Harddrive Cloning (?)

[liquidfluidity]

Not sure if that is the proper terminology but here's what I want to do. I am wanting to upgrade my RaptorX to a newer Velociraptor. What is the best way to copy the RX to the VR? This is my OS drive including installed apps , etc. I just don't want to have to reformat if I don't have to. It took me a long time to get it set up to my liking and I would hate to lose all of my settings. I have heard that Acronis or Norton Ghost will do the trick. Is this correct? What about the drive letter - will it be different? Totally a noob at this!

 

[JohnleMVP]

You can try DriveXML since its free.
I've had success with it in the past. Not feature filled, but simple enough.

You will keep your drive letter.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTEnKA7tOXM

Also after you restore the image to the new drive, set the partition as active.

 

[SilentLunatic]

I used a gimped version of Acronis that came with my Seagate drive. I have also used EASEUS Todo backup and it is free.

Once I cloned mine, I shut down, removed the old drive, booted up and there was no difference.

 

[Lateralus]

http://support.wdc.com/product/downloaddetail.asp?swid=119&wdc_lang=en

The drive letter should stay the same; I think they realize that people would have problems if their new HDD got a different drive letter.

 

[liquidfluidity]

Sounds a lot easier than I thought. Thanks for the replies, guys!