Making HD images

Fat_bloater_dave · Post by **Fat_bloater_dave** » Fri May 11, 2007 3:04 pm

Hi there, i am planning on a small system change that includes changeing from 3 HDs (1 system HD 2 Storeage) to 2 HDs I was wondering how imageing works with programs like nortan Ghost could i make an image of the Old system HD and just set it on the new system HD? and then everything would work just the same?

Thank for the help
Dave

nick705 · Post by **nick705** » Fri May 11, 2007 3:21 pm

Yes, that should work just fine. Acronis TrueImage Home is another app you might want to consider.

Having said that, I've had a couple of occasions where cloning the system drive just *didn't* work, for reasons which completely escape me. There was nothing wrong with the hardware, the process just gave up partway through.

It should normally be a simple process, but you should probably be prepared to reinstall from scratch just in case something goes wrong.

CraigB · Post by **CraigB** » Fri May 11, 2007 5:57 pm

I use Casper XP to copy one HD to another when upgrading. Its very easy, low cost and works every time. http://www.fssdev.com/

Craig

Fat_bloater_dave · Post by **Fat_bloater_dave** » Sun May 13, 2007 1:10 am

Thanks Guys, ill try it and hope it works.

AZBrandon · Post by **AZBrandon** » Sun May 13, 2007 9:53 pm

Another acronis user here. I used it once to test out my existing configuration on a 2.5" HDD rather than my normal 3.5" HDD. Cloned it from the 3.5 to the 2.5, ran like that for a while, then cloned back to the 3.5" HDD. I thought it was pretty slick.

Fat_bloater_dave · Post by **Fat_bloater_dave** » Mon May 14, 2007 2:00 am

AZBrandon wrote:Another acronis user here. I used it once to test out my existing configuration on a 2.5" HDD rather than my normal 3.5" HDD. Cloned it from the 3.5 to the 2.5, ran like that for a while, then cloned back to the 3.5" HDD. I thought it was pretty slick.

Thanks sounds like its gonna work just like i want it to. Lets hope it doesnt all go wrong XD

Max Slowik · Post by **Max Slowik** » Mon May 14, 2007 5:49 am

Yeah, I've played around with Acronis and Norton Ghost, and I tell you, you can't beat Acronis. Plus you can download it from Newegg for, like, thirty bucks.

StanF · Post by **StanF** » Mon May 14, 2007 4:40 pm

Count me as another happy Acronis user. I boot from a CD and then use it to backup to another system over the network. You can also use a local USB drive, and, of course, local IDE and SATA drives.