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25th September 2007
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| Gear addict  Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Toronto
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Thread Starter | Changing a system drive on XP Hey guys. I'm running out of room on my 80gb system drive on my PC. What is the smoothest way to install my system on to a bigger drive without having to reinstall all the software? What would be the equivalent to "carbon copy cloner" for pc's? Any links or advice would be appreciated. Cheers Adam |
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25th September 2007
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Illinois
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| Acronis True Image or Ghost |
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25th September 2007
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| Gear addict Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Toronto
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Thread Starter | I was reading about those. Anyone had experience with these? I'd like to learn a lot more before risking my whole system on them. A |
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25th September 2007
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Nashville, TN
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| Norton Ghost I tried a demo of Acronis a while back and it trashed my system. I may have done something wrong but it was enough for me to never even consider it again.
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25th September 2007
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| Gear maniac  Join Date: Sep 2007
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| do a fresh install |
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25th September 2007
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| Gear addict Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Toronto
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Thread Starter | that's an option - I could even change to vista, but who knows what the repercussions of that might be. I just hoped to avoid the hassle of reinstalling EVERYTHING and spending weeks returning the system and all it's quirks to the way it was. A |
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26th September 2007
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| Gear addict  Join Date: Aug 2004
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| I would recommend a reinstall but with the low price of hard drives these days I would just go and buy a new one but keep the old one for a long time just in case I need something from it. Of course before installing a new drive I would copy the stuff I needed from my C drive. |
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