need to copy everything from hdd to another

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  1. lodwales

    lodwales Member

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    ok i have built a new machine for a friend and all i need to do now is to copy or transfer everything from his old hdd (9gig) to my new 40gig (formatted) can i make a striaght copy from one to another or do i have to install a copy of xp on the new hdd! please any help or links will be appreciated !!!!
     
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    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    could use ghost or casper xp to clone the hd than go into safemode to uninstall old board drivers so windows can load new drivers
     
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    What I did when I wanted to transfer files from an old PC to a new PC was remove to the hard disk from the old PC, set it as a slave. I then temporarily installed it in the new PC and booted up. The new PC recognised the drive (in my case E:) automatically and I was able to copy files over.

    Once done I powered down my new PC and removed the old HDD.

     
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