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    upgrading hard drive: Ghosting over USB possible?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by fsacj, Mar 17, 2005.

  1. fsacj

    fsacj Notebook Consultant NBR Reviewer

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    I have a 2.5" external USB enclosure and a new hard drive. Is it possible to copy the OS and everything over to the new drive so I don't have to reinstall everything?
     
    fsacj, Mar 17, 2005
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    bmhome1 Notebook Consultant

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    Ghost 9.0 (prior versions won't) will image to USB drives. Acronis True Image 8.0 also should be considered (my recommendation).
     
    bmhome1, Mar 17, 2005
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  3. Brian

    Brian Working at 486 Speed NBR Reviewer

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    Yes, something like Norton Ghost will accomplish that for you.

    Brian

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    Brian, Mar 18, 2005
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    xxcopy can do it too but its more complicated, norton ghost will do it, usb drives usually just show up as another drive and will allow you to do anything you normally would with your primary HDD,

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  5. fsacj

    fsacj Notebook Consultant NBR Reviewer

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    Anything free?

    inspiron 9300
    1.6GHz
    1GB DDR2
    X300 128mb
    DVD DL
     
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    xxcopy

    -->Asus M6BNe | Pentium M 1.6GHz Dothan | 1024MB PC2700 Micron Ram | Radeon 9700 Pro 64MB | 80GB Samsung 5400 RPM 8MB Cache | Gigabit LAN | CDRW + DVD Combo |
    -->Compal CL56 | Pentium M 1.6GHz Dothan | 1024MB Ram | Radeon 9700 Pro 128MB | 60GB HDD | 10/100 LAN | DVDRW |

     
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  7. fsacj

    fsacj Notebook Consultant NBR Reviewer

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    Thanks for the info. Here's a problem though, I think: XXcopy's site says it doesn't work well for windows XP because it can't copy the MBR.

    inspiron 9300
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    1GB DDR2
    X300 128mb
    DVD DL
     
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    True Image just works, both cloning and backup restore. I've done three restores recently and no suprises, no gotcha's.
     
    bmhome1, Mar 18, 2005
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