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I wish to copy my HDD (getting noisy) to a new one. It has all the programs
and data inc. win XP. Can I after installing it in the PC just copy over or
do I need a special program to copy C; to E;
thanks
John

Johnnie Scott wrote:
> I wish to copy my HDD (getting noisy) to a new one. It has all the programs
> and data inc. win XP. Can I after installing it in the PC just copy over or
> do I need a special program to copy C; to E;
> thanks
> John
>
>

You need an Imaging program like Norton Ghost or BootIT

Johnnie Scott wrote:
> I wish to copy my HDD (getting noisy) to a new one. It has all the programs
> and data inc. win XP. Can I after installing it in the PC just copy over or
> do I need a special program to copy C; to E;
> thanks
> John
>
>
a program called "clonemaxx" will clone the hdd to the new one. It is
free and works very well.

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Thanks

Thanks for the reply downloaded clonemaxx but it requires an 'a' drive
floppy, which I don't have. Any others please
"Jim" <> wrote in message
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> Johnnie Scott wrote:
>> I wish to copy my HDD (getting noisy) to a new one. It has all the
>> programs
>> and data inc. win XP. Can I after installing it in the PC just copy over
>> or
>> do I need a special program to copy C; to E;
>> thanks
>> John
>>
>>
> a program called "clonemaxx" will clone the hdd to the new one. It is free
> and works very well.
>
> --
> See what I am selling (if you have nothing better to do that is!!!):
> http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Smarter-org-uk
> Thanks

Often the hd manu has a free utility

"mark taylor" <> wrote in message
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> Thanks for the reply downloaded clonemaxx but it requires an 'a' drive
> floppy, which I don't have. Any others please
> "Jim" <> wrote in message
> news:1ZC2e.716$...
> > Johnnie Scott wrote:
> >> I wish to copy my HDD (getting noisy) to a new one. It has all the
> >> programs
> >> and data inc. win XP. Can I after installing it in the PC just copy
over
> >> or
> >> do I need a special program to copy C; to E;
> >> thanks
> >> John
> >>
> >>
> > a program called "clonemaxx" will clone the hdd to the new one. It is
free
> > and works very well.
> >
> > --
> > See what I am selling (if you have nothing better to do that is!!!):
> > http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Smarter-org-uk
> > Thanks
>
>

"mark taylor" <> wrote in message
news:cmD2e.280$...
> Thanks for the reply downloaded clonemaxx but it requires an 'a' drive
> floppy, which I don't have. Any others please
> "Jim" <> wrote in message
> news:1ZC2e.716$...
> > Johnnie Scott wrote:
> >> I wish to copy my HDD (getting noisy) to a new one. It has all the
> >> programs
> >> and data inc. win XP. Can I after installing it in the PC just copy
over
> >> or
> >> do I need a special program to copy C; to E;
> >> thanks
> >> John
> >>
> >>
> > a program called "clonemaxx" will clone the hdd to the new one. It is
free
> > and works very well.
> >
> > --
> > See what I am selling (if you have nothing better to do that is!!!):
> > http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Smarter-org-uk
> > Thanks
>
>

Norton Ghost can me made to boot from CD and it will do a very good job of
cloning your disk.

mark taylor wrote:
>
> Thanks for the reply downloaded clonemaxx but it requires an 'a' drive
> floppy, which I don't have. Any others please

Install one.







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http://www.bootdisk.com/

mark taylor wrote:
> Thanks for the reply downloaded clonemaxx but it requires an 'a' drive
> floppy, which I don't have. Any others please

You could try one of the following:

XXCLONE
http://xxclone.com/

DrvClonerXP
http://www.winsite.com/bin/Info?12500000037740
http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/...ClonerXP.shtml

X-Clone
http://www.sover.net/~wysiwygx/WinUtils5.html

BigDisk
http://www.sover.net/~wysiwygx/WinUtils1.html

ImageCast
http://www.sover.net/~wysiwygx/WinUtils3.html

Clone
http://www.sover.net/~wysiwygx/WinUtils1.html
ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/w...kutl/clone.zip

DrvImagerXP
http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/...ImagerXP.shtml

xxcopy
http://www.datman.com/xxcopy

Ben

"Johnnie Scott" <john374999@.nospam.ntlworld.com> wrote in message
....
>I wish to copy my HDD (getting noisy) to a new one. It has all the
>programs
> and data inc. win XP. Can I after installing it in the PC just copy over
> or
> do I need a special program to copy C; to E;
> thanks
> John

Hi Johnnie,

I found a couple more here: http://tinyurl.com/6hqkz

Good Luck, x@y.