switching a master drive w/o reinstalling os
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rob21
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Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 9:27 am    Post subject: switching a master drive w/o reinstalling os Reply with quote
I have a new Hard Drive I am wanting to install however my problem is
this. When i got my comp as a gift it was a sony vaio walmart comp.
windows os was already on it and i dont have disks for it or for other
things i have on that i dont want to lose. The comp already has a
master C:/ and a slave D:/ drive. is there a way i can replace the C
drive with my new drive without having to reinstall or lose any data?
essentially just transferring the contents of the old master to the new
one?
thanks


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Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 9:27 am    Post subject: Re: switching a master drive w/o reinstalling os Reply with quote
Hi,
It's so common problem, I had it too.
Well, to my experience it's better to use 'Clone Hard Drive'
(http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/features-cloning.html)
solution by Acronis.
Just plug new HDD and follow the prompts. It'll take you about 15-20
minutes to transfer everything (OS, apps and all other stuff) from old
HDD without loosing any data!
Highly recommend.


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Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 9:27 am    Post subject: Re: switching a master drive w/o reinstalling os Reply with quote
"rob21" <rob21.1y9kb7@pcbanter.net> wrote in message
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I have a new Hard Drive I am wanting to install however my problem is
this. When i got my comp as a gift it was a sony vaio walmart comp.
windows os was already on it and i dont have disks for it or for other
things i have on that i dont want to lose. The comp already has a
master C:/ and a slave D:/ drive. is there a way i can replace the C
drive with my new drive without having to reinstall or lose any data?
essentially just transferring the contents of the old master to the new
one?
thanks


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rob21

Many drive manufacturers include software with their disks to do what you
want. You could also purchase imaging/copy products like Ghost,
Acronis,etc.
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