Moving all your files to another HD?

[sanka]

I have all my files on a hard drive, and I want to move them to another one. I also want to be able to do this without having to lose any files/reinstall XP.

I think I can do this by booting with a disk and just drag+dropping (I can change the Hard Drive that gets booted from in BIOS). I don't have a boot disk though, is there anyway I can get one? And will this work?

 

[Raffaz]

You need to install a second HDD to ya computer as a slave, then just boot the pc as normal and drag / drop the files to the new HDD through windows explorer

 

[coolfella]

i think raffaz its right

if u have 2 hard drives u can do that

 

[sanka]

But if I drag and drop the files they will most likely be "in use" and won't be able to be moved.

Edit: Yeah... thats what it said..

Double Edit: I just realized my HDD software has a program that lets you copy files to another partition, I'm running that right now, and I'll let you know if it works.

 

[marcmarteleira]

Use lolLinux lolNoppix

 

[Raffaz]

What files are you trying to move exactly? If ya wanting to move music files and stuff, then use the method above. If ya wanting to move system files, like a copy of ya HDD, then ya will need to make an image of the drive

 

[lhuser]

Yes, music files and all that sort of thing can be copied. If you're copying Windows folder, it won't work, because the system relies on it. If you want to make a entire copy, then you will need a drive ghosting software, like Norton Ghost or Aconis.