Quick Storage Question

[massacreinfallx]

Hey guys, if i were to pick up a new hard drive, would there be a way to put all my information on the other hard drive with out losing it all and haveing to reinstall?

so to make the question easyer, this is what i want to do.

1) Install new HD
2)Transfer data from old hd to new hard drive
3) delete data from old drive
4) have all data on new hd, use old HD for media storage.

thanks.

 

[Dr DMoney]

You would need three drives to do that if you can't get into windows.

This is all hypethitical:
Boot windows from the disk (their is a way to boot windows from a disk and not a harddrive is needed, but i forget)
The new drive as the master the old as the slave.
Copy.

 

[massacreinfallx]

i suppose i could use a prigram like norton ghost right?

 

[Dr DMoney]

I think but, Not for sure.

 

[willsko87]

You can use Norton Ghost if you want and create an image of your old hard drive. Then set the new hard drive as the Master, the old as Slave and restore the image onto the new hard drive and it will create an exact replica of your old hard drive. Then just format the old one.

 

[massacreinfallx]

sounds like a good plan to me.