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?

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

Cubby3 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?

Look on the hard drive manufacturer's web site for a utility to move to your
new hard drive.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Thanks for the response. Now I just need Toshiba to respond to my voice
and/or e-mails. It is not real obvious from their web site how to get this
kind of software.

"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

> Cubby3 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?
>
> Look on the hard drive manufacturer's web site for a utility to move to your
> new hard drive.
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
>
>

Thanks for the response. Now I just need Toshiba to respond to my voice
and/or e-mails. It is not real obvious from their web site how to get this
kind of software.

"Ron Martell" wrote:

> 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
>