any way to copy the whole c drive?

[Langlest]

im going to get a new hard drive soon and i wanted to know if there is a program that would let me copy the entire contents of my c drive including my windows 7 install over to the new one? the new drive is going to be the same size as the old one if it matters

 

[MagicBoy]

You need a drive imaging app such as Acronis True Image or Symantec Ghost.

Copy c:\*.* won't do it I'm afraid.

 

[scooby555t]

i found a really good program called dr freeware its lunix based but does work and is free. the only reason i used it was becusae norton and acronis true image didn't work for me some reason, Acronis got to 75% then powered down my system so i wont be using it again

 

[Langlest]

thanks guys ill take a look at those programs

 

[Terrier_Jimlad]

most hard drive manufacturers offer their own cloning tool for upgrading to bigger disks

 

[tres]

Acronis will do it for you - and it's a free trial

 

[PhillyDee]

Acronis will do it for you - and it's a free trial

+1

Used this and works a treat.

 

[Guest2]

I use Acronis true image all the time. Great App.

Only failed me a couple of times at 98% when it was cloning a drive. Think it was due to overclock

 

[Langlest]

thanks ill give that a go then when i get the new drive

 

[Aod]

Linux'd also do it - but you'd need a version that has good NTFS support.

then it's simply a matter of
dcfldd if=/mnt/"hard drive 1" of=/mnt/"hard drive 2" and then wait until it's done

 

[grez]

Easeus Todo Backup is a free program that will do it.

 

[Raumarik]

If it's Windows 7 Pro or ultimate you can simply backup to another drive, put your new drive in then use the DVD to restore you're old image.

 

[tonyf1971]

Was a Acronis User but after a couple of failed restore attempts switched to Macrium Reflect.


http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.asp