Moving Windows & All Files To Another Drive ?

MadMan-JaMeS · 27 Feb 2009 at 21:52

Hey guys,

I just ordered a 80gb Sata drive to have windows installed on as my 40gb IDE is full :O

So i wondered can i just basically connect the Sata drive then copy Windows over to it.

Then run Set my bios to run from tht drive and Format the 40gb ?

is it tht simple or will there be complications ?

basically i don't wanna have to spend the time re-installing windows all my driver games and the massive list of patches for World Of Warcraft cos tht will take days lol

James

wesley · 27 Feb 2009 at 21:59

you cant copy/paste windows files to other hard drive.

what you need is hard drive cloning software like norton ghost but acronis trueimage is best one to get.

you can get trial version of trueimage BUT i'm not sure if you can create acronis bootable CD with trial version. i'll leave that to someone else to confirm that.

Tomsk · 27 Feb 2009 at 22:17

The manufacturer of your new drive will probably have free utility that ypou can download that will do what you want.

Janesy B · 27 Feb 2009 at 22:18

Norton ghost is what you need.

MadMan-JaMeS · 28 Feb 2009 at 11:52

jsut found

http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/migrateeasy/

Acronis migrate easy

Fully operational and free for 15vdays