help with copying data to new drive

[Dunatic]

I am installing a new drive in my system and want to copy all of my data to the new drive.
what is the best way to do this? a friend of mine suggested using Drive Image or Drive2Drive, has anyone used these? or is there a better way? where can I get the software to do it?

thanx ahead of time...

Dunatic

 

[MrCraphead]

If this drive is gonna be the boot drive, then you'll have to use the manufacturer's software probably on their site to copy your boot sectors over from one disk to another. If this isn't gonna be the boot disk, then just use Windows Explorer.

 

[nippyjun]

I find that the best thing to do is to install all programs from scratch, then just bring over your data from the old drive.

 

[Tates]

You can use DriveCopy or Ghost or you can do it in Windows.

W95, W98, and WindowsMe - You can use the XCOPY32 program.

On your desktop, start, programs, assessories, go to the MSDOS prompt.

Change the directory to: C:\Windows\Command

Next, type this command:

XCOPY32 C:\*.* D:\ /c /e /h /k

This assumes the new drive letter is D.

The command line switches tell Xcopy32 to copy everything, including all subdirectories, hidden files, and system files, and to preserve the long file names and file attributes.

 

[Slvbeard]

Heh, somebody around here actually knows how to use DOS!

I've tried using Powerquest Drive Copy and have had nothing but problems, probably my fault, but good ole XCOPY works like a charm, just don't forget all the switches, do a XCOPY /? first.