Just wondering...

[dan7777]

I am going to send off my SATA hd under guarantee because I think it's a bit duff. It has windows installed on it and all my files etc.

Am I able to simply copy and paste all the data from my SATA to my secondary PATA hd? Which I will use whilst I wait for a new hd. Will Windows boot up as usual?

Thanks for your help.

 

[muz]

Its not quite as easy as copy/paste . You need to use a piece of drive cloning software to clone the hard drive data from the sata onto the ide drive

 

[shankles]

So if i had 2 Sata HDDs and wanted a music file which was on one on the other could i not just drag and drop and then delete the original?

 

[dan7777]

Ok. Thanks. Can you suggest any cloning programs?

 

[mammikoura]

So if i had 2 Sata HDDs and wanted a music file which was on one on the other could i not just drag and drop and then delete the original?

with music files etc it would work. With most programs and operating systems it isn't as simple as copy & paste.

edit: as for the cloning programs, I've heard some good stuff about norton ghost. Don't have any personal experience though.

 

[Rudster8161]

So if i had 2 Sata HDDs and wanted a music file which was on one on the other could i not just drag and drop and then delete the original?

yes it would work.
BTW dont hijack threads

 

[shankles]

all my files etc.

That was part of his qs which wasn't answered, what was answered was how to convert the programs/os so no i was just pointing out something.

 

[muz]

Well music folders and documents are easy enough to copy and paste but when it comes to an operating system and programs it isnt this easy .
Norton ghost works well from my experience

 

[Kage]

Yeah, I've used Norton Ghost in the past, and have got a good clone out of it thats worked.

I find after installing a new Windows installation, fresh, making a Ghost image of it really helps when you want to start from scratch

 

[MooseMan1]

Yes Kage I agree. Making an image of a fresh load with all the basics is a great idea