Guest Pat Posted July 20, 2007 Posted July 20, 2007 On my desktop with WinXP Pro, I need to move it to a larger, and faster, IDE HD, from 80G to 250G. After the new drive is formatted, is Norton Ghost the right program to use to move all my files over? If I use Clone in Norton Ghost, will it just clone/move all my files, or will it clone/recreate my old 80G partition on my new 250G HD? Thanks, Pat
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted July 20, 2007 Posted July 20, 2007 Re: Moving WinXP to a larger HD? I'm not familiar with Ghost, but if it's really a Clone operation, it will recreate your partition. An exact duplicate. If you then want to enlarge the partition, you can use BootIt NG. Download the EXE from http://www.bootitng.com, then run it to create an installation floppy. Boot to the floppy then Cancel the installation. That will give you access to Partition Work, where you can resize the partition. BootIt NG is free for this purpose. Or, create one or more new partitions in the empty space and move your personal files to one or more of the partitions. I use separate partitions, one each for TEMP, Personal Files and Downloaded applications (I download lots of apps, many of them quite large. I also copy apps frontheir installation CDs to the HD for more successful installations and easy access. That's a minimum... I also, for instance, add separate partitions for images (I'm in the graphic arts/publishing business) and any other large collection of files I want kept separate from other data. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com "Pat" <pat929@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:%23DsJL9tyHHA.4184@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > On my desktop with WinXP Pro, I need to move it to a larger, and faster, > IDE HD, from > 80G to 250G. > > After the new drive is formatted, is Norton Ghost the right program to use > to move all > my files over? > > If I use Clone in Norton Ghost, will it just clone/move all my files, or > will it > clone/recreate my old 80G partition on my new 250G HD? > > Thanks, > > Pat > >
Guest Lil' Dave Posted July 20, 2007 Posted July 20, 2007 Re: Moving WinXP to a larger HD? "Pat" <pat929@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:%23DsJL9tyHHA.4184@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > On my desktop with WinXP Pro, I need to move it to a larger, and faster, > IDE HD, from > 80G to 250G. > > After the new drive is formatted, is Norton Ghost the right program to use > to move all > my files over? One does not partition or format a drive that is target for a clone. The cloning program does that for you. The version of Norton Ghost may be an issue. > > If I use Clone in Norton Ghost, will it just clone/move all my files, or > will it > clone/recreate my old 80G partition on my new 250G HD? A properly working cloning program moves nothing. (Moving is the process of copying and deleting the source folders/files). It simply copies folders/files after creating its own partition. The source hard drive's partition, folders/files should remain intact after the clone. The clone may make one partition the same size as is on your 80GB physical hard drive to the 250GB physical hard drive. The remainder will be wasted space on the latter. There may be an option in the cloning program to utilize all the space on the latter physical hard drive. Dave
Guest Martin X. Posted July 20, 2007 Posted July 20, 2007 Re: Moving WinXP to a larger HD? With Ghost you have options to clone the entire HD or a particular partition only. If you're cloning a smaller HD to a larger on, there will be options regarding how much space to use on the new HD. FYI, there are other disk imaging programs out there, so check around. -- Regards, Martin X. MCSA: M "Pat" <pat929@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:%23DsJL9tyHHA.4184@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... On my desktop with WinXP Pro, I need to move it to a larger, and faster, IDE HD, from 80G to 250G. After the new drive is formatted, is Norton Ghost the right program to use to move all my files over? If I use Clone in Norton Ghost, will it just clone/move all my files, or will it clone/recreate my old 80G partition on my new 250G HD? Thanks, Pat
Guest Mike Lowery Posted July 20, 2007 Posted July 20, 2007 Re: Moving WinXP to a larger HD? You could use Ghost, or a free program like DriveImage XML or Clonezilla. If the software doesn't support expanding the existing partition onto the new HD, you can use GParted LiveCD to do that for you (non-destructive partition resize.) "Pat" <pat929@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:%23DsJL9tyHHA.4184@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > On my desktop with WinXP Pro, I need to move it to a larger, and faster, IDE > HD, from > 80G to 250G. > > After the new drive is formatted, is Norton Ghost the right program to use to > move all > my files over? > > If I use Clone in Norton Ghost, will it just clone/move all my files, or will > it > clone/recreate my old 80G partition on my new 250G HD? > > Thanks, > > Pat > >
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