copy my C: to another drive to replace it

Paul11 · 18 Oct 2007 at 15:10

I will want to take my raptor out of my current machine to put in to a new build that ill be buying shortly.

What is the best way to copy it on to another drive, and then swap them over. ie take my raptor (boot drive) out but still leave this pc running off of another older HD i have. .

semi-pro waster · 18 Oct 2007 at 15:18

Norton Ghost is a pretty simple way to do it, as is Anachros TrueImage (both companies may now have changed but the product names should be the same). However they do cost money, I don't know of a free product that does the same or at least nothing as good.

Paul11 · 18 Oct 2007 at 15:22

but im assuming i cant just copy and paste off the drive, whilst its running as the boot drive..... ?

Dutch Guy · 18 Oct 2007 at 15:23

I used Acronis True Image to copy my boot partition form a single IDE drive to a SATA RAID0 setup without problems, highly recommended.

Marse · 18 Oct 2007 at 16:00

Someone else is asking the same question not far from you

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17791761

You could always compare results

You could go for a 15 day free trial and if you decide not to buy......

semi-pro waster · 18 Oct 2007 at 17:36

Paulus said:
but im assuming i cant just copy and paste off the drive, whilst its running as the boot drive..... ?

Nope, you could copy the data (music/videos/office stuff etc) but not Windows because it wouldn't let you copy the files that it was using at the time.

Paul11 · 18 Oct 2007 at 17:58

semi-pro waster said:
Nope, you could copy the data (music/videos/office stuff etc) but not Windows because it wouldn't let you copy the files that it was using at the time.

thats what i assumed.

The $6m Dan · 19 Oct 2007 at 09:42

Some body in a separate thread mentioned Ubuntu Live CD, which is an OS that boots off a CD.
That got me thinking that if this was used, would it be possible to copy and paste the C drive while running Ubuntu???

jbloggs · 19 Oct 2007 at 11:40

Have a look at:

Clonezilla

HD Clone

Also have a gander in the:

Partition/HDD Backup/Management section....

hundred-and-one · 19 Oct 2007 at 21:54

Acronis Migrate Easy 7.0 for me. Used it many times and very easy to use.

swinnie · 19 Oct 2007 at 22:37

But surely you will need a fresh install of XP as the drivers would be different, unless of course it is exactly the same setup.

hundred-and-one · 20 Oct 2007 at 08:31

Just the drive changes. He says this is to move the Raptor image to an older hard drive. And the old hard drive stays in the machine.

Paul11 · 20 Oct 2007 at 09:24

thanks for all the replies.

will have a look at those clone apps.. i assume you can image the drive whilst booting from it..?

and yes, i want to copy the c: and then take it out and put the copy in so everything stays the same (except that actual drive)

hundred-and-one · 20 Oct 2007 at 09:26

Paulus said:
will have a look at those clone apps.. i assume you can image the drive whilst booting from it..?

With MigrateEasy you can. Not had much experience with the others

swinnie · 20 Oct 2007 at 09:40

Or you can use Drive to Drive function in a free software called DriveImageXML.

joedeath332 · 21 Oct 2007 at 16:00

Norton ghost worked good for me last time i did this.