JimL said:
Can you expand on that a little. I've already been given suggestions to
put an image on my external, swap in the new drive, boot with a CD and
"copy" the image from the external onto the new drive.
This guy was talking about using Ghost. Is the different method a
reflection of that? I've been told that since v12 Ghost has been much
easier to use.
I want a bigger drive anyway. My concern was from old war stories about
Windows not being relocatable - at least in some old versions. Something
about hard coding with tricky routines that called upon CHS positions.
Of course with everyone dependent on libraries nowadays there should be
precious little tricky coding. I knew a guy who actually coded in ML -
hand typing machine code instructions into memory positions, then saving
it to media.
Thanks
JimL
I've done this many times using Acronis and it always worked like a charm.
You can hook the new drive to your PC via an external USB adapter, or you
can directly connect it to the motherboard via a sata cable (I prefer this
method is faster and you have to open your case anyways).
First thing I do is format and partition the new drive (using a magazine
free version of Eaesus partition manager). I do this first because the risk
of damaging data is lower of course).
Then create an image anywhere you want, for example on the second partition
of the new disc. Because you cannot use the image directly (it's a single
..tib file), you now have to start the "restore partition" module and select
the primary partition of your new drive as destination.
Eventually copy other files and data you want from your old disc. Remove the
old disc, set cables correctly and clos the case. You' re ready.
If you' re still using pata drives, don' t forget to set the jumpers
accordingly (for the new disc, slave while copying, master when the old disc
is removed).
