New Hard Drive

oguevarra · 03-03-2002, 03:30 PM

I got a new hard drive. I want to transfer my configuration and files from my old hard drive to my new one. I'd hate to have to reinstall Win2000 and all my other programs. Is there a program that will let me do this?

Merlin · 03-03-2002, 04:19 PM

try partition magic

Hiro · 03-03-2002, 11:14 PM

Or you could just ghost the drive.

bachviet · 03-03-2002, 11:27 PM

Try Norton Ghost!

Hiro · 03-04-2002, 09:28 AM

Thanks to Chosen, you get a larger answer.

Instead of wasting your time and formatting the machine, taking a few hours to re-install software and put backups back in, you could just slave the new hard drive to the current one.

After that, find a ghosting utility, there are plenty out there, throw the bootable floppy in the drive, and hit "Ghost: Drive to Drive".

At which point, it will basically take an hour (max) to get all of your current data onto the new hard drive, and your new drive will be an exact replica of your current drive now.

Everything will be the way you left it. Its great.

03-03-2002, 03:30 PM	#1
oguevarra Lieutenant Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: So. San Francisco Posts: 206	New Hard Drive I got a new hard drive. I want to transfer my configuration and files from my old hard drive to my new one. I'd hate to have to reinstall Win2000 and all my other programs. Is there a program that will let me do this?

03-03-2002, 11:14 PM	#3
Hiro Rear Admiral Upper Half Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 3,654	Or you could just ghost the drive. __________________ -Corsec-

03-03-2002, 11:27 PM	#4
bachviet What's Da Pho*? Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: SoCal (714) Posts: 13,296	Try Norton Ghost! __________________ Dell Dimension 9200 \| Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (2.4GHz) \| 4x1GB DDR2 \| 256MB nVidia GeForce 8800GT Dell Studio 17 \| Intel Core i7-720QM (1.6GHz) \| 2x2GB DDR3 1066MHz \| 1GHz ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650 Intel P4-C 3.0GHz \| ECS 865PE-A \| 3x512MB PC3200 \| 128MB PNY GeForce 6600GT

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03-03-2002, 04:19 PM	#2
Merlin Admiral Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Square On My Arse Posts: 7,410	try partition magic

03-04-2002, 09:28 AM	#5
Hiro Rear Admiral Upper Half Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 3,654	Thanks to Chosen, you get a larger answer. Instead of wasting your time and formatting the machine, taking a few hours to re-install software and put backups back in, you could just slave the new hard drive to the current one. After that, find a ghosting utility, there are plenty out there, throw the bootable floppy in the drive, and hit "Ghost: Drive to Drive". At which point, it will basically take an hour (max) to get all of your current data onto the new hard drive, and your new drive will be an exact replica of your current drive now. Everything will be the way you left it. Its great.

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