G
Guest
You cannot transfer your Operating system...unless you
perform a clean install...
perform a clean install...
A
Art
-----Original Message-----
You most certainly can transfer the contents of your old drive, including
the operating system, to your new drive. It's a relatively simple matter of
cloning the contents of your old drive to the new drive using a disk imaging
program such as Symantec's Norton Ghost, Acronis True Image, or similar
program. You can then use your old drive as a storage facility and/or backup
for your new drive.
Art
You most certainly can transfer the contents of your old drive, including
the operating system, to your new drive. It's a relatively simple matter of
cloning the contents of your old drive to the new drive using a disk imaging
program such as Symantec's Norton Ghost, Acronis True Image, or similar
program. You can then use your old drive as a storage facility and/or backup
for your new drive.
Art
G
Guest
Thanks Art, I'm almost sure I have Symantec Ghost here, just haven't
installed that bit. So will check it out tomorrow morning. Keep your fingers
crossed for me please.
Cheers
installed that bit. So will check it out tomorrow morning. Keep your fingers
crossed for me please.
Cheers
A
Art
-----Original Message-----
Good. May I suggest that you create (from within the Ghost program) a Ghost
bootable floppy and use that floppy to perform the clone? I've found the
simplicity and portability aspects of using the Ghost floppy rather than
Ghost's GUI more agreeable to me. But try both ways and see which one you
prefer. I trust you will be using the Ghost 2003 version. The latest build
is 2003.793. Use Symantec's built-in LiveUpdate feature to download &
install this build if you have an earlier one.
Here are the basic steps to create a Ghost bootable floppy...
1. Insert a blank floppy disk. It need not be formatted.
2. Access your Ghost program. (As mentioned above, make sure you have the
latest version of the Ghost program - 2003.793, as of this date.)
3. Click on Ghost Utilities and select Norton Ghost Boot Wizard.
4. Select Standard Ghost Boot Disk. On the following dialog box (assuming
you have USB 2.0 capability), select "USB 2.0 Support" and check "Assign DOS
drive letters". Click Next.
5. Select the "Use PC-DOS" option in the next dialog box.
6. Complete the process following the screen prompts.
7. Remove floppy and label accordingly.
Performing the clone...
1. With both hard drives connected (and jumpered correctly), boot up with
the Ghost floppy.
2. On the initial screen that displays "License agreement warning",
right-arrow (or tab) over to the "Continue without marking drives" button
and press Enter.
3. The "About Norton Ghost" screen appears. Click OK.
4. Right-arrow twice over to the "To Disk" button and press Enter.
5. The next screen will list both your drives - the Drive 1 (source disk)
and Drive 2 (destination disk). MAKE ABSOLUTELY SURE Drive 1 IS INDEED YOUR
SOURCE DISK, I.E., THE DISK YOU'RE CLONING FROM! Drive 1 will be
highlighted. Press Enter.
6. The next screen will have Drive 2 (destination disk) highlighted. AGAIN,
ENSURE THAT Drive 2 IS YOUR DESTINATION DISK, I.E., THE DISK YOU'RE CLONING
TO! Press Enter.
7. The next screen is the "Destination Drive Details" window, and reflects
your ultimate destination disk, i.e., your current Drive 2. Press your Tab
key to highlight the OK button and press Enter.
8. The "Proceed with disk clone?" dialog box will open. Left-arrow over to
the Yes button and press Enter.
9. The cloning process will begin. If you want, step out for a quick cup of
coffee.
10. After you get the "Clone Completed Successfully" message, left-arrow
over to the Continue button and press Enter.
11. Down-arrow to Quit and press Enter.
12. Click Yes at the "Are you sure you want to quit?" message.
13. Remove the Ghost floppy and shut down the computer.
14. Disconnect your source disk and boot up with the newly-cloned disk.
15. About 40 to 50 seconds after arriving at your Desktop, XP's "System
Settings Change" window will appear, informing you that new hardware has
been found and asks "Do you want to restart your computer now?" Click Yes.
16. The reboot of the newly-cloned drive usually takes a longer time than
usual, so be patient. On rare occasions it will fail to reboot - the system
will hang before reaching the Windows XP Welcome screen. It's a rare
occurrence, but I have experienced it from time-to-time. If that does
occur, simply use the Ctrl-Alt-Delete keys to reboot.
You can, of course, use the same cloning technique in the future as a backup
system.
Art
fudgecat said:
Good. May I suggest that you create (from within the Ghost program) a Ghost
bootable floppy and use that floppy to perform the clone? I've found the
simplicity and portability aspects of using the Ghost floppy rather than
Ghost's GUI more agreeable to me. But try both ways and see which one you
prefer. I trust you will be using the Ghost 2003 version. The latest build
is 2003.793. Use Symantec's built-in LiveUpdate feature to download &
install this build if you have an earlier one.
Here are the basic steps to create a Ghost bootable floppy...
1. Insert a blank floppy disk. It need not be formatted.
2. Access your Ghost program. (As mentioned above, make sure you have the
latest version of the Ghost program - 2003.793, as of this date.)
3. Click on Ghost Utilities and select Norton Ghost Boot Wizard.
4. Select Standard Ghost Boot Disk. On the following dialog box (assuming
you have USB 2.0 capability), select "USB 2.0 Support" and check "Assign DOS
drive letters". Click Next.
5. Select the "Use PC-DOS" option in the next dialog box.
6. Complete the process following the screen prompts.
7. Remove floppy and label accordingly.
Performing the clone...
1. With both hard drives connected (and jumpered correctly), boot up with
the Ghost floppy.
2. On the initial screen that displays "License agreement warning",
right-arrow (or tab) over to the "Continue without marking drives" button
and press Enter.
3. The "About Norton Ghost" screen appears. Click OK.
4. Right-arrow twice over to the "To Disk" button and press Enter.
5. The next screen will list both your drives - the Drive 1 (source disk)
and Drive 2 (destination disk). MAKE ABSOLUTELY SURE Drive 1 IS INDEED YOUR
SOURCE DISK, I.E., THE DISK YOU'RE CLONING FROM! Drive 1 will be
highlighted. Press Enter.
6. The next screen will have Drive 2 (destination disk) highlighted. AGAIN,
ENSURE THAT Drive 2 IS YOUR DESTINATION DISK, I.E., THE DISK YOU'RE CLONING
TO! Press Enter.
7. The next screen is the "Destination Drive Details" window, and reflects
your ultimate destination disk, i.e., your current Drive 2. Press your Tab
key to highlight the OK button and press Enter.
8. The "Proceed with disk clone?" dialog box will open. Left-arrow over to
the Yes button and press Enter.
9. The cloning process will begin. If you want, step out for a quick cup of
coffee.
10. After you get the "Clone Completed Successfully" message, left-arrow
over to the Continue button and press Enter.
11. Down-arrow to Quit and press Enter.
12. Click Yes at the "Are you sure you want to quit?" message.
13. Remove the Ghost floppy and shut down the computer.
14. Disconnect your source disk and boot up with the newly-cloned disk.
15. About 40 to 50 seconds after arriving at your Desktop, XP's "System
Settings Change" window will appear, informing you that new hardware has
been found and asks "Do you want to restart your computer now?" Click Yes.
16. The reboot of the newly-cloned drive usually takes a longer time than
usual, so be patient. On rare occasions it will fail to reboot - the system
will hang before reaching the Windows XP Welcome screen. It's a rare
occurrence, but I have experienced it from time-to-time. If that does
occur, simply use the Ctrl-Alt-Delete keys to reboot.
You can, of course, use the same cloning technique in the future as a backup
system.
Art
N
Nathan McNulty
Art, do you know of a method to do this without a floppy, such as CD or
even USB Flash drives? I have serious issues on my computer when trying
to Ghost when starting its processes from within Windows. Great
checklist by the way
even USB Flash drives? I have serious issues on my computer when trying
to Ghost when starting its processes from within Windows. Great
checklist by the way
N
Nathan McNulty
Also, I forgot to mention this in my other post. Check what hard drive
you have and you may be able to use the software that is designed for
the hard drive you want to transfer the information to. Maxtor drives
use MaxBlast software, Seagate uses SeaTools, etc. These programs boot
from disk or CD and can do the same thing as Norton Ghost (and they are
free).
you have and you may be able to use the software that is designed for
the hard drive you want to transfer the information to. Maxtor drives
use MaxBlast software, Seagate uses SeaTools, etc. These programs boot
from disk or CD and can do the same thing as Norton Ghost (and they are
free).