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Copying whole hard drive? HELP

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FXGuy3369

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I just installed a Shuttle Ultra AN35N motherboard (upgrading from a PC chips crap board) I backed up my whole hard drive (using GHOST) before doing a motherboard swap in case the mobo didnt take with the hard drive already having windows etc. Well I was right it didnt. So I put in a hard drive did a fresh windows install. I heard there is a program out there that can copy all my files and programs from the old hard drive onto the new one without having to individually find them all? Anyone know what I am talking about?
 
FXGuy3369, you might be talking about Windows XP "Files and Settings Transfer" (FAST) Wizard. Here's what the WinXP Help & Support Center has to say about FAST:

The Files and Settings Transfer Wizard helps you move your data files and personal settings from your old computer to your new one, without having to go through much of the same configuration you did with your old computer. For example, you can take your personal display properties, folder and taskbar options, and Internet browser and mail settings from your old computer and place them on the new one. The wizard will also move specific files or entire folders, such as My Documents, My Pictures, and Favorites.
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Anybody know how I can go about using that wizard when all the settings etc I want copied are on a loose hard drive rather then another working PC?
 
Microsoft has a program that will "prep" a Windows drive for transfer to a new system or motherboard. I can't remember what it's called, but I know it exists. That would probably require that drive to be up and running on your old board though. Looks like you might have rushed things a bit.
 
The way I do it. And I've done it a hundred times. While the system is still on the old mobo. I install the 2nd hdd as a master or slave and format it as bootable. (With system files) Then copy the old HDD to the 2nd HDD using Casper XP. After the copy, on the 2nd HDD I go to Device Manager and remove all the mobo drivers. Switch mobo and boot with the 2nd hdd. Windows will go through driver detection for the mobo and if everything is OK. I just reformat the old hdd and voila!
 
Today, nothing beats Acronis TrueImage 8 for all that sort of stuff. What is really nice is, it auto creates a bootable CD so you don't have to involve the OS at all - and it is fast and accurate. About 10 minutes to do an 80 GB drive with partitions.
 
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