Re: Exchanging hard drive

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From: Colin Barnhorst (colinbarharst(nojunk)_at_msn.com)
Date: 11/13/04 

Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 23:09:04 -0700

Symantec Ghost. http://www.symantec.com/sabu/ghost/ghost_personal/
If the new drive has a utility cd, like Maxtor or WD, then it may have a
function for cloning the old drive to the new one. There are other
strategies, such as a backup and restore, depending on what backup program
you have. What version of XP are you using?

"Anonymous" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:658101c4c937$1e0736b0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>I have a 10g hard drive that is old and running out of
> room anyway. I have a new 40g hard drive that I am going
> to replace it with. What program could I use(price
> doesn't matter), to image the entire disk and place it on
> the new disk? Will this work(boot) since it is a
> different drive? If all else fails I will just do a clean
> install. Thanks for sharing your time and knowledge.

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