Hi.
Please can someone tell me the most reliable way to upgrade my hard drive.
I have Norton Ghost 15
Would like to transfer my system onto a new hard drive and then just boot from that new drive, removing and destroying the old one.
How do I do this?
Thanks
My Computer
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Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bitAMD Phenom II8GB1024Mb GeForce GTS 250
The Norton program will do that though I have no experience with Norton, it shouldn't be that hard to figure out; you will need another separate Hard Disk Drive (HDD) to store the image on. Just be sure to create the recovery disk first so that you will be able to boot to the recovery side to restore to the image later.
You can use step #7 in this tutorial to do wipe "clean all" of the old HDD to over-write any old data still left on it, then you could just throw it in the trash.
Bare Foot Kid
Thanks.
If I create an image on the new HDD and then remove my existing one, should the computer then just boot using the new drive? No need to reinstall everything?
Thanks again.
My Computer
At a glance
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bitAMD Phenom II8GB1024Mb GeForce GTS 250
No it doesn't work that way, the created image will have to be added to the new HDD using the Norton programs boot disk, that's why it (the disk) MUST be created.
I would not destroy the old HD. I would use it for backup or extra storage. Unless of course it is defective & dying
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Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x6...AMD fx8350 4ghz, AMD-32 2400mhz, AMD-64 3200m...2gb, 4gb on the Ult 7600, 4gb on Technet RTM,...Draw my own Graphics, several nVidia cards
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