I want to clone my XP system from IDE to SATA drive

6 Mar 2005 9:09 PM

Sooty

Hi all

I have an upgraded my system, having changed my M/board and re-installed XP.

I has occurred to me since then, that my 100Gb IDE drive 'should' have been
changed at the same time. Do I have to re-install XP all over again or can I
tranfer my system to a new drive but using the on-board SATA connections for
a quiet Samsung SATA drive, I have my eye on?

any advice appreciated

--
regards

Alan

6 Mar 2005 9:43 PM

RBM

You can clone the drive with Acronis true image, or Norton Ghost
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"Sooty" <atuczo***@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
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> Hi all
>
> I have an upgraded my system, having changed my M/board and re-installed
> XP.
>
> I has occurred to me since then, that my 100Gb IDE drive 'should' have
> been changed at the same time. Do I have to re-install XP all over again
> or can I tranfer my system to a new drive but using the on-board SATA
> connections for a quiet Samsung SATA drive, I have my eye on?
>
> any advice appreciated
>
> --
> regards
>
>
> Alan
>
>

6 Mar 2005 10:06 PM

Sooty

7**@fe10.lga...

> You can clone the drive with Acronis true image, or Norton Ghost
> "Sooty" <atuczo***@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message

Do I have to re-install XP all over again

Thanks... But I really want to know If I can attache the new SATA drive with
the copy of the system.. and use it with out re-installing XP

anyone done this or thoughts..

TA

6 Mar 2005 10:32 PM

DaveW

Yes, you can just transfer XP; you do not have to reinstall it.

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DaveW

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"Sooty" <atuczo***@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
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> Hi all
>
> I have an upgraded my system, having changed my M/board and re-installed
> XP.
>
> I has occurred to me since then, that my 100Gb IDE drive 'should' have
> been changed at the same time. Do I have to re-install XP all over again
> or can I tranfer my system to a new drive but using the on-board SATA
> connections for a quiet Samsung SATA drive, I have my eye on?
>
> any advice appreciated
>
> --
> regards
>
>
> Alan
>
>

6 Mar 2005 10:38 PM

RBM

Go to www.acronis.com and you can see how it works. Here is a copy of what
you want to know:
Disk cloning and new disk deployment
Acronis True Image 8.0 now includes the full capabilities of Acronis Migrate
Easy, the disk cloning and disk deployment solution. If your hard drive is
full, Acronis True Image will help you to quickly and easily deploy a new
hard disk on your PC — migrating all data, operating systems, programs,
software patches and updates, configuration files, preferences, e-mail and
everything else automatically!

Using Acronis True Image 8.0 you will also be able to deploy new disk as an
additional storage device, securely wipe old hard disk, redeploy old hard
disk, and more.

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"DaveW" <n***@zero.org> wrote in message
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> Yes, you can just transfer XP; you do not have to reinstall it.
>
> --
> DaveW
>
>
>
> "Sooty" <atuczo***@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
> news:LYGdnQEI5cLv7LbfRVnygw@pipex.net...
>> Hi all
>>
>> I have an upgraded my system, having changed my M/board and re-installed
>> XP.
>>
>> I has occurred to me since then, that my 100Gb IDE drive 'should' have
>> been changed at the same time. Do I have to re-install XP all over again
>> or can I tranfer my system to a new drive but using the on-board SATA
>> connections for a quiet Samsung SATA drive, I have my eye on?
>>
>> any advice appreciated
>>
>> --
>> regards
>>
>>
>> Alan
>>
>>
>
>

6 Mar 2005 11:49 PM

Sooty

> Disk cloning and new disk deployment
> Acronis True Image 8.0 now includes the full capabilities of Acronis
> Migrate Easy, the disk cloning and disk deployment solution. If your hard
> drive is full, Acronis True Image will help you to quickly and easily
> deploy a new hard disk on your PC - migrating all data, operating systems,
> programs, software patches and updates, configuration files, preferences,
> e-mail and everything else automatically!
>
> Using Acronis True Image 8.0 you will also be able to deploy new disk as
> an additional storage device, securely wipe old hard disk, redeploy old
> hard disk, and more.

I'll try your suggestion...

Thanks