Restoring to a new disk

[Max]

My original hard drive 60GB has become a little tired and i would like to
back it up to another hard drive and the restore it to my new 250GB drive.
Retaining the partition sizes. ie i have C: D: F:. This seems to be a common
task, but have failed to find the series of steps needed documented on the
web (Google and Yahoo, Microsoft help). Does anyone have any doco on this?

thanx

Max

 

[DL]

The usual route is via a third party tool, eg Norton Ghost / Acronis True
Image
Allthough many hd manu have a free tool available on their sites, though I'm
unsure if such copes with multiple partitions.
Details of how are available in the various FAQ's / help on the sites

 

[Max]

thanx, but..... there is no Microsoft solution to this?

Max

 

[DL]

No, at least not unless you choose a very roundabout method,
and you would still have to partition the new drive before you started.
The actual MS solution is to clean install/partition, not clone.

 

[Max]

I actually want to use backup and restore to do this. ie replace the system
disk. Not possible?