Re: Move system and partitions to new HD?

"Mark" <mark.myname.today@postmaster.co.uk> wrote in message
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> 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
>

It is more than likely the SATA disc manufacturer will have free software
(sometimes Acronis) that you can download to do the job.....