isetta345
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please write your idiots guide to cloning XP SP1a-NTFS on the same machine with larger HDD 'HERE'.....................................
I've been trying endlessly for days on end with loads of programs to clone my hard drive to a larger one and at some stage there is ALWAYS disfunction somewhere, usually right at the welcome screen.
I'm using windows XP SP1 - NTFS and all the hardware is the same except for swapping the maxtor harddrive for a larger maxtor, but it won't clone accurately!
Even, MS sysprep just hangs! Some of you have said I need this and yet others say I don't - so who is right for god sake?
I'm gettting really fed up and pissed off now.
Surely I don't have to re-install everything just because I've swopped the damn hard drive for a bigger one? Damn microsoft; security measures suck!!
Anybody got any clear answers for this beginner in cloning?
Even maxtor have wrote back to me and said that it could prove to be a problem cloning XP SP1 - NTFS! - So how you are all managing to do it is beyond me?
I'm using windows XP SP1 - NTFS and all the hardware is the same except for swapping the maxtor harddrive for a larger maxtor, but it won't clone accurately!
Even, MS sysprep just hangs! Some of you have said I need this and yet others say I don't - so who is right for god sake?
I'm gettting really fed up and pissed off now.
Surely I don't have to re-install everything just because I've swopped the damn hard drive for a bigger one? Damn microsoft; security measures suck!!
Anybody got any clear answers for this beginner in cloning?
Even maxtor have wrote back to me and said that it could prove to be a problem cloning XP SP1 - NTFS! - So how you are all managing to do it is beyond me?
Same as Callandor, Ghost 2003 works great with Win XP pro when changing hard drive.
Tip buy Norton Works 2003, it includes Ghost 2003 and can be obtained for a fraction of cost of buying Ghost on its own.
Tip buy Norton Works 2003, it includes Ghost 2003 and can be obtained for a fraction of cost of buying Ghost on its own.
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Oh I do apologise for not reading your mind, or following all your posts ?????
I hope you don't get any further help with an atitude like that.
I hope you don't get any further help with an atitude like that.
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isetta345,
You should stop spamming that same message in every thread you find about cloning, because those are closed already with accepted answers and you are not contributing to the knowledgebase. Just because you have had problems with it (which you did not mention at the beginning) doesn't mean that everyone has had problems with it or will have problems with it. If you're not interested in solutions, you should not have posted this question.
You should stop spamming that same message in every thread you find about cloning, because those are closed already with accepted answers and you are not contributing to the knowledgebase. Just because you have had problems with it (which you did not mention at the beginning) doesn't mean that everyone has had problems with it or will have problems with it. If you're not interested in solutions, you should not have posted this question.
I am with Callandor on this one. ( I seem to be saying that alot lately. : / )
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kotis, netcentral, & parkerig
thanks for doing your best; casper XP worked as the 'one button solution' for me!
the others
"stick it!"
thanks for doing your best; casper XP worked as the 'one button solution' for me!
the others
"stick it!"
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netcentral,
I had tried: - (WHAT NOT TO BUY:)
Norton Ghost
http://www.symantec.com/sabu/ghost/ghost_personal/
Drive Image
http://www.powerquest.com/driveimage/
Second Copy
http://www.centered.com/
Winbackup?
http://www.liutilities.com/products/winbackup/whitepapers/paper6/
Dantz Retrospect?
http://www.dantz.com/
Veritas
http://www.veritas.com/products/listing/ProductFamilyList.jhtml?categoryId=100&_requestid=45776
DrvClonerXP
http://home.carolina.rr.com/lexunfreeware/DrvClonerXP/DrvClonerXP.htm
DrvImagerXP
http://home.carolina.rr.com/lexunfreeware/DrvImagerXP/DrvImagerXP.htm
Acronis TrueImage
http://www.acronis.com/products/trueimage/
fujitsu
hard-drives/#diagnostic">http://www.fcpa.fujitsu.com/download/hard-drives/#diagnostic
IBM and Hitachi
http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm#DFT
Maxtor
http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/products/index.htm
Samsung
http://www.samsungelectronics.com/hdd/support/utilities/utilities_index.html
Seagate
http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/index.html
Western Digital
http://support.wdc.com/download/
OK?
I had tried: - (WHAT NOT TO BUY:)
Norton Ghost
http://www.symantec.com/sabu/ghost/ghost_personal/
Drive Image
http://www.powerquest.com/driveimage/
Second Copy
http://www.centered.com/
Winbackup?
http://www.liutilities.com/products/winbackup/whitepapers/paper6/
Dantz Retrospect?
http://www.dantz.com/
Veritas
http://www.veritas.com/products/listing/ProductFamilyList.jhtml?categoryId=100&_requestid=45776
DrvClonerXP
http://home.carolina.rr.com/lexunfreeware/DrvClonerXP/DrvClonerXP.htm
DrvImagerXP
http://home.carolina.rr.com/lexunfreeware/DrvImagerXP/DrvImagerXP.htm
Acronis TrueImage
http://www.acronis.com/products/trueimage/
fujitsu
hard-drives/#diagnostic">http://www.fcpa.fujitsu.com/download/hard-drives/#diagnostic
IBM and Hitachi
http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm#DFT
Maxtor
http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/products/index.htm
Samsung
http://www.samsungelectronics.com/hdd/support/utilities/utilities_index.html
Seagate
http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/index.html
Western Digital
http://support.wdc.com/download/
OK?
I have a PCMCIA hard drive adapter specifically designed for connecting a second notebook hard drive to a laptop, particularly for when you're upgrading. The product is called EZ-GIG, and comes with a low-level, boot-floppy-based utility that automatically detects and loads the drivers for the PC Card slots and adapter, and provides a very straight-forward bit copier utility for moving the data over, while extending the original partition to the size of the new drive.
I haven't used it on XP, but it worked like a charm on Win2k... Just FYI.
David Marcus
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I haven't used it on XP, but it worked like a charm on Win2k... Just FYI.
David Marcus
*** email address removed ***
The new drive was set up as slave; I cloned; I removed the original and changed the jumper on the new drive to master; rebooted into the BIOS and autodetected the new drive; rebooted and everything worked as before.