On Sat, 23 Feb 2008 10:35:51 -0600, booker
<booker.358sx4@no-mx.forums.net> wrote:
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> Hi,
> Recently i bought a new HD, 320GB, i´m currently using a 80GB.
> My question is if there is any tool on vist to make a ghost/clone my
> current OS & Software on the new HD?
>
> If not, what program i should use?
>
> This will make a perfect copy 1:1 right?[/color]


Several points:

1. There is no Vista tool to do this.

2. Most new drives either come with such a tool, or you can download
one from the drive manufacturer's web site.

3. If you want to buy such a tool, there are several choices. My
favorite is Acronis true Image.

4. Why do you want to do this at all? It's easier to just install the
new 320GB as a second drive and keep both. Then you end up with a
total of 400GB instead of 320GB.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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> 4. Why do you want to do this at all? It's easier to just install the[color=blue]
> new 320GB as a second drive and keep both. Then you end up with a
> total of 400GB instead of 320GB.
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup[/color]

Likely because most 80Gig HDD's are now coming up on three to four years of
age, so reliability becomes
more of a concern, as well as the fact that most 80Gig units have a 2Mb L2
cache whereas almost all 320Gig units have a 16Mb cache and have a
noticeably faster "feel".

Ghost works fine, I use it for all my PC images. You can also use Powerquest
Drive Image

Hope that helps

Claudia

"Augustus" <no_one@nowhere.net> wrote in message
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>> 4. Why do you want to do this at all? It's easier to just install the
>> new 320GB as a second drive and keep both. Then you end up with a
>> total of 400GB instead of 320GB.
>>
>> --
>> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
>> Please Reply to the Newsgroup[/color]
>
> Likely because most 80Gig HDD's are now coming up on three to four years
> of age, so reliability becomes
> more of a concern, as well as the fact that most 80Gig units have a 2Mb L2
> cache whereas almost all 320Gig units have a 16Mb cache and have a
> noticeably faster "feel".
>[/color]

Copy it over to the new one and use the old drive for backup or data.
Acronis has good products and just make sure anything you need to run on
Vista is Vista compatible.

"booker" <booker.359cd3@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
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>
> thanks all for the answer.
> the reason why i want to do it, is because my old hd is very old, it´s
> not as fast as my new HW so i really need to move my OS to the new HW.
>
> I´ll try to download the app from the website (it´s samsung drive btw)
> Or i should use the original HD? (old one?)
>
> if i can´t find it, i´ll search for a 3rd party application then.
>
>
> --
> booker[/color]

Claudia,
What version of Vista? Of Ghost? Have you done any file or complete
restores?

"Claudia Mumford" <cmumford@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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> Ghost works fine, I use it for all my PC images. You can also use
> Powerquest Drive Image
>
> Hope that helps
>
> Claudia
>
> "Augustus" <no_one@nowhere.net> wrote in message
> news:72_vj.40557$w57.32465@edtnps90...[color=green][color=darkred]
>>> 4. Why do you want to do this at all? It's easier to just install the
>>> new 320GB as a second drive and keep both. Then you end up with a
>>> total of 400GB instead of 320GB.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
>>> Please Reply to the Newsgroup[/color]
>>
>> Likely because most 80Gig HDD's are now coming up on three to four years
>> of age, so reliability becomes
>> more of a concern, as well as the fact that most 80Gig units have a 2Mb
>> L2 cache whereas almost all 320Gig units have a 16Mb cache and have a
>> noticeably faster "feel".
>>[/color]
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