How to use Ghost 9 for notebook HDD upgrade

Hi,

Although I owned the copy for years, this is actually the first time for
doing the task and I am a bit of confused.

Appreciate if anyone could advise for how to do this more properly.

I am planning to use Ghost 9.0 for upgrading my notebook's HDD. I
understand that there are two methods that could be used: (1) Creating a
backup image and restoring it to the new HDD, or (2) Using "Copy Drive"
function to move the entire contents to the new drive.

After reading help and online instructions, I am confused because of the
following questions:

(1) Shall I format the new HDD first? Should I install the new drive with a
USB box as a secondary drive and format it first? After that, use Ghost to
copy or restore image to the new drive, and then remove the old drive and
put the new drive as the primary and boot up again?

(2) Use Ghost installed at another system: The notebook is not installed
with the Ghost and it is installed in my desktop system. My wish is not to
install it in the notebook for this task, if possible.

So could I also use something like in (1) for having the new formatted HDD
connected to the desktop as an external HDD, and use the Ghost 9.0 to
restore image to the new drive. After that, put the new drive into the
notebook and boot up the system?

(3) Any other approaches? Appreciate any other recommendations.

Thanks for your kind help in advance.


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