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dear guys
how i can copy my old hard disk to the new hard disk
but without pc driver
i mean that i want to copy all of my operating system + my all files + all of my programs to a new pc
with the operating system
is there any way to do that
ghost copy the pc drivers it gives me a blue screen after that
same as harddisk tols
thanks in advance
how i can copy my old hard disk to the new hard disk
but without pc driver
i mean that i want to copy all of my operating system + my all files + all of my programs to a new pc
with the operating system
is there any way to do that
ghost copy the pc drivers it gives me a blue screen after that
same as harddisk tols
thanks in advance
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dear sir
will this move all of my hard disk
i mean wil it clone it in the new hardware??
plz tell me sorry for my english but i want to make sure i dont lose any of my programs or files
will this move all of my hard disk
i mean wil it clone it in the new hardware??
plz tell me sorry for my english but i want to make sure i dont lose any of my programs or files
Yes, the MSKB pages I posted are specially made for doing that, moving a running windows installation including all programs to another system.
As you also want to use a different harddisk, you'll have to clone the disk after performing all of this.
If you're running winXP you might have to re-activate windows afterwards.
LucF
As you also want to use a different harddisk, you'll have to clone the disk after performing all of this.
If you're running winXP you might have to re-activate windows afterwards.
LucF
Most hard drive manufacturers will have a disk utility that you can boot into and setup, partition, format and copy your entire hard drive to a new hard drive.
http://www.maxtor.com/portal/site/Maxtor/?epi_menuItemID=3c67e325e0a6b1f6294198b091346068&epi_menuID=976d37cd478c5826433f226075b46068&epi_baseMenuID=976d37cd478c5826433f226075b46068&channelpath=/en_us/Support/Software%20Downloads/ATA%20Hard%20Drives&downloadID=57
http://www.seagate.com/support/disc/drivers/discwiz.html
http://support.wdc.com/download/index.asp
http://www.maxtor.com/portal/site/Maxtor/?epi_menuItemID=3c67e325e0a6b1f6294198b091346068&epi_menuID=976d37cd478c5826433f226075b46068&epi_baseMenuID=976d37cd478c5826433f226075b46068&channelpath=/en_us/Support/Software%20Downloads/ATA%20Hard%20Drives&downloadID=57
http://www.seagate.com/support/disc/drivers/discwiz.html
http://support.wdc.com/download/index.asp
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thanxxxxxxx LUcF :)
and thanks crazijoe
and thanks crazijoe
Glad to help :)
LucF
LucF
As I understand between the lines, you are putting your new HDD in a new computer.
If you use Windows XP ( and in some cases older OS too) you just can't copy it because of drivers incompatibity, and because of anti-piracy protection (XP)
What you can do is:
Install a fresh copy of your OS on the new drive.
Connection the old HDD as slave to the new system, and copy you documents to your new HDD
You might have to "take ownership" on your old document in order to copy then to your new HDD.
As for the Applications, you'll have to reinstall everything :-(
How to take ownership:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421&sd=tech
If you use Windows XP ( and in some cases older OS too) you just can't copy it because of drivers incompatibity, and because of anti-piracy protection (XP)
What you can do is:
Install a fresh copy of your OS on the new drive.
Connection the old HDD as slave to the new system, and copy you documents to your new HDD
You might have to "take ownership" on your old document in order to copy then to your new HDD.
As for the Applications, you'll have to reinstall everything :-(
How to take ownership:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421&sd=tech
V2i Desktop Edition etc.
DriveImage 2002 <-- I use it frequently great stuff.
DriveImage 2002 <-- I use it frequently great stuff.
Unless this is for a large production environment where you want to clone an image so that you can install the same image on multiple PCs, it seems like an awful lot of work for nothing..