Question about copying HDD to HDD

[Mourningshadow]

Ok, so heres the deal, I am building a new system and need to pretty much copy everything from my old HDD to my new one, what is the best way to go about this? Have never copied from HDD to HDD on a seperate system with a different OS.



Aaron

 

[loup garou]

If you want an exact copy, you can use the utility that comes with retail HDs or an imaging program like Ghost or DriveImage. You said different OS though, so I'm guessing you're going from like a 98 or 2000 system to an XP system or something like that. In that case, you can't get all your programs transferred, but set up the new system (install all software you used to use on the old box), then run the XP Files & Settings Transfer Wizard. It'll make a disk for the old box to compress all your files & settings, then you can burn them to a CD or transfer over a network, or put the old HD in the new system and transfer that way.

 

[Mourningshadow]

Ok thanks, will try the transfer wizard

 

[Bglad]

Don't do an image onto a new system.

Load a fresh install of Windows on the new system. Then plug the old drive as a slave into the new system and transfer the files over.

 

[Mourningshadow]

Ok,w as hopeing it would be easy like that, just wasn't sure if I would be able to do it since the old drive has 98 and the new one will have XP