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    Hard drive upgrade

    Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by niss_nut, Apr 14, 2008.

  1. niss_nut

    niss_nut Notebook Guru

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    Hi guys,
    I just set up a friends notebook to dual boot between Vista and XP. I want to set up my HEL80 to do same.
    At the same time I'm planning to swap in a 250gb hard drive.
    What I want to do is clone my XP partition to the new HD and install Vista on another partition.
    I am familiar with cloning the data from an old bootable drive to the new one in desktops. How can I do this with a notebook HD.
    I know a clean install would be simpler but I just don't have the time to go through all the downloading, installing and rebooting.
    Any suggestions?
     
    niss_nut, Apr 14, 2008
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  2. Ayle

    Ayle Trailblazer

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    Get a 2.5" enclosure and use that to do the cloning. I used Acronis true image to do it. The procedure is somewhat simple.
     
    Ayle, Apr 15, 2008
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  3. Wirelessman

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    What do you mean by 2.5" enclosure?
     
    Wirelessman, Apr 15, 2008
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  4. Justin@XoticPC

    Justin@XoticPC Company Representative

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    He is referring to a USB External Hard Drive Enclosure (2.5" is the size for a notebook hard drive)

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    Justin@XoticPC, Apr 16, 2008
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  5. Wirelessman

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    Yes, I see, is the protecting enclosure, yes that's a good hardware to have, he just have to make sure to get the appropriate one, the right size.
     
    Wirelessman, Apr 16, 2008
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    niss_nut Notebook Guru

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    Thanks I'll try that, btw Justin do you guys have an auto adapter for HEL80?
     
    niss_nut, May 5, 2008
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    Hi niss nut, I had to do the same operation and I used the sabrent usb-dsc5 serial ATA (SATA) or IDE 2.5" and 3.5" to USB 2.0 cable converter adapter, $19.99 at newegg. It worked very well.
     
    Wirelessman, May 5, 2008
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