copy entire hdd contents onto another hdd inc os?

jmhduck · 18 Jun 2006 at 12:10

As I should be recieving a nice new 250gb sata2 hdd, I want to copy my current c: onto it including windows, so that the new hdd is bootable and set up in exactly the same way, I'm sure this is possible but what is the best tool to use to do so?

Thanks

Howski · 18 Jun 2006 at 13:29

I've used both acronis and Ghost and I must say I prefer Acronis. You can get a free trial here: http://www.acronis.com/
-How.

uk_viper · 18 Jun 2006 at 13:38

aka disc cloning, google ultimate boot cd, im sure its got software on there to do the job

fatty1 · 18 Jun 2006 at 15:06

I used norton ghost to copy my 2 ide hdds onto one sata disk worked a treat then I used partition magic to resize the partitions

xtreme.BIN · 18 Jun 2006 at 16:23

Nortons Ghost PURE DOS

Jimi · 18 Jun 2006 at 16:36

Another vote for Acronis TrueImage, great program.

Clarkey · 18 Jun 2006 at 21:26

I used trueimage to do this, worked flawlessly.

jmhduck · 18 Jun 2006 at 22:09

Cheers for all the replies guys

does the trial of acronis allow me to do this from within window or is it bootable, or do I have to buy it for the feature to be unlocked? (you know some trials are naff to use this feature purchase here etc)

jmhduck · 20 Jun 2006 at 17:52

Just got new hdd used trueimage worked flawlessly thanks for the advice that software rocks

ants83 · 20 Jun 2006 at 23:38

it copys everything ok?i need to do this to one of my drives too.

jmhduck · 21 Jun 2006 at 10:48

Yeah it copied everything all data the mbr and changed drive names as well

ants83 · 21 Jun 2006 at 11:48

nice gonna give it a try

k3v · 21 Jun 2006 at 11:55

can you sometimes get free programs to do this from hdd manufacturers too?

Dutch Guy · 21 Jun 2006 at 12:12

Acronis TrueImage worked for me as well, I was quite scared to do it as I went from DE to SATA-II RAID-0 but it worked without problems, it even allows full control over partiton size.