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stradale
11-20-2005, 03:14 PM
As some of you might have read over here (http://www.motorworld.net/forum/showthread.php?t=33341), I had the wrong HD installed in my computer. I have now got a new one from the store and I've been told I can copy the contents of the current HD to the new one, without having to install my OSes all over again. A mate told me I needed a disk imaging program of some sort.

Now my question is, which program do you computer buffs think I should look for and are there specific things I need to look out for to make this transition work?

Thanks in advance.
SFDMALEX
11-20-2005, 04:27 PM
Norton Ghost
SFDMALEX
11-20-2005, 06:37 PM
Stay away from ghost, it's a piece of shit ;)
Worked for me for 4 years :)
graywolf624
11-20-2005, 06:46 PM
Stay away from ghost, it's a piece of shit
Huh?

One of my last jobs before leaving for college was in a computer repair and sales shop. I bascially ran the shop when the owner was away. We used ghost all the time and never once had a problem.
SFDMALEX
11-20-2005, 07:14 PM
Stay away from ghost, it's a piece of shit
Huh?

One of my last jobs before leaving for college was in a computer repair and sales shop. I bascially ran the shop when the owner was away. We used ghost all the time and never once had a problem.

Same here, used it @ work for 4 years.
Jabba
11-20-2005, 07:23 PM
Ghost is the one to use. I use it all the time and its saved my life on more than one occasion even works with my raid...highly recommended.
wow2000
11-21-2005, 03:36 AM
Stay away from ghost, it's a piece of shit
Huh?

One of my last jobs before leaving for college was in a computer repair and sales shop. I bascially ran the shop when the owner was away. We used ghost all the time and never once had a problem.

dude dont argue with the bear.. he knows everything about everything and if by some slim chance of fate you find a subject about which he doesn't he knows someone who does.. taking this path can only lead to humiliation for yourself ;)
stradale
11-21-2005, 04:02 AM
^^^LOL!

I'll give Acronis a try first then. When I turn out to be too much of a noob to use it and fuck it up, I'll try and sort it out with Ghost. :wink:

Thanks for all the suggestions fellas!
AlienDB7
11-21-2005, 09:49 AM
I used Norton Ghost at work too, the only prob I had was the buggy support for the USB HD. It worked, just a little bit slow in response for some reason. It transferred the data and OS over flawlessly so it's all good.

I use PartImage on Linux at home since it's free :wink:
paulrudz
11-21-2005, 11:16 AM
:prr:
stradale
11-23-2005, 01:52 PM
I can't compare Acronis to Norton Ghost, because I haven't tried Ghost. But I can say that Acronis did the job. Easy to use, plenty of options and it worked flawlessly.

One thing though: never thought that wiping the old HD clean would take this fucking long! :shock:
AlienDB7
11-23-2005, 02:57 PM
One thing though: never thought that wiping the old HD clean would take this fucking long! :shock:
Last time I wiped (8 pass) a broken 20GB hd, took me like 3 days non-stop! :shock:

Who said privacy isn't costly...