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| 595821 | 2007-09-27 23:57:00 | Hi all, Is it possible to take an image of my C: drive with the OS WinXP and move that image onto a smaller drive, then replacing the original hard drive with the new image Hard drive. Did that make any sense? Basically, I have a 200gig c: drive with winxp on it, and i want to image that onto my 160gig d: drive, and swap them over, without losing everything and having to reinstall window etc??? cheers, Vic. |
han308 (7457) | ||
| 595822 | 2007-09-28 00:03:00 | it is entirely possible (i've done it before) install the trial of acronis true image 10 (i hope you have broadband because youll need it! 100mb!) and simply perform a drive to drive (i think thats what its called) backup. It should get the registry and everything. I wouldn't erase everything from your old drive for a while though, just to make sure that everything still works |
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| 595823 | 2007-09-28 00:05:00 | Hi all, Is it possible to take an image of my C: drive with the OS WinXP and move that image onto a smaller drive, then replacing the original hard drive with the new image Hard drive. Did that make any sense? Basically, I have a 200gig c: drive with winxp on it, and i want to image that onto my 160gig d: drive, and swap them over, without losing everything and having to reinstall window etc??? cheers, Vic. Sure can - in fact I got 2 PC's in the workshop doing that right now - Saving customers Data to smaller drives before reinstalling the original. Your Imaging software will sometimes auto detect the size change other times you have to tell it to change the drive sizes. I personally use Acronis (www.acronis.com) the version on that page is 11 - I still use 10. There is ofcourse other imaging software. If you can get a copy of Australian PC User October issue, there is a free version of Paragon Drive Backup on the Cover DVD. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 595824 | 2007-09-28 01:34:00 | If you wanted to use Acronis and not to sure how easy it is - you can take a look at This Video (www.associatedcontent.com) it shows the whole process - you have to watch through some "woffle" of course:cool: | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 595825 | 2007-09-28 03:25:00 | Just an Update to the above with Acronis - if you download and use the trial version DONT waste your time making a bootable CD to clone drives. I just tried and it says that wont work with the Trial version. BUT if you attach the drive you want to copy TO as a slave, then reboot open Acronis from the desktop and work through the cloning, it will restart and then copy fine. Just make sure you clone the right way - its a real Bug*er if you clone the wrong drive / direction :rolleyes: :help: |
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