I need hard drive migration software

[pcnerd37]

I got a new 500GB hard drive to replace my 160GB and I was looking for recommendations about migration software because I need to most my OS and everything to the new drive. Im mainly looking for something free if at all possible, but I will pay if necessary. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!


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[Matthias99]

The two big ones are Norton/Symantec Ghost, and Acronis TrueImage. Both work well, and I'm pretty sure both can resize partitions while moving them (I know Acronis can; I haven't used Ghost for this purpose.)

If you want something free, you can do block-for-block disk transfers from a Linux live CD. However, it's not just point-and-click, and I don't know if it will set everything up nicely for Windows (you may have to rebuild the MBR, etc.) You'll also need some other way of resizing the partition (or you can just create more partitions in the empty space.)

 

[Homerboy]

Doesnt this get posted 1+ times a week?

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: Homerboy
Doesnt this get posted 1+ times a week?

yeah...

 

[pcnerd37]

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: Homerboy
Doesnt this get posted 1+ times a week?

yeah...

If you dont like it, volunteer to fix the search so that people can find this stuff.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: pcnerd37

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: Homerboy
Doesnt this get posted 1+ times a week?

yeah...

If you dont like it, volunteer to fix the search so that people can find this stuff.

if its being posted multiple times a week, why do you need to search? just look through the threads. this section of the forum isn't that busy.