Hello,
I need to copy my complete hard disk drive to a new one.
does anyone know a good freeware tool to do this?

Thank you for your help...

Guido

"G. Hauke" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hello,
> I need to copy my complete hard disk drive to a new one.
> does anyone know a good freeware tool to do this?
>
> Thank you for your help...
>
> Guido

look on the website of the manufacturer of your hard drive - they provide
utilites to set up their hard drives including partitioning, formatting and
file copying.

Try Acronis True Image. It costs money but you can use it free for 15 days
and download it from the net.

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"G. Hauke" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hello,
> I need to copy my complete hard disk drive to a new one.
> does anyone know a good freeware tool to do this?
>
> Thank you for your help...
>
> Guido

Are you using windows?

It sounds like you have a bad HDD and are trying to recover files off a lost
HDD. Otherwise, why don't you use both HDD's at the same time in the comp?
Then you can just drag and drop all the contents from the old one to the new
one.

There are also devices out there that will allow you to convert your old
drive into an external drive.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817146174

Although you did not say, I will assume you cannot use a CD or DVD writer.

Again, getting a free program is still going require that you have your
first HDD in working order. Does yours work?



"G. Hauke" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hello,
> I need to copy my complete hard disk drive to a new one.
> does anyone know a good freeware tool to do this?
>
> Thank you for your help...
>
> Guido

G. Hauke wrote:
>
> I need to copy my complete hard disk drive to a new one.
> does anyone know a good freeware tool to do this?

If using Windoze, try XXCOPY. <http://xxcopy.com>

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On Fri, 09 Dec 2005 13:45:01 +0100 If you fall from a tree,leave your
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>Hello,
>I need to copy my complete hard disk drive to a new one.
>does anyone know a good freeware tool to do this?
>
>Thank you for your help...
>
>Guido

What makes of drive do you have?



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"G. Hauke" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hello,
> I need to copy my complete hard disk drive to a new one.
> does anyone know a good freeware tool to do this?
>
> Thank you for your help...
>
> Guido


Do you want to make the new drive a bootable drive? If you do, then you
need to clone your original drive. Acronis True Image will do that for you.
Western Digital has a CD that comes with their hard drives called Data
Lifeguard that will also copy one drive to another and make the new drive
bootable. I think it works on other maker's drives but I'm not sure about
that.
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On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 10:25:46 -0700, "bearman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Western Digital has a CD that comes with their hard drives called Data
>Lifeguard that will also copy one drive to another and make the new drive
>bootable. I think it works on other maker's drives but I'm not sure about
>that.

DataLifeGuard is available on the WD website. Other HD makers have
similar utilities. If they don't then you need to switch to one that
does.


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HDClone Free Edition copies the content of hard disks on a physical
level from one disk to another hard disk. It is able to copy hard disks
of different sizes, which allows you to "move" data from an old hard
disk onto a new one. This version supports disks over 128 GB.

Check it out at:
http://www.freewareweb.com/cgi-bin/a...load=1&ID=1668

HDClone Free Edition copies the content of hard disks on a physical
level from one disk to another hard disk. It is able to copy hard disks
of different sizes, which allows you to "move" data from an old hard
disk onto a new one. This version supports disks over 128 GB.

Check it out at:
http://www.freewareweb.com/cgi-bin/a...load=1&ID=1668

Gary Hendricks
http://www.build-your-own-computers.com