Migrate from 160gb drive to smaller drive
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Migrate from 160gb drive to smaller drive
Hello, is it possible to clone a 160gb Seagate SATA with one large partition
and one small partion, to an 80gb Samsung IDE? I am thinking of getting Ghost 2003 to do this. I would prefer to use the free Seagate utility Discwizard starter edition. Which is the best way to do it? Thanks.
Regards,
Mike
and one small partion, to an 80gb Samsung IDE? I am thinking of getting Ghost 2003 to do this. I would prefer to use the free Seagate utility Discwizard starter edition. Which is the best way to do it? Thanks.
Regards,
Mike
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It gives options to partition drives, format them, etc. The only thing you can't do is format/delete the partition windows is running on.
For example, you can:
install new drive
partition it how you like (100% called D, 50/50 called D and E, lots and lots of little ones called DEFGHI... )
copy from C to D
shut down
remove C
start the computer, it should boot from D, which is now C
I've used it on Seagate, WD, and Quantum drives. You can only use the "setup new drive" part with seagate drives, but the list above is from the "maintenance" section, so it works anywhere, anytime, anybrand...
I use it for a backup, too. Install extra drive, copy files, uninstall, put it in a safe place.
For example, you can:
install new drive
partition it how you like (100% called D, 50/50 called D and E, lots and lots of little ones called DEFGHI... )
copy from C to D
shut down
remove C
start the computer, it should boot from D, which is now C
I've used it on Seagate, WD, and Quantum drives. You can only use the "setup new drive" part with seagate drives, but the list above is from the "maintenance" section, so it works anywhere, anytime, anybrand...
I use it for a backup, too. Install extra drive, copy files, uninstall, put it in a safe place.
I was looking into doing something like this as well for my wife's machine. She has a horribly noisy HP Pavilion that I've been slowly upgrading. Swapped out the PSU for a Seasonic Super Versatile 200, swapped out noisy fans and heat sink, etc.
Now all that is left is to get rid of the really noisy HD. It's a 80GB Western Digital and I want to swap it to a larger Samsung. Surfing around, it looks like Casper XP (http://www.fssdev.com/products/casperxp/) will do exactly what I want: clone the system drive to another drive, which then because the new system drive. The old drive can be used as a slave (or tossed out since it's now by far the noisiest thing within 20 feet of the machine).
Anyone have any experience with Casper XP?
Now all that is left is to get rid of the really noisy HD. It's a 80GB Western Digital and I want to swap it to a larger Samsung. Surfing around, it looks like Casper XP (http://www.fssdev.com/products/casperxp/) will do exactly what I want: clone the system drive to another drive, which then because the new system drive. The old drive can be used as a slave (or tossed out since it's now by far the noisiest thing within 20 feet of the machine).
Anyone have any experience with Casper XP?
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Diskwizard is free...