Trium918 Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 What is the easiest way to transfer data from old Hard Drive to new one? What would I need? Also, I need to make an image of the Operating System. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peranha Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 Do you want to transfer files, or do a clone?? If you want to transfer files, just put the old drive in the PC and copy the files to the new drive. If you want to clone, Norton Ghost works real well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trium918 Posted March 8, 2008 Author Share Posted March 8, 2008 Do you want to transfer files, or do a clone?? If you want to transfer files, just put the old drive in the PC and copy the files to the new drive. If you want to clone, Norton Ghost works real well. What do you mean about clone? Would this method include the OS? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peranha Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 Yes, a clone is an exact copy, file system and all, including the OS if it is the main drive. didnt realize you modified your original post to include OS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trium918 Posted March 8, 2008 Author Share Posted March 8, 2008 Yes, a clone is an exact copy, file system and all, including the OS if it is the main drive. didnt realize you modified your original post to include OS. Norton Ghost makes an image of the hard drive or partition, but I am looking for a cheaper software or free one. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peranha Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 It will make a copy of the drive, either to an image if that is what you want, or to another drive. it will do partitions, or the whole drive which ever you want. Not sure of a free cloning software. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peranha Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 Google search found this. http://www.snapfiles.com/get/hdclonefree.html I have not used it, but it is freeware, which looks like what you want. Cannot vouch for it though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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