Re: How do I copy/transfer data to an reformatted HDD?
From: jimbo (jimbo62_at_spamex.com)
Date: 11/17/04
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Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 14:41:54 -0800
Barbara wrote:
> My home PC runs Windows XP Pro. It's in the shop now because I need to have
> a chip replaced on the motherboard (actually, they'll replace the entire
> motherboard).
>
> I have the HDD at home and want to back up the entire contents of the drive,
> since it is likely that the drive will have to be reformatted to work
> properly with the new motherboard when it's reinstalled in the PC.
>
> If I use, say Norton Ghost to back up, can I install the Ghost image on a
> reformatted HDD? Somehow, I don't think that is correct.
>
> Can I use/should I use MS File transfer so that I keep all the data and the
> same ah, formatting it has now?
>
> Will a simply copy and paste do it?
>
> It's about 27 gigs of data, and I can simply copy all of it to another
> portable HDD, but I seem to recall that copy and paste doesn't always pick up
> all the files necessary to say, run programs.
>
> Your help is appreciated.
I don't see why installing a new mother board would require a hard drive
format.
Is the hard drive the boot drive where your WinXP is installed? If yes,
then file copy will not result in a bootable backup. If what you want is
to restore your hard drive to it's current state after formatting you
need to clone it. The cloning procedure copies a hard drive sector by
sector. You could clone the hard drive to another hard drive and then
clone that drive back to your original hard drive. But as I said to
begin, why would you need to format the hard drive?
Good luck, jimbo
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