Re: Transfering Current Software to New HD

----- Original Message -----
From: "GlowingBlueMist" <nobody@invalid.com>
Newsgroups: alt.comp.hardware
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 7:48 AM
Subject: Re: Transfering Current Software to New HD

> "Rookie" <rookie@hates.spam> wrote in message
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>> "GT" <ContactGT_remove_@hotmail.com> wrote in
>> news:012b7d79$0$7256$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com:
>>
>>> "Tom" <t.parrish@bresnan.net> wrote in message
>>> news:87c184cc-c70e-45c1-b942-c4f461cb3fd5@m44g2000hsc.googlegroups.com.
>>> ..
>>>> My current HD is sounding much louder over time. I am concerned that
>>>> it may be failing. If this is true, how could I transfer the
>>>> software programs that I have currently loaded on this HD to a new
>>>> HD? My concern are the software programs I have loaded via the web
>>>> on my current HD with no backup CD-ROM disks. I would appreciate any
>>>> assistance that you could provide me.
>>>
>>> If you are in the UK, then go out and pick up a copy of PC Pro - there
>>> is free software on the cover disk this month to clone a hard disk -
>>> if the new one is larger it will sort itself out.
>>>
>>> There are many hard drive clone / backup solutions - google for them
>>> and there's bound to be a basic cheap/free one.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> What program is on this cover disk?
>
> On my copy of issue #96, of the British publication PC-Utilities magazine,
> there was a DVD full of programs, one of which was Paragon Drive Copy 8.0
> SE.
>
> The program does require registration in order to use it. Once registered
> you will receive an email with a serial number. Even with that you don't
> have to pay anything for the program itself or it's use other than
> purchasing a copy of the magazine that has not had the DVD removed from
> the cover.
>
> The better bookstores in the USA usually carry the publication, mine came
> from my local Borders bookstore.

If you like Paragon Drive Copy 8.0 (or several other Paragon utilities) you
can download a free copy directly from their website at
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/downlo...e-copy-personal.
I use xxclone for making images of my operating system drive for backup.
You can use it to make a booting copy of your hard drive and then directly
boot from that drive - no fuss, no muss .