Hard drive changing

[Makkarah]

Ok so I grew tired of my maxtor keeping huge noise, so I bought a seagate hard drive, but I don't want to install everything once again. So I was thinking Norton Ghost to image everything from the old to the new one.
Here's the problem, I got Norton Ghost as a bundle with my Epox motherboard, but it doesn't work in Windows NT/XP. So how am I supposed to run it?

 

[stool]

I'm pretty sure you can use the Powermax software that came with the Maxtor to make a complete image of your C: drive and then put it on the new one.

 

[Makkarah]

My Maxtor came as a bulk. So no software with it. And it's partitioned to 5 pieces. I just want to image everything on it to the new one and then sell it away.

 

[WackyWRZ]

I dunno if the Powermax software would work on the Seagate, as sometimes they wont work on other brands. Seagate has a set of tools http://www.seagate.com/support/disc/drivers/discwiz.html that should do it. I would reccomend the middle one, DiscWizard2002. It will format, and copy over all your stuff.

 

[Makkarah]

Thanks for the link, downloading it now. Should've known to check the logical site first (Seagate).


EDIT: Well, it's done now. Thanks again for the link! Never seen so easy program for partitioning and copying C:\ contents!

 

[Makkarah]

Is there any way to change the hard drive lettering? Currently this is the only drive I have, just changed, copied all contents of the old one. I have C:, J:, K:, L: and M: drives.
I'd really would like them to be C:, D:, E:, F: and G:.

On the other hand, changing the hard drive was a good thing, did some cleaning too. No wonder my processor temps were a little high...

 

[macklin01]

Are you in XP? I think if you go to disk tools in the system admin tools, you might be able to. If you can't find it, I'll try to look on my XP machine at home later tonight. -- Paul

BTW, for those WD users who may be reading this thread, WD has recently updated thier tools to work with winXP. Thier interface for installing a new drive is really pretty nice. (even has some limited mouse support.) Just a FYI. -- Paul

 

[Makkarah]

Are you in XP? I think if you go to disk tools in the system admin tools, you might be able to. If you can't find it, I'll try to look on my XP machine at home later tonight. -- Paul

I love you! Shows how much I still have to learn about... Windows.

 

[macklin01]

Ahh, thanks. Well, that's why we're all here -- to help everyone else out and to spread knowledge. Have fun! -- Paul

 

[PYROMANIAC]

you can download the maxblast program to copy the image over..also your seagate should of came with some kind of software to do that..................

 

[macklin01]

Well, bare drives don't always come with the software, but you should be able to d/l it. -- Paul