COPYING ENTIRE HARD DRIVE

[scotty2b]

This is going to be a weird question (dont ask why) I am trying to find out how I can copy an entire HD to another HD So this is what I want to do I want to copy the entire content from my home computers(maxtor 30 gig 7400rpm) to a new maxtor that is 30gig 7400rpm so I can work on the exact same material at our cabin The system will be identical to my home PC

[Roody]

Originally posted by scotty2b:
This is going to be a weird question (dont ask why) I am trying to find out how I can copy an entire HD to another HD So this is what I want to do I want to copy the entire content from my home computers(maxtor 30 gig 7400rpm) to a new maxtor that is 30gig 7400rpm so I can work on the exact same material at our cabin The system will be identical to my home PC

well I know there is a program called Norton Ghost that will take an image of your hard drive for you for just that kind of thing. I dont have a copy of it myself, but several do on here and they could give you an idea of how good it is.

[onetrueday]

read my reply in the hardware section. Much easier then ghost and it's free. You're even ENTITLED to use this program.

[keeper]

Also, computer stores have a few good progs that will do this for you . Is EZ enuf.

oR, Can do it manually w/ Maxtor set-up disk.

[Storm90]

Also there is a way to tranfer everything from your old harddrive to your new hard drive by useing a patchcord. I do not remember how. But if you check in the hardware forum . I think you will find the answer. It put everything on thenew hard drive with out haveing to use a software program. I have not done it for a while and cannot remember the command. GoodLuck ! I hope this helps you out! You must also make sure this drive is formatted to a fat32 or fat16 or how ever you may have it set up.