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| 567476 | 2007-07-09 23:05:00 | Hi team. I have a PC with a 40 gig hard drive and an external drive with a 320 gig hard drive. I want to swap these -take the 40 gig and use it as an external hard drive, and put the 320 gig in the PC. Questions: I need to transfer all the data incl. the operating system into the new hard drive. I understand that the best way is that you use ghosting software to take a snapshot, and transfer this to the new hard drive Would this be the case? What is the best software that can do this for me? Any help would be appreciated |
arko (9074) | ||
| 567477 | 2007-07-09 23:10:00 | Acronis True Image or Ghost. Neither are free. Some hard drive manufacturers also supply imaging software so you might like to see if yours does. |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 567478 | 2007-07-09 23:17:00 | The 320 drive is a Seagate ST3320620A, | arko (9074) | ||
| 567479 | 2007-07-10 00:18:00 | Put both drives in your comp with the 40gig as slave. Install your OS (windoze?) onto the 320gig. Then use files and settings wizard to transfer your, well files and settings. Doing this should give you a nice clean install. Mind you, this will only work if yo have a propper copy of the windows install disk and not a pre-installed system like Dell or HP or Compaq or IBM or any of those "consumer" pc's |
JackStraw (6573) | ||
| 567480 | 2007-07-10 00:40:00 | Since you have a Seagate you can download their imaging software for free. It is based on the Acronis software so it is good but from memory it is around a 100MB download so would need broadband. Get it here (www.seagate.com ) |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 567481 | 2007-07-10 03:00:00 | Thanks team. I have a Acer installed with XP, with no discs, so might take the seagate download (have BBand) -see how it goes | arko (9074) | ||
| 567482 | 2007-07-10 03:38:00 | Remember to backup your data first. ;) | FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 567483 | 2007-07-10 12:26:00 | have used the seagate version of acronis recently - it's excellent and free! You could just use the clone option - might even work through the usb interface, although will be faster if you install them both in the pc. I'd make a bootcd from the seagate program, install both hard drives, boot off the cd, and clone the hdd, then remove the 40 and bootcd and boot up from the 320 to make sure everything is ok. Shouldn't take more than half an hour all up - oh and no need to backup as the 40 remains untouched until you've finished. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 567484 | 2007-07-11 23:38:00 | I'm pretty novice at this -how do you make a bootcd from the seagate program? | arko (9074) | ||
| 567485 | 2007-07-12 00:11:00 | You can also download a 15 fully-functional trial of Acronis True Image 10. All directions for bootable discs, provided |
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