RE: Clone, ghost, migrate or image?

Clone-mirror-migrate,etc simply have the same meaning,youre duplicating the
OS to another hd or disk...XP actually has cloning software built in,it works
only with IDE hds,although SATA might adapt to it.Simply format the new hd,
go to run,type:XCOPY C:\*.* D:\ /c/h/e/k/r Agree to all in the DOS window.
D: being the new hd,but if asigned diffrent letter,then use that
letter.This set up
usually works with C: being master & new as slave on same IDE chain,other
ways
might work...

"Sensitive New Age Thug" wrote:

Hi,

The 30 GB internal hard drive in my Sony laptop (Windows XP native) has
gotten too full, especially the "C" partition. I've already moved all my
documents to the "D" partition. It's time to get a bigger hard drive.

My plan is to clone the internal hard drive to a larger 2.5 inch drive,
operated temporarily in an external enclosure, then swap the drives. I
understand this is standard procedure in this kind of situation.

After cloning, the new, larger hard drive, must be bootable, and must
contain a proper copy of my version of Windows XP. (Sony did not supply a
Windows install hard disk with the machine, and none is available. There's a
"restore" partition on the hard drive. Not much good if the drive fails.)

Additionally, I'd like to be able to use my applications without re-entering
serial numbers.

Ideally, the old, smaller drive will remain bootable and otherwise usable,
in case the new drive fails.

I've been shopping around for the right application for this job. I'm
considering Acronis Migrate Easy. Is this a good choice?

I'm confused about what I want to do, because of terminology. It seems like
this procedure is sometimes called cloning the hard disk, sometimes it's
called ghosting, sometimes it's called migrating, and sometimes it's called
making a disk image.

What is the correct terminology for the thing I want to do?

Finally, are there any gotchas I should look out for when I'm making this
change?

Thanks in advance.
.

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