Most hard drive manufacturers do include imaging software that works for upgrading to *their* drives. I'd prefer to use generic imaging software rather than manufacturer-specific.
Zipzoomfly used to have a good reputation but it's fallen a few points here lately. http://www.resellerratings.com/seller1991.html Carl -----Original Message----- From: Windows Home/SOHO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Miller Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 7:29 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Laptop Hard drive upgrade I thought that was what the manufacturer's install software would do but then I've never done an NTFS drive. While looking at ways to do this I came across the Apricorn E-Z upgrade kit. Which is supposed to handle this. <http://www.apricorn.com/product_details.php?ID=220> Any comments on it? And last Zipzoomfly.com seems to have the best price. Are they reliable? > If your imaging software will recognize the USB drive, that would > work. > > If you've never done this with NTFS and that means you've never > done a Windows NT, 2000, or XP hard drive replacement, you can't > simply "copy" one drive to another the way you could for Windows > 95/98/ME. You need special software which is called "imaging" > software. It makes an exact copy of the drive. > > Carl -- ---------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is your picture included in the Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page? http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html If not, write to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ---------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is your picture included in the Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page? http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html If not, write to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
