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I have a hardware error that announces everytime I restart my Sony VAIO. It
warns that I have a critical harddrive failure that is imminent and I should
backup all of my data and replace the harddrive. Sounds simple.
I purchased a replacement 80 GB harddrive and I'm confident that I can make
the physical equipment swap with no problem. My issue is the backup. When I
purchased the VAIO, it just came with the XP license and agreement, no
startup CD. Everything was pre-loaded, including some custom VAIO backup
software. Well, prior to the awesome hardware error that I get now, every
time I reboot my laptop, I had a hard-drive failure that caused an automatic
re-load of XP. I lost all of the data that I hadn't backed up, and I lost the
VAIO backup software.
What are the steps that I can take to migrate my operating system onto the
new harddrive without having to purchase an expensive "ghosting" program that
I am in all likelihood only going to use once, since before another year
passes, I'll probably upgrade laptops and switch operating system platforms?
I have XP Home edition, SP2. Thanks in advance!
warns that I have a critical harddrive failure that is imminent and I should
backup all of my data and replace the harddrive. Sounds simple.
I purchased a replacement 80 GB harddrive and I'm confident that I can make
the physical equipment swap with no problem. My issue is the backup. When I
purchased the VAIO, it just came with the XP license and agreement, no
startup CD. Everything was pre-loaded, including some custom VAIO backup
software. Well, prior to the awesome hardware error that I get now, every
time I reboot my laptop, I had a hard-drive failure that caused an automatic
re-load of XP. I lost all of the data that I hadn't backed up, and I lost the
VAIO backup software.
What are the steps that I can take to migrate my operating system onto the
new harddrive without having to purchase an expensive "ghosting" program that
I am in all likelihood only going to use once, since before another year
passes, I'll probably upgrade laptops and switch operating system platforms?
I have XP Home edition, SP2. Thanks in advance!