Hard drive upgrade.What software to use

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I have and existing Win XP load and programs that I want to tranfer to a
larger drive. What program do you all recomend to transfer all files. I have
done it before, Win XP is more difficult so I'm asking for help before i get
started maybe i can make it less painfull.
TIA
VICTOR
 
I want to move my OS from my 40 gig to my new 160gig the drive will stay
installed for storage along with another 160gig
 
I have and existing Win XP load and programs that I want to tranfer to a
larger drive. What program do you all recomend to transfer all files. I have
done it before, Win XP is more difficult so I'm asking for help before i get
started maybe i can make it less painfull.
TIA
VICTOR
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I like the utility that comes with WD drives.
http://support.wdc.com/download/
You can download it and use it as long as either drive is a WD drive.
it finds your unformatted drive in Windows. Asks if you want to set it
up. When done formatting a partioning it asks if you want to move your
old drive data to the new one and then boot with it. Does all this
inside Windows and only takes a few minutes. *Warning* I would not put
your OS on a partition that is 160GB's. I choose less than 8GB so when
you defrag for performace you aren't waiting all day long to use the
PC.
 
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