Upgrading to VelociRaptor

[Xenos]

My Raptor 74GB is almost full and it contains my OS (XP pro), games, and a few applications. I want to copy everything from this drive including the OS over to a new VelociRaptor 300 GB I just bought.

What is the easiest and most efficient way to do this? I could then wipe the original 74Gb unit clean and use it in another system or even keep it for a while as a backup in case of problems with the VelociRaptor.

 

[TemjinGold]

Look into Acronis True Image.

 

[Blain]

It's wise to do a fresh install if your OS has been loaded for a couple of years.
But if you can't wrap your mind around that or just refuse to go that route, try EaseUs Todo Backup to "clone" your current drive over to the VelociRaptor.

 

[Xenos]

Thanks Temjin. Acronis True Image worked like a dream. And thanks to Blain as well. Didn't want to do a fresh install at this time as am soon to build up a new system around windows7. Thanks once again.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

running true image right now... ive done this like 5 times with the # of HD upgrades I've gone through =) rarely on OS but it works like a charm.

 

[vanilla guerilla]

has anyone tried to clone a raid 0 array with acronis or easeus?

 

[zuffy]

I previously have 2 VelociRaptor 300GB in a RAID 0. I partitioned into 2. C for OS and D for data. When I got my SSD, I didn't want to redo my system yet because Intel didn't release the TRIM firmware yet. What I did was deleted the second partion in Disk Management and extended the C drive to the full size (600GB). Then, I use Acronis True Image to clone the RAID 0 drive over to the SSD. Worked perfectly.