Giveaway of the Day Forums » Topic: Installing new HD-get info from old one to new

GMMan, Hexadecimal Blacksmith on "Installing new HD-get info from old one to new"

GMMan, Hexadecimal Blacksmith — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 04:04:34 +0000

I use Paragon Drive Backup for all my imaging needs. I also tried PING and other releases containing Partimage but it seems to segfault a bit ways in on NTFS.

Quantum Dragon on "Installing new HD-get info from old one to new"

Quantum Dragon — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:16:14 +0000

I know I am late to the party but this free program might help: http://www.todo-backup.com/products/home/

Especially the Clone disk option that clones the whole disk when you want to replace older smaller disk with a newer larger one without re-installing the operating system.

If everything is already done, it still might help in the future!

copmom on "Installing new HD-get info from old one to new"

copmom — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:04:30 +0000

I use Acronis True Image to clone my HD with their utilities, choose manual option, then proportional, create image.
Before I followed the above steps, when I cloned I ended up with both HD's being the same size instead of showing the full size of the 2nd larger drive.

goodgotd on "Installing new HD-get info from old one to new"

goodgotd — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 20:34:53 +0000

DriveImage XML V2.11 and an xp boot? http://www.runtime.org/driveimage-xml.htm

I suspect (no proof) that the ultimate boot cd and ghost might do just as well- I still use ghost personal edition 2001, but then I still run win2k. I need to upgrade to xp, but haven't.

JohnC on "Installing new HD-get info from old one to new"

JohnC — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:56:26 +0000

I have nearly filled up my 500g HD and bought a 1T to replace it.
It is my boot drive.
I need to move all files, data & system to new HD & make new drive boot.
I used to use Ghost to do this sort of job, but my copy of Ghost is ancient & i no longer trust it.
What do you recommend?