Imaging Software. Whats my Choices...

photoshop · 3 Jul 2008 at 11:54

Right,

Currently have a 500Gb SATA HDD in my case and want to put in a 1Tb. I cant be bothered to format and then reinstall all my apps on it to get it to the current state. So, im looking for an application which can create an image of my existing HDD so i can transfer it to the new 1Tb HDD.

Whats the best way to do it and what software do i need?

bledd · 3 Jul 2008 at 11:58

acronis true image

photoshop · 3 Jul 2008 at 12:07

bledd. said:
acronis true image

Thanks mate.

I've never done this before (creating and image that is).
Does it actually work?
Will the system be just as it was?

bledd · 3 Jul 2008 at 12:13

tell it to create a 1:1 copy, will be EXACTLY the same

Dingleberry88 · 3 Jul 2008 at 12:49

Or use DOS Ghost like a pro. :cool:

bledd · 3 Jul 2008 at 12:59

also, there's tons of free software, like driveimagexml

the only ones i've used are acronis & ghost, what make are the hard drives, some manufacturers have tools to do this on their websites

photoshop · 3 Jul 2008 at 13:07

bledd. said:
also, there's tons of free software, like driveimagexml

the only ones i've used are acronis & ghost, what make are the hard drives, some manufacturers have tools to do this on their websites

Samsung HDD's

iMacMart · 3 Jul 2008 at 13:27

Vista 64bit , Vista backup and restore options

jbloggs · 3 Jul 2008 at 14:02

If you use Vista Business/Premium, you can use the Backup utility within them, which is actually very good and works well for backup and restore...

Or Acronis True Image Home 11

Or if you have a Seagate or Maxtor installed on your system, you could use either DiscWizard or MaxBlast which is basically ATI 10 with a couple of very basic features removed....

photoshop · 3 Jul 2008 at 14:04

im using WinXP SP3

TaLLyJ · 3 Jul 2008 at 14:42

Acronis TrueImage is what I use... works great