Re: installing a new hard drive

[Alan <alan@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Walter Mautner wrote:
> Michael Branchfield wrote:
>
> > I will be installing a new hard drive is there a way (preferably free)
> > other than copying everything to a slave to transfer my files in one shot.
> > im running xp
>
> If you want to exchange the drives and copy your files _and_ the operating
> system, you need drive/partition imaging. A free disk cloning tool is
> gpartd livecd (Google where you can download it, and what to do with it).

Some retail-boxed hard drives include the necessary software.