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Author:  paulzolo [ Tue Oct 19, 2010 2:28 pm ]
Post subject:  Replacing a hard dribve
Looks like I’ll be helping a friend replace the HD in his Windows box. I’m OK with the hardware side, but what about the content of the drive being replaced? This is a boot drive and contains some flavour of Windows XP. What’s the procedure for cloning the old drive onto the new one?

Lat time I did this, it was for my MacPro - and it was a case of running an application to clone the old drive to the new one. Once done, I could boot from the new drive as normal.?
Author:  Spreadie [ Tue Oct 19, 2010 3:11 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Replacing a hard dribve
paulzolo wrote:
Looks like I’ll be helping a friend replace the HD in his Windows box. I’m OK with the hardware side, but what about the content of the drive being replaced? This is a boot drive and contains some flavour of Windows XP. What’s the procedure for cloning the old drive onto the new one?

Lat time I did this, it was for my MacPro - and it was a case of running an application to clone the old drive to the new one. Once done, I could boot from the new drive as normal.?

If he doesn't fancy a fresh install, you can clone one drive to another with partitioning or imaging software.

I tend to use the HDD replacement as an excuse to run a major backup and do a fresh install.
Author:  JohnSheridan [ Tue Oct 19, 2010 6:40 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Replacing a hard dribve
I normally use something like Acronis True Image to clone the old drive to the new one.
Author:  paulzolo [ Wed Oct 20, 2010 8:02 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Replacing a hard dribve
Thanks all - I’ll pass that on, though I get the feeling that I’ll be asked to do this.
Author:  saspro [ Wed Oct 20, 2010 8:04 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Replacing a hard dribve
Clonezilla is good & free if you don't want to buy software or use an acronis trial
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