Howto copy Windows installation

Wednesday, April 11th, 2007

I recently was able to save my Windows installation from failing hard drive to a new one by copying it. This method is simple, and might save you a trouble from doing it yourself, in case you’re thinking about using for example Gnu’s dd program (some say it will not work). So:

  1. Install the new hard disk.
  2. Download your copy of Acronis Migrate Easy Trial edition.
  3. Answer a few questions, like source drive and destination drive (doh). If your new drive is larger than the old one, no problem; Migrate Easy is able to expand the old partition to fill the new drive.

MBR is also copied from old drive to new one. Set your new drive to be the first drive to boot from via BIOS, and you’re done!

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