Clone HDD

[dd1313]

Hi Guys

I have a 2 year old HP laptop.I now got a new Toshiba laptop and I want to
clone the HDD of my HP to Toshiba.I have the following questions:-

1. can this be done seeing that the brands are Hp and Toshiba.I mean will Xp in one work with the other or will Xp realize that it is suddenly not on a HP machine and give me errors.

2.How long will this clone take

3.Please recommend some nice software to do this and any special instructions I should look out for.

Thanks in advance
DD

 

[bdt]

Can't say as I've (yet!) found the Nirvana that is an XP install meekly accepting being moved from one motherboard to another, but hope springs eternal! Anyhow, I'm in the camp that believes it's better to go with the clean install, free of registry and DLL crud.

That said, a newsletter I subscribe to recently offered up a fascinating article by Fred Langa, being " XP's No-Reformat, Nondestructive Total-Rebuild Option". It also Dugg ..the commentary may have further useful info in it.

The way I'd go? A fresh install on he new laptop, all squeaky clean and free of gunge, with the "Files & Settings Transfer Wizard" to migrate your system state (desktop, mail, docs, etc.) from the old machine to the new - but that's just me, and I get ..interested in she specific (very specific!) details of things Being Right(tm).

But give that nondestructive rebuild a go, it'd be nice to hear that it works!

 

[squirrel]

Yeah I would recommend reinstalling rather, as noted above there might be some problems with drivers. I like reinstalling often as my pc feels a lot better.

What is it that you want to keep?

 

[dd1313]

Thanks Guys

File transfer worked well

DD

 

[killadoob]

i just use norton ghost

 

[ronan73]

Can't say as I've (yet!) found the Nirvana that is an XP install meekly accepting being moved from one motherboard to another, but hope springs eternal! Anyhow, I'm in the camp that believes it's better to go with the clean install, free of registry and DLL crud.

That said, a newsletter I subscribe to recently offered up a fascinating article by Fred Langa, being " XP's No-Reformat, Nondestructive Total-Rebuild Option". It also Dugg ..the commentary may have further useful info in it.

The way I'd go? A fresh install on he new laptop, all squeaky clean and free of gunge, with the "Files & Settings Transfer Wizard" to migrate your system state (desktop, mail, docs, etc.) from the old machine to the new - but that's just me, and I get ..interested in she specific (very specific!) details of things Being Right(tm).

But give that nondestructive rebuild a go, it'd be nice to hear that it works!

A bit off topic but if you have problems with your XP system you can try doing this.

Open run box and type sfc /scannow in it.
This will check your system files and will copy files from installation cd if files are found to be corrupt. The only complaint I have is that the checker closes itself automaticly after the process has completed withot giving you a report of what files has been replaced.