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Moving an operating system?

Discussion in 'Storage' started by hat, Jul 18, 2010.

  1. Jul 18, 2010 at 7:04 AM #1
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    Hey guys. As you may recall, my uncle gave me a Raptor X 150GB, the origional 3.5", SATA 1.5Gb/s drive. Well, it blew up, and he sent it in for RMA, and got a 150GB Velociraptor back. In the mean time, I used my old 250GB drive, but I would like to move everything over to the new Velociraptor, without having to reinstall and reconfigure everything. Is there a way to move the entire contents from my 250GB over to my Velociraptor, OS, registry and all? Thanks in advance.
     
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  2. Jul 18, 2010 at 7:27 AM #2
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  3. Jul 18, 2010 at 7:42 AM #3

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    Yep, 95Viper is right. I just used the Acronis True Image WD Edition Software a few weeks ago to do exactly what you are trying to do. It was incredibly easy.
     
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  4. Jul 18, 2010 at 8:09 AM #4
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    I will try that, thanks
     
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  5. Jul 18, 2010 at 7:56 PM #5
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    Yep, Acronis did the trick. Don't have to reinstall or reconfigure anything now.

    Really happy with this setup. :toast:
     
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  6. Jul 18, 2010 at 9:25 PM #6
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    Nice! Glad you got it taking care of Hat, I'll have to remember that program for later usage. :D
     
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  7. Jul 18, 2010 at 9:41 PM #7
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    iv found the built in backup option to work pretty well for transferring os to another drive.
     
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  8. Jul 18, 2010 at 9:44 PM #8

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    I'm gonna find out hopefully within the next month if you can transfer a 2 drive RAID0 setup to a Single drive to a 4 drive RAID0 setup using Acronis
     

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