I purchased a new, higher capacity hard drive to serve my growing needs. Now
the goal is to migrate all data and settings from the old drive to the new
one. I have done this successfully in the past using a third party software
application called Drive Copy but now I have Win XP pro and that application
is not compatible. Is there any easy way to migrate my data from my old
drive to the new one?

Your drive should have come with a CD that has all the software you need.

If you want to buy special disk cloning software try Norton Ghost or Acronis True Image. I use Ghost myself and like it. Others prefer True Image. Up to you.

Steven

"roy" <roy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:23463C63-9974-4BC4-980C-1A312700D4FA@microsoft.com...
>I purchased a new, higher capacity hard drive to serve my growing needs. Now
> the goal is to migrate all data and settings from the old drive to the new
> one. I have done this successfully in the past using a third party software
> application called Drive Copy but now I have Win XP pro and that application
> is not compatible. Is there any easy way to migrate my data from my old
> drive to the new one?

Are there any other methods of doing this via Windows or is continued
reliance on third party vendors needed?
Thanks
-roy

"M and D" wrote:

> Your drive should have come with a CD that has all the software you need.
>
> If you want to buy special disk cloning software try Norton Ghost or Acronis True Image. I use Ghost myself and like it. Others prefer True Image. Up to you.
>
> Steven
>
> "roy" <roy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:23463C63-9974-4BC4-980C-1A312700D4FA@microsoft.com...
> >I purchased a new, higher capacity hard drive to serve my growing needs. Now
> > the goal is to migrate all data and settings from the old drive to the new
> > one. I have done this successfully in the past using a third party software
> > application called Drive Copy but now I have Win XP pro and that application
> > is not compatible. Is there any easy way to migrate my data from my old
> > drive to the new one?
>

Via Windows - no. Third parties - yes. Why wouldn't you want to use the instructions and software that came with your hard disk? It's part of what you pay for. The disk manufacturer is also there to help you.

Steven

"roy" <roy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:F56B92F6-B532-4CD6-8AD4-DC4BE988349C@microsoft.com...
> Are there any other methods of doing this via Windows or is continued
> reliance on third party vendors needed?
> Thanks
> -roy
>
> "M and D" wrote:
>
>> Your drive should have come with a CD that has all the software you need.
>>
>> If you want to buy special disk cloning software try Norton Ghost or Acronis True Image. I use Ghost myself and like it. Others prefer True Image. Up to you.
>>
>> Steven
>>
>> "roy" <roy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:23463C63-9974-4BC4-980C-1A312700D4FA@microsoft.com...
>> >I purchased a new, higher capacity hard drive to serve my growing needs. Now
>> > the goal is to migrate all data and settings from the old drive to the new
>> > one. I have done this successfully in the past using a third party software
>> > application called Drive Copy but now I have Win XP pro and that application
>> > is not compatible. Is there any easy way to migrate my data from my old
>> > drive to the new one?
>>

Roy

Have you considered installing the new hard drive as a slave?


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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"roy" <roy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F56B92F6-B532-4CD6-8AD4-DC4BE988349C@microsoft.com...
> Are there any other methods of doing this via Windows or is continued
> reliance on third party vendors needed?
> Thanks
> -roy
>
> "M and D" wrote:
>
>> Your drive should have come with a CD that has all the software you need.
>>
>> If you want to buy special disk cloning software try Norton Ghost or
>> Acronis True Image. I use Ghost myself and like it. Others prefer True
>> Image. Up to you.
>>
>> Steven
>>
>> "roy" <roy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:23463C63-9974-4BC4-980C-1A312700D4FA@microsoft.com...
>> >I purchased a new, higher capacity hard drive to serve my growing needs.
>> >Now
>> > the goal is to migrate all data and settings from the old drive to the
>> > new
>> > one. I have done this successfully in the past using a third party
>> > software
>> > application called Drive Copy but now I have Win XP pro and that
>> > application
>> > is not compatible. Is there any easy way to migrate my data from my
>> > old
>> > drive to the new one?
>>