Re: Exchanging hard drive

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From: Norm (spamspam_at_spam.com)
Date: 11/13/04 

Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 14:09:58 GMT

XP Backup will not come close to doing what you want, you will need a
product like Ghost.

"Anonymous" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:552801c4c952$5613dca0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
XP Pro. To use Ghost would I have to connect the new HDD
while the old one is still connected? I have Systemworks
2004 Pro, which also includes Ghost(I think). Will the XP
Backup be enough to do what I need or, since I have it,
should I use Norton Ghost?

>-----Original Message-----
>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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