[pete21]

sorry about the title i couldn't think how els to say it

ok soo my harddrive is making clicking sounds..most of you would tell me that's a sign of its going to die.am ok with that as its lasted a year and had windows on hit god knows how many times

my question is can i purchase a new harddrive and just make a soo called clone of my existing harddrive (slave/master) windows/picture/programs everything really
then take the old one out and use the new one
because i have got everything set up just how i like it
am sure most of you are like me and personalize everything just to your taste

i no you can make a complete backup to a different harddrive
would this work is it a simple case of just booting up to that harddrive after?

thanks for eney feedback :)

[serverguy]

Yes, you should be able to.

Rather than me write it all out heres a good tutorial
http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=418

[pete21]

thanks for that ill give it a goo then :)

[serverguy]

No problems.

Are you going to try one of the freeware cloning softwares or do you have Norton Ghost or Acronis True Image?

[philthomas]

I can recommend Acronis True Image .... very simple/easy to use.

[pete21]

i wos just going to go to windows back it up where it backs everything up on a different harddrive or cd...do i need to use a software :)

[philthomas]

If you read serverguy's link, it will tell you why you cant just use back up software and why you need to make an image of the drive :
http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=418

[ashaiba]

What "I" would do in this situation, and desperate to keep XP on my HDD is create an IMAGE, burn it on bunch of DVDs then i will insert the image on my new HDD. if that doesn't work and your not desperate for XP, copy all your importent folders to an External HDD...

I'd go for the first one though

[serverguy]

Originally Posted by ashaiba What "I" would do in this situation, and desperate to keep XP on my HDD is create an IMAGE, burn it on bunch of DVDs then i will insert the image on my new HDD. if that doesn't work and your not desperate for XP, copy all your importent folders to an External HDD... I'd go for the first one though

Why would you do that? It would be much quicker just to clone the drive. And you would still need software to do what you want so you're not saving anything.

[ashaiba]

yea, but i don't know how to clone, so i'm saying what "I" would do. ya heard???

[philthomas]

Originally Posted by ashaiba yea, but i don't know how to clone, so i'm saying what "I" would do. ya heard???

Cloning the drive is the same as creating an image of the drive, which is what you are suggesting and what serverguy has already advised ..... what are you not sure of ??

[ashaiba]

Originally Posted by philthomas Cloning the drive is the same as creating an image of the drive, which is what you are suggesting and what serverguy has already advised ..... what are you not sure of ??

I was just confused with vocap =P

[serverguy]

Originally Posted by ashaiba I was just confused with vocap =P

What is vocap? And what confuses you about it?