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Transfering a partition

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heedoyiu

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Like i said i got a 80 gig with windows and then i bought a 320
anyone know a way to make the 320 have the windows partition
on it?

Basically i want to take out the 80 and just have the one 320
without losing what is on the 80
 
Backup and then install windows on the new one. Then run restore on new one, then format and/or clean the old drive. That is the best way i know to do it.
 
Originally posted by: heedoyiu
Like i said i got a 80 gig with windows and then i bought a 320
anyone know a way to make the 320 have the windows partition
on it?

Basically i want to take out the 80 and just have the one 320
without losing what is on the 80
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You can use special cloning progs like migrate easy by acronis(it has 15 day full working trial version), all you need is to hook the new drive to the system, install this prog, then run it and choose an option to clone the whole old drive to the new one. After this just replace the drives, make the new one as a master and old one as a slave, that's all.
Or for such purposes you can use 3d party backup progs like norton ghost or true image, htey have such feature too.
 
Originally posted by: Nothinman
I thought most drives these days game with imaging software that should be able to handle that just fine.
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They do, but you can get a free version of Acronis 7.0 now that does it far easier especially if you have different brands of drives.

 
Originally posted by: Nothinman
I thought most drives these days game with imaging software that should be able to handle that just fine.
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If you buy a retail version; personally I've never bought a retail drive, always OEM. If you buy from an online store good luck finding a retail package (well, my quick newegg search did find one, a 500GB SATA drive from HP that cost over $500!!!???)
 
If you buy a retail version; personally I've never bought a retail drive, always OEM. If you buy from an online store good luck finding a retail package (well, my quick newegg search did find one, a 500GB SATA drive from HP that cost over $500!!!???)
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Well technically you only ever have to buy one of them, as long as it comes with non-crippled software you can just keep using it.
 
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