New HD-transferring files from old one

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Ariel

Hi,
I just got me a new hard drive and would like to transfer everything from the
old bootable one to this one. How do I go about it? Any suggestions will be
very much appreciated. The new one is formatted NTFS and ready to go. I don't
want to reinstall Windows and reinstall all of the programs again.

Thanks to all that will reply with helpfull suggestions.

A.
 
First thing to do is to visit the web site of the news disc's manufacturer:
They may have a free utility which you can use to transfer everything to
your new disc. If not, you'll need to invest in disc cloning software.
Norton Ghost is currently the best known of this type of software.

Tom Swift
 
I believe you're referring to the old xcopy command to copy the hard
drive to another. That only works if your system was formatted as
FAT/FAT32 but not NTFS as you can't quite access ntfs without a
(expensive) third party program. I've done that before but it's not
perfectly reliable as the long file names sometimes get broken when the
short file names get renamed in the process. Example: say you have 2
directories, program files and programs, short file name should be
progra~1 and progra~2, respectively. During the xcopy process this can
be reversed, thus progra~1 would point to programs and progra~2 would
point to program files thus breaking your links in the copy on your new
hard drive. Microsoft has a KB about it somewhere, but it's been some 2+
yrs since I've done this.
Can't I do it from a command prompt? By booting into windows? Few years
back I've read about it how to transfer all of the binary files but can't
remember how or what switch to use.

Thanks for your reply.

A.

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Can't I do it from a command prompt? By booting into windows? Few years
back I've read about it how to transfer all of the binary files but can't
remember how or what switch to use.

Thanks for your reply.

A.
 
You can also invest in the software called IntelliMover I did and had no
problems with the transfer of files. They even included the cable. It's made
by Detto Technologies www.detto.com
 
Aw shucks! You're welcome. Glad you got a solution you liked best. :)
That's it. It was xcopy with /b switch, I used it with Win 95 but at that
time my HD was formatted FAT32, not NTFS. I bought Ghost and it worked
flawlessly. Thank you for replying.

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Regards,

Durand

Post queries and replies to the newsgroup so all may be enlightened thru
shared knowledge. Experience is a cruel but effective teacher.
 
That's it. It was xcopy with /b switch, I used it with Win 95 but at that
time my HD was formatted FAT32, not NTFS. I bought Ghost and it worked
flawlessly. Thank you for replying.

A.
 
Personally, I really enjoy Norton Ghost. You'll never have to worry about
losing data, or even your entire system, again.

Tom Swift
 
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