[wideejay]

I had some work done on my computer last summer and the guy who did it replaced my C drive with an 18 GB HD. I cannot live with this small HD and want to replace it with a larger drive. I currently have the 18 GB drive as my C drive and also have another 75 GB HD as my D drive where I store all my personal files. The 18 GB HD has my operating system on it and all my working programs. I have now purchased a 250 GB HD and want to use it as the drive where I would store all my personal files. My questions are these:

Can I just copy all the information from my current D drive on to the the 250 GB HD drive and then transfer all the files from my C drive onto the old D drive, change the jumpers on the D drive from slave to master and then put it back into my computer along with the new 250 GB HD (using it as the new slave drive) and just take the old 18 GB HD out of the computer.

I have a program called Acronis True Image to transfer the information from all the old drives to the new new drives.

I hope this is clear to someone and they can just tell me if the procedure I have outlined above will work.

 

[JohnWill]

Acronis True Image will do all of the tasks you have outlined.

 

[brite750]

yep Acronis will clone the 18gb to the 75gb, actually you may want to clone 75 to 250 1st, then clone 18 to 75, save the 18 as a diagnostic drive or use on a basic internet machine, whatever, or send it to me

 

[wideejay]

OK, thanks for that information.

Now can someone please tell me how to transfer from my D drive to the new drive. I cannot do it internally as I already have two hard drives in my computer. I tried using a USB connection as I have the necessary cords to connect the new hard drive externally but I keep getting error messages when I use the Acronis program or when I just try to copy them using windows explorer. I'm kinda stuck right now.

 

[griffinspc]

I had some work done on my computer last summer and the guy who did it replaced my C drive with an 18 GB HD. I currently have the 18 GB drive as my C drive and also have another 75 GB HD as my D drive where I store all my personal files.

I'm a little confused. Are you positive that the drive that was replaced is an 18GB drive and not configured wrong? That just sounds weird.

2nd, If it is only 18GB I'd dump it for good and use your new drive with obviously much better specs as my new main drive "C" and leave your "D" alone as a backup drive. You can still use Acronis (depending on version) but a clean install of your OS on the new drive with new installs of your software makes better sense.

 

[crjdriver]

It would help if you listed how you have your drives connected now and whether they are sata, ide, connected to a controller card, etc. While using acronis is straightforward, it does need to be done correctly in order to insure drive letters are correct, system boots, etc. Post back and we can give you detailed instructions. I am on and off tonight due to reinstalling vista and sick kid; so it might be a while until I get back.

 

[griffinspc]

Which is sicker, kid or Vista?

 

[wideejay]

Yes, it's really an 18 GB drive. That is exactly why I am replacing it. However, I bought a 250 GB drive and want to use it for my personal files and want to use the old 74 GB drive as my main drive. As I explained earlier, I want to write the files on the 74 GB drive to the new 250 GB drive and need to know how to do this. Then I will transfer all the files from the 18 GB drive to the 74 GB drive. I don't want to do a clean install as right now the computer is set just the way I want it. They are all IDE and not connected to a controller card as far as I know.

Vista is sicker!

 

[griffinspc]

OK, there are a few ways to do this but first what version of Acronis do you have and below is a simple method?

You can hook the new drive up to the ribbon that is connected to your optical drive then you'll have all three drives working together and you can then image the 75 to the 250, image the 18 to the 75, pull the 18 and place the 75 at the end of the original ribbon where the 18 was, move the 250 to the middle connector of that ribbon and reconnect your optical drive. The 75 becomes the master and the 250 becomes the slave.

 

[crjdriver]

Which is sicker, kid or Vista?

Vista is running fine and the kid surprised me, he wanted to go to work. He cannot talk due to laryngitis. Just think a teenager who cannot talk

 

[brite750]

Vista is running fine and the kid surprised me, he wanted to go to work. He cannot talk due to laryngitis. Just think a teenager who cannot talk

well it sounds good, but they will just write "I want money", no talking doesnt stop them.

 

[wideejay]

Thanks to all that responded. I got the job done with all your help.

As far as Vista goes, Eh! Think I'll wait. Bill has enough of my money right now.