Re: Move system and partitions to new HD?

gimlook had written this in response to
http://www.talkcomputer.com/hardware...-HD-62791-.htm
:
Mark wrote:




> X-posted: alt.comp.freeware,alt.comp.hardware

> Ladies and gentlemen,

> I intend to replace my 320 GB 'parallel ATA' HD with a 500 GB SATA
> disk and have to transfer the lot: boot & system (XP) partition and
> program partitions (plus a lot of media files). Of course, I could to
> a fresh install, re-register XP and re-install all software. But there
> should be a better way, or isn't there? How to go about it? Any good
> freeware for this?

> Mark

move system and partitions to new hd is not a difficult tast. you can
choose one
free clone tool to clone the whole system to the new hard disk. i googled
one
article talk about this topic you can have a look.

http://www.todo-backup.com/backup-re...s-to-new-hard-
disk.htm
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>> I intend to replace my 320 GB 'parallel ATA' HD with a 500 GB SATA
>> disk and have to transfer the lot: boot & system (XP) partition and
>> program partitions (plus a lot of media files). Of course, I could to
>> a fresh install, re-register XP and re-install all software. But there
>> should be a better way, or isn't there? How to go about it? Any good
>> freeware for this?

Both Macrium Reflect and Paragon Backup freewares can do that. Macrium
will require you to restore one partition at a time whereas Paragon
can restore all partitions at once. However, Paragon's backup process
is slower than Macrium's.

Macrium Reflect Free
Pros: Boot CD, scheduler, can extract individual files and folders
Cons: No incremental or differential backups, restores one partition
at a time
OS: Win XP/2003/Vista/2008/Win7
http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.asp

Paragon Backup & Recovery 2011 Advanced Free
Pros: Boot CD, scheduler, can extract individual files and folders,
differential backups, partitioning tools
OS: Win 2000/XP/Vista/Win7
http://www.paragon-software.com/home.../download.html

> Mark wrote:
>
>> I intend to replace my 320 GB 'parallel ATA' HD with a 500 GB SATA
>> disk and have to transfer the lot: boot & system (XP) partition and
>> program partitions (plus a lot of media files). Of course, I could to
>> a fresh install, re-register XP and re-install all software. But there
>> should be a better way, or isn't there?

Seagate, Western Digital and other vendors of hard drives
offer free software for just this purpose.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)