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    Clone a small hdd to a large hdd?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by l33t_c0w, Dec 18, 2007.

  1. l33t_c0w

    l33t_c0w Notebook Deity

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    Hello all. I'm doing some tech support for a friend who's got an old refurbished computer full of programs and files with, wouldn't you know it, not a single piece of installation media in sight. Friend needs a new hard drive, lacks even a recovery CD, and only god knows what files are backed up and what files aren't.

    So I want to clone from the smaller hard drive to the larger one. Who knows about cloning software? (or, perhaps something more hackery with changing bits for the filesystem structure or something...)
     
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    Gnome partition editor. Will copy partitions/drives and alter file systems from a bootable CD. Its based on linux so its really easy to use.

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    Acronis True Image 11. Cloning hdd works great !!

    It will proportionally adjust sizes of the drives on the new larger hdd. You can find free 15 day trial here
     
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