Am trying to transfer my drive content to a new drive and using it as the new master drive. My question is whether using Norton Ghost, Aloha Bob or Western Digital Data Lifeguard software, does it have to be the same size drive? If not , will the unused portion of the new drive be unuseable (ex. 20gb to 300gb) or vise versa?
2006-08-11 09:27:46 · 9 answers · asked by yapsaw 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
First of all, you can't go smaller size hard drive. That logical. Can't fit 40Gigs worth of data into a 20Gig drive.
Secondly, it has to be a straight image transfer. For example, the core folder structure in drive A must look exactly like drive B. And the core folder structure is (usually) C:\Windows and C:\Program Files. All the data in these folders make Windows work correctly. All other secondary applications can be reinstalled after the Operating System is transferred.
Here's the other caviat. Once you install both hard drives (let's say C: drive and D: drive) and you transfer the image, you must disconnect the first drive and check in the BIOS to recognize your hard drives again. At first, it recognizes two drives and that the OS is on C: drive. Then, when you transfer the files to D: drive, you have to disconnect the old hard drive and let the BIOS see the new hard drive as the C: drive.
2006-08-11 09:39:46 · answer #1 · answered by Scott D 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
or bigger. And, instead of buying Ghost by Norton, you can also load and run any Linux LiveCDrom, and open a console, type dd bs=256 if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdc
bs=256 is the buffer size, and it takes aobut 11 minutes to clone a drive of 20Gb
if=/dev/hda means the input file (new blank drive) is the first, end connector, of IDE1
of=/dev/hdc would mean that the output file (old drive to be cloned) is the first drive, or, on the end connector, on IDE2
You would put the Boot CDrom on either of the IDE cables, as the middle connector, or /dev/hdb or /dev/hdd.
2006-08-11 09:47:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO they DO NOT have to be the same size, but the new drive should be at LTEAST as big as the old drive.
The link below is for an excellent drive image copy program, and it's FREE!!!!
2006-08-11 09:37:25 · answer #3 · answered by mrresearchman 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need a backup program like norton GHOST. You can backup from any drive and restore the backup image to any drive.
2006-08-11 09:40:40 · answer #4 · answered by todadamson 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No....usually the purpose is to go to a hard drive with bigger space so you have more room to continue using your computer.
2006-08-11 09:33:05 · answer #5 · answered by Jan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no way, you always can transfer to another with the same size or bigger but not to another one smaller
2006-08-11 09:34:56 · answer #6 · answered by electric_girl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No(although you need a big hdd as your files)
2006-08-11 11:15:12 · answer #7 · answered by nucleareditor 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ghost will do you just fine.
2006-08-11 09:31:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. ONLY THE SAME SIZE OR LARGER. yOU CAN USE THE EXTRA SPACE WITH NO PROBLEMS.
2006-08-11 09:31:02 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋