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kalgar
12-10-10, 11:14
can anyone let me of an easy program to transfer all data off a small hd to a larger one thanks :thumb:
Aaron
12-10-10, 11:18
Try Acronis True Image... Its not free, but they do offer a 30 day trial. If you download it and install it and do everything you need within those 30 days, then you're good to go :)
kalgar
12-10-10, 11:27
Thanks a lot will give it a go :)
IanS
12-10-10, 11:29
Yes True Image is about the best, or there's a few free ones on The Ultimate Boot CD (http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/) and on Hirens (http://www.hiren.info/pages/bootcd).

Regards
IanS.
nft99
12-10-10, 12:01
Another recommendation for Acronis :D
gray.woodford
12-10-10, 13:38
Ive tried quite a few as i do lots of images at work.
You could all so try clonezilla
http://clonezilla.org/ its free.

If you use hirens it does contain pirated software on there so be warned but it should contain norton ghost, i use that quite often very good and easy to use.
Even they have a free trial themselves
http://us.norton.com/downloads/trialsoftware/register.jsp?pvid=ghost15

have a look
Mr. Lime
12-10-10, 13:50
I too will throw my lot in with acronis :)
wonderlust
12-10-10, 15:07
I had major issues cloning a drive with Acronis.

On an HP laptop it locked up during post with a drive cloned with acronis, wouldn't even allow you into the bios!

Had to use Symantec Ghost in the end...
jbromley
12-10-10, 15:41
I had major issues cloning a drive with Acronis.

On an HP laptop it locked up during post with a drive cloned with acronis, wouldn't even allow you into the bios!

Had to use Symantec Ghost in the end...

TBH I wonder whether that would've been the ACRONIS that caused that kind of lockup.
Burn-IT
12-10-10, 18:16
Try the drive manufacturer's site.
Acronis based drive management comes free, and can be used with some drives. (WD, Seagate, Maxtor). Just download if you have one of those - just having one in the machine is enough.
wonderlust
12-10-10, 19:03
TBH I wonder whether that would've been the ACRONIS that caused that kind of lockup.

Sure was, the system wouldn't boot (tried 3 or 4 different drives).

Had to Zero fill the boot sector to get past the bios.
Biodoid
12-10-10, 19:40
I always Acronis True Image, never had a problem with it
MikeLdn88
12-10-10, 19:45
If its HDD-HDD then try EASEUS Partition.
If its HDD-SDD then it HAS to be Acronis True Image. (my experience with XP, may not apply to Win7)
kalgar
12-10-10, 20:54
Ok have just bought a samsung 1tb drive to replace a 250gb one so will see how it goes :) thanks for ur input
Guest
13-10-10, 07:26
acronis gui is a doddle