Re: New hard disc

>> "rad" <rad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:79F5EF6F-F5D8-4068-BAB9-5D8CE4FA8512@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Hi All,
>> > Could someone give me a little advice or direction please. I want to
>> > install
>> > a new hard disc as the 40gb (C:/) is getting a little low on space and
>> > I
>> > have
>> > 2 other 40 gb discs running also D & E. What is the best way to save my
>> > data
>> > from my old C: drive and put it onto the new 80gb drive. Any assistance
>> > is
>> > appreciated.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Cheers All.


> "Kerry Brown" wrote:>> I've used Acronis True Image with good results.
> Some has recently pointed
>> out this Acronis program as well.
>>
>> http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/migrateeasy/
>>
>> It's a bit cheaper and looks like it's perfect for the job. True Image
>> can
>> also be used for backups.
>>
>> Kerry


"rad" <rad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:8BA01799-75CA-4D4C-8596-BA5689D93936@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Thanks for your
response Kerry. Just a quickie though, using Acronis or even
> Ghost would that not cause issues when I transfer the image to a different
> sized disc? The reason I ask is that when I've previously used Ghost to
> put
> an image onto a different sized disc it has failed due to the new disc not
> being the same size etc as the 1 that the image was taken from.


rad:
I'm not familiar with the Acronis Migrate Easy program Kerry mentions so
I'll confine my remarks to your last query re the Ghost program (the 2003 or
Ghost 9 versions). In terms of cloning your source disk to a new disk all
that is required is that the capacity of the destination disk be sufficient
to receive the contents of your source disk. There is *no* requirement that
both disks be the same size or even that the destination disk be larger than
the source disk. So, for example, even if your 80 GB source disk held 30 GB
of data, you could still clone the contents of that disk to a 40 GB HD if
that is what you desired.
Anna


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