Help me Clone my old HDD

[Hyper]

Hey all,

Just installed my new Samsung F1 drive and have formatted it and I am now ready to copy over all the data from my old Samsung 160gb onto this one.

My old drive has 2 partitions on and I would like it the same on my new hard drive if this is possible. One partition contains a Windows XP boot and the other is just used for storage.

Just to help I thought I would post a screenshot of how its currently looking:

Now before I even start I thought I would ask you lot what will be the best way to make this work, so on my new hard drive I still have my XP boot and lots more storage on the other partition.

Whats the best software to use or can it be done easy enough in Vista?

Ussually I would just go ahead and do things but I dont want to loose any data so thought I would ask before I even start.

Thanks, Sam

 

[nepas]

acronis true image works well for me and its free

 

[lasher]

Hi after some helpful advice from this very forum,

i migrated my data over to my new drive incredibly easily.

Program is called Acronis easy Migrate.

Download of their website a 15 day free trail.

http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/download/migrateeasy/

Works a charm. you then have the option to keep your old drive in storage as a complete mirror backup.

Just make sure you identify the drives correctly and set the partitions.. really helpful as theres a " let us hold your hand through this " mode

All for nowt .... now thats a price i like. :yumyum:

 

[Hyper]

Thanks lads,

Will give that acronis a blast.

 

[Hyper]

All went well,

Just need to sort out my Vista / XP dual boot now as its all messed up.

Thanks again

 

[nepas]

glad all went well for you mate

 

[Hyper]

Sorted my Vista / XP dual boot issues using a program called EasyBCD.

Everything is looking good now