Cubby3 <Cubby3@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I has just purchased a new larger capacity harddrive for my laptop computer,
>and would like to move the entire contents of the old drive, including the OS
>with all hidden files, to the new one without having to do a reinstall of
>everything. Is this possible, and if so how is it best accomplished?


Use a disk cloning utility. There are several to choose from.

Check with the hard drive manufacturer's web site. They usually have
a free disk cloning utility you can download. Other choices include
Ghost from Symantec, BootItNG from www.bootitng.com, and Acronis True
Image from www.acronis.com

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca