Transferring Data from Old HD to New

[CoolDuck]

The easiest way I can think of is just copy all the data to an external drive, or a pc from a friend... and then copy it back to the new drive.
Or backup some data on dvd's? But I guess you don't have an external dvd burner.
Ghosting works fine too, it compress everything to 1 file for you, very handy. Do both if you want to be sure I guess.
Good luck with your data.

[Srek]

Hi,
i usualy put in the new drive as a second drive in the old PC, transfer the complete drive with ghost, remove the old drive and put in the new one as first drive.
So far this worked several dozen times without fail.
When using external drives you should be aware that they have to be accesible via DOS if you want to use Ghost.
Cheers
Srek

[Signal2Noise]

Hi,
i usualy put in the new drive as a second drive in the old PC...
That won't work with a laptop afaik. And even if it's a desktop wouldn't you want the faster drive as the Master or boot drive?

...When using external drives you should be aware that they have to be accesible via DOS if you want to use Ghost.

Hmm, I did not know that. I'll check into whether my Maxtor will work in DOS.


Thanks for the tips Srek & CoolDuck.

[UrbanFuturistic]

Well, the latest version of Ghost can back-up everything (including MBR) just fine to a Maxtor 1-Touch over firewire (and USB2 IIRC) so that looks like a good option, it's currently my main backup method just because I can take the drive with me if I'm away for any amount of time. Just boot up from the CD and you're ready to go.

More info here. (http://www.symantec.com/sabu/ghost/ghost_personal/)

regards, Paul

[uncon]

If you can I would suggest keeping your content files on a seperate partition or drive. I've found it makes these kinds of backups much easier. On my machine C: is my OS and programs, everything else is on a much larger partition that I can backup quickly without worrying about my program files. It's also nice for the times when you need a fresh install of the OS or need to defragment your hard drive.

[Signal2Noise]

Thanks for that tip, odubtaig.

Uncon, what you describe on hard drive set up is exactly how I keep all my computers now. My drives are all formatted NTFS and partitioned for O/S only, Apps, Data (or content), Games, and "Stuff".

[kyrt]

using ghost is not a good alternative. the next time u start ur laptop, it needs u to reinstall the drivers for the laptop. if u know well in the window safety mode, go for it. u may install ur laptop drivers here. there is some software help to complete the installation like ur scene. i forget the name, maybe "desktop dna".

hope it help.

[brzilian]

If both systems have Firewire ports I would connect them that way. Windows can use Firewire as a network connection and it will be faster than Ethernet unless you have a gigabit LAN card.


I do that all the time to transfer captured DV footage from one computer to another.

[kyrt]

or u may choose to use vnc server. allowing u to remote connect to ur machine. but that just another story.

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