Copy old HD to new one

[waynewal]

Was able to get a 'bad' HD to reinstall windows.

The old one is an 80GigB, and the new one is a 120 Gig,

Using Norton Ghost. There is a copy routine there. Will that be OK to use?

Thanks!

 

[waynewal]

Just thought... rather than do that, since my reinstall of windows xp on the old has 1 drawback. None of the programs show up.
Hmm, maybe better off reinstalling everything onto the old HD and keep my working copy that has 98% of everything as insurance.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Haven't used ghost in ages so I can't remember exactly, but the copy choice sounds right. . For just drive-to-drive copying the free utilities from the manu's work just fine too.

 

[KamiXkaze]

yep that is what I was thinking as well.

KxK

 

[waynewal]

Thanks. I spoke a little soon...

1- Old HD tha now boots again has all the data and programs but no shortcuts on desktop. How do I reinstall the old programs I want w/o losing the data files (like quicken)

2- or do I back up the old HD and restore to the new, bootable one with the programs running from a week-old back up? Hence overwriting the old data files (not checking the block on Norton Ghost that says restore bootable sectors?

3- OR, use Norton Ghost to backup the files and folder on the OLD HD. Put the new HD back in, and use Norton Ghost to restore only certai files and folders that I need... like Quicken, and some scheduling files?

3- quit wasting my time and just use the new running HD with the week old data/?

Thanks!

Wayne

 

[tiap]

Originally posted by: DAPUNISHER
Haven't used ghost in ages so I can't remember exactly, but the copy choice sounds right. . For just drive-to-drive copying the free utilities from the manu's work just fine too.

 

[waynewal]

to KxK - quit trying to burn messages to increae your status - it's very obvious.

tiap & dapunisher - thanks.
Ended up just blowing off the extra few days of data since i probably kept up with my laptop.
Got a new HD, put windows on it, sp2, mb drivers, video drivers, new ide drivers (which by the way solved my Norton Ghost systray problem. Via has a set that solves the Ghost 9.0 problem - it works!)

reloaded my last good backup, updated eveything, and am up and running!
Thanks for the ideas & help.

W