I need to copy everything from my 80g hdd to my new 120g hdd including os. can i just slave it and drag it?

Question

basically i need to dup my hdd i just want more space

Answer 1

No! You can't just copy paste the OS or drag it. It won't work, or probably work but with lots of errors, and I mean LOTS! You must install your OS properly. It's because it will also install your drivers, etc. So its not a good idea to drag it.



But you can drag or copy paste your documents(movies,mp3s,etc) but not your OS.

Answer 2

Option 1 :



Nope, Drag will not work at all. You will have to make the ghost (not scary) image drive of your boot partition. And this job can be done by Norton Ghost / Paragon Hard Disk Manager.



Option 2 :



( Will take more time)



Install the OS on new hard disk.

Install all the drivers, applications in the new OS.

Make it master and change the status of 80 GB HDD to slave.

Drag the required material on the new 120 GB hard disk. Here you can leave the Windows and program files folder.

When sure that your complete data is moved in to the new Hard Disk, format the older one.

You will get 80 GB of free space.

Answer 3

Yes, that will work. However, your installed programs (including your OS) wont work properly, because your programs need to be installed. Installed programs, depending on the program, will need to install some things into the directory of your os, which shouldn't be the problem. Almost All programs also get installed into the registry, which tells the computer what programs are installed, and the binary way (or hex?) of where it works, what it runs, etc. So yes, you can copy everything to your newer hdd, but chances are most of your programs wont work.



If you just want more space, why dont you use the 120 as a secondary? I do that, I have my os and programs installed on the master, and my personal data, and program installation files on the secondary. That way if ever need to format, I just format the os drive.

Answer 4

No, need to transfer the drive with a provided diskcopy program or something like nortons ghost

Your core OS, system & settings files wont just copy across with windows copy protocols, even total copy wont help

Answer 5

It is definitely possible,



you need to ensure that you copy all the hidden and system files as well...



So after you have slaved the new drive you should have the following:



c: 80 gig

d: 120 gig



format the D drive.



then click start -> run -> cmd



type the following into the command prompt.

c:

cd\

xcopy c:\*.* d:\ /s /v /c /h /r



That should do it .. it will copy all the files, hidden, system ... everything ... then just make the new drive the primary and ... Bobs your uncle... as they say...

Answer 6

No good. You can slave it, then use a utility like Norton Ghost to transfer a complete image. Graham

Answer 7

dont think so.. some files need to be installed again