moving data and software

[Electricice]

ok, i have two hard drive one very samll one i thnk it 738 mb with a full working computer, adn a seocnd hard drive with some data and programs on it. i need to get all the data from both hard drie and put it on the bigger one. BUT there is no room left on the small one and windows isnt installed on the larger one. whats the easiest way of going aobut this problem.

 

[Electricice]

bump

 

[T2T III]

One word - GHOST. Utilize this utility to clone the contents of the smaller drive to the larger drive. Then, zap the contents of the smaller drive.

I went through this same exercise a few nights ago. A few tips for you. Ensure that you make the new, large drive 'active' via fdisk after you have defined the partitions. Once you have 'cloned' the small drive onto the larger drive, switch the jumpers around to make the new drive the 'master' and the smaller drive the 'slave'. Good luck!

 

[Electricice]

how do i make tha larger one completly functional> right now it jsut is formated i believe to hold data not a full windows file system . when i ghost will it make every thing run like normal(theoretocally)(SP.)

 

[Electricice]

^^^

 

[overmars]

You can use this utility, Image Cast 3, to clone your drives also. I found a link to a demo of the program. It performs all the same functions and it's free.

IC3

 

[T2T III]

<< how do i make tha larger one completly functional >>


After you have formatted the disk and utilized Ghost to copy the contents of your smaller drive to your larger drive, perform the following:
1) Using FDISK, you have to make the primary partition on your larger drive &quot;active&quot;.
2) Switch your drives around: Make the larger drive the master and the smaller drive the slave drive.
3) Start up your PC and ensure that it is operating properly on the new, larger hard drive.
4) Reformat the smaller drive to free up some more space.

That's it!! This process should take less than one hour total. Using Ghost took me about 1 hour and I was cloning 30 GB of data on three separate partions.

 

[Electricice]

thnak you for your help i going to try this later today ill let you know how well it works