Upgrade HD

**warmachine** · 21st August 2005

hi guys,
i got a 80gb HD and i got a 160gb HD on its way, and i was woundering if any of you could tell me whats the best way of doing a 1:1 copy of my 80gb to my 160g ?
is there software you guys know of that could do this ?
thanks

**flumperino** · 21st August 2005

Are they both internal?
Would it just be best to hook them both up, get the new one recognised under your operating system, then just drag all of your files onto the new one?

Or are you on about having the OS on the 160gb drive?

**Pegasus** · 21st August 2005

Norton Ghost, job done!

PS
Dont go for Ghost 9 because it isn't Ghost at all, it is shitty Drive Image in disguise.

**warmachine** · 21st August 2005

ok thanks guys, the 80gb is internal ATA
and the 160gb is internal SATA
i wont be having both in because i need the 80gb for the computer im building for family

**Freaky** · 21st August 2005

isnt there a dos command u can type to copy em all over xcopy or summit?????????

**BertRoot** · 22nd August 2005

xcopy c: d: /e/h/k should do it but would personally use Ghost 8 or lower.

**Pegasus** · 22nd August 2005

There isn't a 'K' switch in XCOPY.

Also, XCOPY will not be able to make the new drive bootable, nor can it handle long (> 8 characters) filenames. If XCOPY does happen to encounter a long filename, it will simply truncate it (eg, Program Files will become Progra~1).

**Shambles** · 22nd August 2005

As stated, run ghost2k3 from a floppy. It recreates the existing partitions, resizing them as necessary, and duplicates the boot segment. Let me know if you want to purchase my copy. It costs 1 karma.