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Best way to transfer data between hd's?

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by phoeneous, 8 Feb 2005.

  1. phoeneous

    phoeneous What's a Dremel?

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    I just bought a new hd and Id like to transfer everything from the current one to the new one? Aside from buying a retail product, can I simply use a DOS command like XCOPY?
     
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  2. slugs

    slugs Minimodder

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    your best bet is disk imaging tools i personally paid for norton ghost and use that for all my needs.

    a link for you to various free utilities that will do the same thing ive not used them. bascially just located a link for you.

    Drive imageing tools
     
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  3. Zephyr

    Zephyr Go V-Boy, Go!

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    What brand is the drive? I ask because most brands I've used (WD, Seagate, Maxtor, Samsung) include a disk utility software with thier drives. Even for OEM drives, I believe the utilities can be downloaded off the company's sites. Those have always worked fine for me...
     
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  4. Xiachunyi

    Xiachunyi What's a Dremel?

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    Assigning, hooking, each hardrive on its own channel without any other devices will enable the computer to transfer nearer to its theoretical speed in relation to the hardrives.
     
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  5. scotty6435

    scotty6435 What's a Dremel?

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    Yeah, I tranfered 60 gig in 15 minutes I think when I changed disks. If it's a straight file change then just use OS drag and drop.
     
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  6. phoeneous

    phoeneous What's a Dremel?

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    So, one as master on IDE1 and one as master on IDE2?
     
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  7. MNC Fear

    MNC Fear Banned

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    YEP!
     
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  8. Derelict

    Derelict What's a Dremel?

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    Use Symantec Ghost, simply the best for that kind of task.
     
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