I just did 3 laptops with Seagate Momentus 7200 rpm drives, the old
ones were slower 4200 or 5400 rpm drives. I like the 5 yr warranty...
I used an external USB drive connector (like 19 bux from NewEgg) and a
WinPE or BartPE type boot CD that I downloaded..
Then you can just boot to the CD and ghost from the old to the new
drive and you are done. :)
On Oct 17, 2008, at 5:19 PM, Gary Udstrand wrote:
Really two questions here. First, I have a new laptop which came
with a
160G drive. Since I cannot add a second drive I am planning on
replacing it
with a larger (hopefully faster) drive. The Seagate Momentus 320G/
7200RPM
would give me the space I need and it appears to be a very fast
drive. The
Hitachi and WD Scorpio also get decent reviews, any of these head
shoulders
above the others or are they all about the same?
Secondly, I would like to avoid re-installing all my apps (again)
and moving
data. What is the best way to clone my current drive to the new
drive?
xcopy? Ghost? Free alternatives? I would like to be able to
clone the
drive, and then simply pop it into the laptop and have it boot up
and be
ready to go. :-) Oh, and I am running Windows XP Pro if it makes
any
difference.
Thanks!
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-Gary
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