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    Best way to copy HDDs?

    I've got a 60gb and an 80gb in my Shuttle.

    I want to put 2 larger drives in there.

    Is there a piece of software that I can press a few buttons and it will copy the data from one hdd to another and have it work exactly as before.

    Free is best, cheap is ok, included with the HDD is Top Banana.

    So whats the score?

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    Ghost is the proggy i use.. no idea how much it costs tho?

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    just copy it manually and use windows repair in the text setup to reinstall the bootloader.

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    Quote Originally Posted by aidanjt
    just copy it manually and use windows repair in the text setup to reinstall the bootloader.
    Too many files would be in use.

    I'm looking for a CD/Floppy that I can boot from and launch a util to create a new partition on the new HDD, and copy over EVERYthing from the old HDD.

    I had an old copy of PowerQuest's Drive Copy, but I really want to spend another £35 to buy a tool I'll use once then forget about.

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    If you can *aquire* a ghost floppy itd do it perfectly.

    There is a disk-to-disk option which Ive used a few times for the same thing you are doing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CocoPops
    I've got a 60gb and an 80gb in my Shuttle.

    I want to put 2 larger drives in there.

    Is there a piece of software that I can press a few buttons and it will copy the data from one hdd to another and have it work exactly as before.

    Free is best, cheap is ok, included with the HDD is Top Banana.

    So whats the score?
    Yep !

    You can use Disk Wizard for Windows

    Super Easy !!

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    Quote Originally Posted by CocoPops
    Too many files would be in use.

    I'm looking for a CD/Floppy that I can boot from and launch a util to create a new partition on the new HDD, and copy over EVERYthing from the old HDD.

    I had an old copy of PowerQuest's Drive Copy, but I really want to spend another £35 to buy a tool I'll use once then forget about.
    start->run->"cmd"->copy /s C:\*.* D:\

    whats hard about that?

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