Setting up a NEW harddrive ...

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I want to install a new/bigger harddrive and would like to get all my
current data and operating system transferred over to the new drive. And
than I want to remove the old drive.
I know I could just install the new drive and do some sort of copy command
to get all of drive C: over to the new drive but I am not sure that would
work because of the hidden files etc etc... In other words I don't believe
the new drive would respond to a boot command unless something more than a
copy command was given to move all files/date over to the new drive..

How do people do this??
 
Glen said:
Go to the web site of the new drive manufacturer and see if they have
a program to move all data across. Most do nowadays.
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But that won't make the OS work, will it?
 
a) open the cabinet and put the hhdd in her place...plug in... and turn on
the machine
b) go to the bios setup and use automatic configuration for the hhdd an
restart the computer
c) in the windows go to disk managment (star/run/dskmgmt.msc) and give
format/partitions/)
c) After copy all your file data on the new hhdd
d) put the cd rom of xp, restart the computer (first set the bios with cd
rom in first place in the boot/section) and start a a clean instalation o
xp...maybe is better this way...
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I'm not sure how people do it but Techies use drive cloning programs
for this kind of thing. The type of thing you're looking for is GHOST
or Drive Image etc.

There is a tutorial here http://www.bay-wolf.com/ghostclone.htm that
takes you through the GHOST wizard from within Windows.

Mr C.

Ted Gervais submitted this idea :
 
Gordon said:
But that won't make the OS work, will it?
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WD has a program that works well. I've used it a number of times and
have had no problems. The OS works best kind.
 
Mr said:
I'm not sure how people do it but Techies use drive cloning programs
for this kind of thing. The type of thing you're looking for is GHOST
or Drive Image etc.

There is a tutorial here http://www.bay-wolf.com/ghostclone.htm that
takes you through the GHOST wizard from within Windows.

Mr C.

Ted Gervais submitted this idea :
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You are all making this harder than it needs to be. Glen had the right
answer. If you bought the new drive retail, it will come with a utility
to copy the old hard drive to the new one. If you bought the drive
whitebox, download the utility from the drive mftr.'s website.

Slave the new drive, leaving the old drive as master. Boot with the
utility cd. Follow directions - your old drive will get copied to the
new one. When the copying is done, remove the old drive and connect the
new drive as master. It is important that you remove the old drive
before you try and boot the new one. Boot into Windows. If you like,
you can now connect the old drive as slave and format it to use as
storage.

Malke
 
l>
l>You are all making this harder than it needs to be. Glen had the
right
l>answer. If you bought the new drive retail, it will come with a
utility
l>to copy the old hard drive to the new one. If you bought the drive
l>whitebox, download the utility from the drive mftr.'s website.
l>
l>Slave the new drive, leaving the old drive as master. Boot with the
l>utility cd. Follow directions - your old drive will get copied to
the
l>new one. When the copying is done, remove the old drive and connect
the
l>new drive as master. It is important that you remove the old drive
l>before you try and boot the new one. Boot into Windows. If you like,
l>you can now connect the old drive as slave and format it to use as
l>storage.
l>
l>Malke


I'm trying to do this very thing on daughter's PC.... but having
problems:

Cloned the master HD with Xp OS, to a bigger HD as slave with utility
from Western D (maker of these HD's)....

The WD utility reported that the "clone" was sucessful. Removed master
HD and changed "cloned" HD slave jumpers over to master.

When this now "cloned" master HD is installed & rebooted, all I see
is a boot-up error msg saying..... "NTLDR error".

What can I try to do now to correct this "NTLDR error" ??...

I'm lost......!?!?
 
I need some help with setting up a new HD too ...
Is there a way to copy the existing HD files to an external HD; then remove
the existing HD, install the new HD. Then, copy files from the external HD
to the new HD.

Someone told me that if I select use "select all" it will also copy hidden
files.

What I'm trying to avoid is having to re-install all of the programs on my HD.
Thanks for any help.

DannyG
 
I need some help with setting up a new HD too ...
Is there a way to copy the existing HD files to an external HD; then remove
the existing HD, install the new HD. Then, copy files from the external HD
to the new HD.

Someone told me that if I select use "select all" it will also copy hidden
files.

What I'm trying to avoid is having to re-install all of the programs on my HD.
Thanks for any help.

DannyG
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I used the tools that came with my new Western Digital when replacing my
old Western Digital. Not everyone has kind things to say about these tools
but I had no problem with them. I did go online first to be sure that the
version of tools on the CD was a current as the version at the WD site.
Pleasantly surprised, it was. Their tools gave step by step directions,
nice clear illustrations ...

Started with old drive as C: and new drive installed as a slave. Ran the
tools. Answered questions specifying that the new drive was intended to
replace C:. After a bunch of copying and waiting, the tools said to
shutdown including directions about replacing old master with the freshly
prepared drive. When that was completed, a first boot and a bit more
waiting while drive went under all the necessary transformations of
becoming C:.

Afterwards was successfully running the Windows/program setup that had been
copied from failing drive to the new one.

A straight copy to and from drives won't work. The drive needs to be
initialized and the boot sector written. That doesn't happen with just
plain "Copy" or "Move." So your choices are to use the tools that come with
the drive or use another appropriate method that will establish all the
necessary boot information as well as copying files to the new drive.

Others have made alternate suggestions in this thread. Thought I'd give you
some insight on how the maligned tools (fairly or unfairly?) that ship with
most drives can work. If it works, it's painless. If it fails, well --
there's plenty of other methods to fall back on.

Whatever method you choose, don't erase the old drive until you're sure
everything is how it should be with the new one.
 
Thanks Sharon F -
I have a DELL laptop. The HD they sent me doesn't have any software with
it, so I'm trying to be creative! I did purchase Acronis True Image 9.0; I
thought if Explorer would do the job, I'd try that.

Thanks again.
DannyG
 
Thanks Sharon F -
I have a DELL laptop. The HD they sent me doesn't have any software with
it, so I'm trying to be creative! I did purchase Acronis True Image 9.0; I
thought if Explorer would do the job, I'd try that.
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No, Explorer won't do it but check the help file for True Image. It is
capable of cloning a drive (different than the image backup that it is so
commonly used for). I have an older version (8) and it lists "Disk Clone"
in the "New Disk Deployment" section of the program's interface.

There are user forums for TI here:
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=65
 
Partition Magic 8.0 works for me all the time. You can clone the partition
onto another harddisk and most of the time everything works ok. Just don't
turn of the machine while the process is going on... -:)

Eric.
 
Thanks again, Sharon F; I will try that. I'm not able to get to it today,
but when I do, I'll let you know how it works!
DannyG
 
Thanks Eric - and Sharon -
Your comments are very helpful. If I cannot get Sharon's suggestion of
going to "help", I'll look for "Partition Magic 8.0" program.

Eric Kitetu said:
Partition Magic 8.0 works for me all the time. You can clone the partition
onto another harddisk and most of the time everything works ok. Just don't
turn of the machine while the process is going on... -:)

Eric.
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Thanks again, Sharon F; I will try that. I'm not able to get to it today,
but when I do, I'll let you know how it works!
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You're welcome, DannyG and good luck with this project!
 
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