cloning two smaller drives into a single larger drive?

[aaronep@pacbell.net]

Another question for this forum!

I have just purchased a new xp computer with a 320 gig hard drive.
The old xp computer has a 100 gig hard drive AND a 40 gig hard drive,
2 disks in all.

Can I clone the two hard drives into the new larger hard drive using
either Norton Ghost 8 or Acronis True Image 10? Can this be done
in a single operation? If not a single operation, two operations? I
have both Norton Ghost and Acronis True Image and can use either.

Sincerely, Aaorn

 

[Andrew E.]

Cloning hds are usually used when going to a larger hd on that pc,eliminates
reinstallation.You can/could clone using xps own XCOPY,but youd be cloning
all data from old pc and wouldnt work on new.Making all 3 as 1 hd,is
basically
RAID,no you cant,make other hds storage & set as a page file for C: Install
software to them also,if its rarely used...

"aaronep@pacbell.net" wrote:

> Another question for this forum!
>
> I have just purchased a new xp computer with a 320 gig hard drive.
> The old xp computer has a 100 gig hard drive AND a 40 gig hard drive,
> 2 disks in all.
>
> Can I clone the two hard drives into the new larger hard drive using
> either Norton Ghost 8 or Acronis True Image 10? Can this be done
> in a single operation? If not a single operation, two operations? I
> have both Norton Ghost and Acronis True Image and can use either.
>
> Sincerely, Aaorn
>
>

 

[Patrick Keenan]

<aaronep@pacbell.net> wrote in message
news:1184019618.725235.228860@g37g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
> Another question for this forum!
>
> I have just purchased a new xp computer with a 320 gig hard drive.
> The old xp computer has a 100 gig hard drive AND a 40 gig hard drive,
> 2 disks in all.
>
> Can I clone the two hard drives into the new larger hard drive using
> either Norton Ghost 8 or Acronis True Image 10? Can this be done
> in a single operation? If not a single operation, two operations? I
> have both Norton Ghost and Acronis True Image and can use either.
>
> Sincerely, Aaorn

What is it you want to do?

Cloning is not merging.

The old system will have many references to hardware the new system won't
have, and a really great clone will instantly fail to boot on the mismatched
hardware.

At very least, after a clone, you would have to do a repair install,
assuming your new system comes with CDs that allow this. Many don't.

Then, the registry references to the other, non-C partitions won't be
valid.

You are probably best off migrating, not cloning.

HTH
-pk