don1500 Posted May 13, 2009 Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 I would like to migrate my Windows C: drive to a new Larger drive. The present C: drive is 60 gig and divided in two partitions. I would like to migrate this to a new 300 gig drive. Can this be done without losing all my set-ups configs and such? I really don't want to start from scratch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted May 13, 2009 Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 It depends to some extent on the operating system. Earlier versions of Windows - pre ME - may cause problems with a high capacity drive but XP and Vista should be movable easily by cloning your current drive contents on to a new one.For operations like this I use XXClone, free version.Cloning should give you an exact image of your current setup on the new drive but, in case it fails for any reason, you still have your original drive and contents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted May 13, 2009 Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 Download of XXClone (free version)How it works Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don1500 Posted May 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 Download of XXClone (free version)How it worksThanks, I'll try this, but a quick look at the web site tells me It might not be what I want. I may have to re-install most of my programs. But I'll check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted May 13, 2009 Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 With a cloned hard drive the image is exactly the same - so no need to re-install any applications Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted May 14, 2009 Report Share Posted May 14, 2009 Thanks for adding the link, Boris. I thought I had put it on but, obviously not.don1500: Unless I have completely misunderstood what it is you want to do, a disk clone is exactly what you need.A disk clone is an exact image of the drive you have cloned from - including any "undesirables" if they are present. There is no need to re-install programs or anything else. The only thing you have to heed is that you make the clone bootable which takes about ten seconds to do in the cloning program.I am so impressed with the cloning process now that I use disk clones instead of the more usual compressed backups such as from Acronis. It is even quicker to restore from a clone than it is from a backup although it does require you to be confident with swapping hard drives - which you obviously are to have contemplated this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted May 15, 2009 Report Share Posted May 15, 2009 The thing about "cloning" a disk is that everything is exactly the same as on the original partition.Meaning: you have zillions of pointers everywhere pointing to locations on the original C: drive. Hence, if you clone your C: drive onto another partition, and you want it to be usable, you must make your target partition the C: drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winfor666 Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 With a cloned hard drive the image is exactly the same - so no need to re-install any applicationsSome applications poll the volume ID to compare it with that of the volume on which they were originally installed, and will not launch if they are simply cloned to a different volume. To ensure you don't run into this problem, choose the "Cool Tools" tab and check "Duplicate Vol ID". This assumes you won't use both volumes at the same time on the same computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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