Moving data to another Hard drive

[Brandonkw]

Hello, I am buying a new hard drive tomorrow, so I will need to move all my data from my current hard drive to the new one. I am wanting to know what software I will need to do this task. I have Acronis True Image 6.0, can I do a direct image from harddrive to harddrive with that program? if not, what program does that?

Lots of thanks

 

[Conky]

It would probably be best to do a clean install and have a folder or partition with your old junk on it.

Although Ghost or any image can copy the image fairly easily. Some new HD's even come with a mirror utility(I think my WD did?) but I think the clean install is the way to go personally.

Good luck.

 

[EeyoreX]

I don't know enough about TrueImage to say for sure, but it seems to me this is for making an image file, not a drive to drive copy. However, retail hard drives come with a utility on a floppy and/or CD that can do this. If you buy OEM, you can always download the software from the manufacturer's website. For free.

\Dan

 

[GonzoDaGr8]

Are you wanting to transfer just important data to the new hard drive, or do you want to move everything including the OS to the new hard drive? If you just want to migrate your whole drive as it is now including OS to the new one, Powerquest's Drive copy is the ultimate tool for the job. It is also perfectly possible to use Powerquest's Drive image2002/Drive image 7(Although I am not really keen on 7) and Norton's Ghost to do the job as well, But you will have to create the backup CD's first. Then you can re-image it onto the new hard drive from the cd's and have it use all the extra space.

 

[flexy]

I use(d) PartitionMagic 8. It has a feature to copy partitions.
No need for PM drivecopy and/or Ghost. I also have a small boot tool for my dual boot (BootIt TNG), this allows copying of partitions too, but i never tried it. PartitionMagic 8 works fine.

 

[flexy]

Originally posted by: Crazyfool
It would probably be best to do a clean install and have a folder or partition with your old junk on it.

Although Ghost or any image can copy the image fairly easily. Some new HD's even come with a mirror utility(I think my WD did?) but I think the clean install is the way to go personally.

Good luck.

tst...tsk...why a clean, new install because he gets a new HD ???? Why easy, when it also goes complicated and time consuming.......eh ?