). Will the XP
Backup be enough to do what I need or, since I have it,
should I use Norton Ghost?

-----Original Message-----
Symantec Ghost.
http://www.symantec.com/sabu/ghost/ghost_personal/
If the new drive has a utility cd, like Maxtor or WD,
then it may have a
function for cloning the old drive to the new one.
There are other
strategies, such as a backup and restore, depending on
what backup program
you have. What version of XP are you using?

"Anonymous" wrote
in message
...
I have a 10g hard drive that is old and running out of
room anyway. I have a new 40g hard drive that I am
going
to replace it with. What program could I use(price
doesn't matter), to image the entire disk and place it
on
the new disk? Will this work(boot) since it is a
different drive? If all else fails I will just do a
clean
install. Thanks for sharing your time and knowledge.


.

XP Backup will not come close to doing what you want, you will need a
product like Ghost.

"Anonymous" wrote in message
...
XP Pro. To use Ghost would I have to connect the new HDD
while the old one is still connected? I have Systemworks
2004 Pro, which also includes Ghost(I think). Will the XP
Backup be enough to do what I need or, since I have it,
should I use Norton Ghost?

-----Original Message-----
Symantec Ghost.
http://www.symantec.com/sabu/ghost/ghost_personal/
If the new drive has a utility cd, like Maxtor or WD,
then it may have a
function for cloning the old drive to the new one.
There are other
strategies, such as a backup and restore, depending on
what backup program
you have. What version of XP are you using?

"Anonymous" wrote
in message
...
I have a 10g hard drive that is old and running out of
room anyway. I have a new 40g hard drive that I am
going
to replace it with. What program could I use(price
doesn't matter), to image the entire disk and place it
on
the new disk? Will this work(boot) since it is a
different drive? If all else fails I will just do a
clean
install. Thanks for sharing your time and knowledge.


.

"Anonymous" wrote in message
...

XP Pro. To use Ghost would I have to connect the new HDD
while the old one is still connected?


Yes, of course--whether you use Ghost or any other program.. You can't read
from the old drive unless it's connected, and you can't write to the new one
unless it's connected.


I have Systemworks
2004 Pro, which also includes Ghost(I think).


Yes.


Will the XP
Backup be enough to do what I need


No.


or, since I have it,
should I use Norton Ghost?


Although Ghost is one choice of programs which will do it, there are others.
But as you say, since you already have a copy, you might as well use Ghost.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Shell/User
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-----Original Message-----
Symantec Ghost.
http://www.symantec.com/sabu/ghost/ghost_personal/
If the new drive has a utility cd, like Maxtor or WD,
then it may have a
function for cloning the old drive to the new one.
There are other
strategies, such as a backup and restore, depending on
what backup program
you have. What version of XP are you using?

"Anonymous" wrote
in message
...
I have a 10g hard drive that is old and running out of
room anyway. I have a new 40g hard drive that I am
going
to replace it with. What program could I use(price
doesn't matter), to image the entire disk and place it
on
the new disk? Will this work(boot) since it is a
different drive? If all else fails I will just do a
clean
install. Thanks for sharing your time and knowledge.


.

"Anonymous" wrote in message
...

XP Pro. To use Ghost would I have to connect the new HDD
while the old one is still connected?


Yes, of course--whether you use Ghost or any other program.. You can't read
from the old drive unless it's connected, and you can't write to the new
one
unless it's connected.


I have Systemworks
2004 Pro, which also includes Ghost(I think).


Yes.


Will the XP
Backup be enough to do what I need


No.


or, since I have it,
should I use Norton Ghost?


Although Ghost is one choice of programs which will do it, there are
others.
But as you say, since you already have a copy, you might as well use Ghost.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Shell/User
Please Reply to the Newsgroup

Symantec Ghost.
http://www.symantec.com/sabu/ghost/ghost_personal/
If the new drive has a utility cd, like Maxtor or WD,
then it may have a
function for cloning the old drive to the new one.
There are other
strategies, such as a backup and restore, depending on
what backup program
you have. What version of XP are you using?

"Anonymous" wrote
in message
.. .
I have a 10g hard drive that is old and running out of
room anyway. I have a new 40g hard drive that I am
going
to replace it with. What program could I use(price
doesn't matter), to image the entire disk and place it
on
the new disk? Will this work(boot) since it is a
different drive? If all else fails I will just do a
clean
install. Thanks for sharing your time and knowledge.


.

Thank you all for your responses. I know what I need to
do now.