Norton Ghost is definitely among the best. You can pick up a copy of Ghost
2003 (which is ALL that is needed) on eBay for less than $20.


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<aaronep@pacbell.net> wrote in message
news:1133403169.805931.270810@g14g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>I have Windox XP and have just installed a larger hard drive on my
> computer. It is a second hard drive. What is the best software to use
> to copy the entire contents of the original first hard drive (hard
> drive zero) to the second hard drive? Should I use GHOST vsn 2003,
> Partition Magic 8, or some other application program. I intend to keep
> both hard drives on the computer, but desire to retain contents of
> original hard drive for back up purposes in case 1st HD fails.
> best, Aaron
>