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TRANSFER OS TO LARGER HD ??? WINDOWS XP PRO

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SILENTXTC Posts 11 Registration date Tuesday September 15, 2009 Status Member Last seen September 27, 2009 - Sep 19, 2009 at 04:43 AM
SILENTXTC Posts 11 Registration date Tuesday September 15, 2009 Status Member Last seen September 27, 2009 - Sep 23, 2009 at 01:54 AM
G'day all im unsure weather it could be done or not but here goes
i have a 20 GB hard drive installed on a spare computer that my son use's to do home work
now im wondering if i CAN transfer the complete os to a LARGER hd being a SEAGATE ATA IV 60Gb 7200 RPM( MODEL ST360021A) due to the fact that the old hard drive is EXTREAMLY NOISY!!!! (drives me nuts and i personly think its stuffed ??) also has slowed the pc down for some unknown reason (I HAVE TRIED 4 DIFFERANT HD ALL WITH WINDOWS XP PRO SAME RATINGS ECT) "SEAGATE BARRACUDE ATA III" 5200 RPM, i dont have the original disc's as i bought the pc out of the local paper , (wasnt working pwr supply was nackerd) CAN IT BE DONE? IF SO PLEASE DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW I GO ABOUT DOING SO???

CHEER'S HAVE A BEA.....utiful day!!
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dancedhall Posts 3053 Registration date Wednesday May 13, 2009 Status Member Last seen March 12, 2010 656
Sep 19, 2009 at 05:35 AM
hi there,

you need to clone the drive

use link below and download acronis cloning software:

https://ccm.net/download/download-4045-acronis-true-image-home

clone the drive to a cd and restore to new hard drive

Thanks
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SILENTXTC Posts 11 Registration date Tuesday September 15, 2009 Status Member Last seen September 27, 2009
Sep 22, 2009 at 05:03 AM
thanks , but it gets to the end and wants me to buy it , :- ( any FREEWARE programs you would suggest?
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SILENTXTC Posts 11 Registration date Tuesday September 15, 2009 Status Member Last seen September 27, 2009
Sep 23, 2009 at 01:54 AM
ah i found a way i had a disc of norton ghost laying around " done the trick thanks for the info!