copying harddrives

[rogerdee]

ok  this sis proberrly stupid   but  i got two hard drives    and want to copy the smallest to the bigest then use the biggest as main drive.
   can any one tell me how to copy it  so  that it  works  and will run my pc when  made the master hardrive?


rogerdee

[maddog]

I have used "Ghost" by Norton quite successfully in the past...

[Gooss]

I just did the same thing.  I went crazy trying to copy the old small one to the new large one.  I tried for hours and hours doing stupid stuff.  The utility from the HD manufacturer was worthless. I tried installing Windows XP, then using the File and Settings Wizard, then copying all the files.  That was moronic.  Of course, since it didn't work the first time, I repeated my stupidity as if the outcome would be different.

You definitely need specific software.  I downloaded and used "Casper XP" for about $45.  It was worth every penney.  It worked as it was supposed to the first time.  The new large HD booted properly the first time and every time since.  It was a perfect transfer down to the smallest file and setting.

Good luck.  Use something like Ghost or Casper (get it?).

HONK!
Gooss

[llama]

I probably do this about 10 times a month, either for clients or for my own machines.

Get Norton Ghost and don't ever look back. It will take an hour at most.

-Llama