Recommend HD clone program, please.

[funkykev]

Looking to clone my old HD instead reinstalling everything on the new one.  Any good idiot-proof freeware for this task?  Sorry if this post is cross-topical...couldn't decide between Hardware and Software.  Please advise.

PC Pentium 2.0GHz, one large partition
Win XP
80G and 120G HD's......anything I missed?

Thanks,
KL

[GX1_Man]

If you buy a retail drive, the drive maker usually includes such a program. If an OEM  product (drive only), you usually don't get this. If you already have the drive, check on the manufacturer's site.

[Backdated]

I've not used any of the following so cannot verify their integrity or usefulness. There are quite a few other free offerings around.

http://www.webattack.com/freeware/system/fwdisktools.html
http://www.rp006b2684.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/disk/DrvClonerXPSetup_2.1.zip
http://www.rp006b2684.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/disk/DrvImagerXPSetup_2.2.zip
http://www.miray.de/products/sat.hdclone.html

[soybean]

If it's a Maxtor drive, you'd probably want Maxtor's MaxBlast 4.  For Western Digital, you'd probably either need Data Lifeguard Tools 11 for Windows or Data Lifeguard Tools 11 for DOS.  I don't know the names of similar tools from Seagate, Samsung, etc, but they surely have such tools.

[funkykev]

Seagate has a utility with retail purchase.  Problem is that it doesn't explicitly tell you that you can duplicate/clone your old drive.  You have to get into the software and see what the next window's options are and then viola!...it happens but still doesn't present it as such.  just says "copy files".  i wasn't sure that it was truly cloning the drive until i saw it copying my music files.  FYI.  thanks for the help folks.

kevin