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by jasonlfarrell

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I want to transfer data files including vista o/s from a laptop hard drive but can anyone recommend a suitable software program ?

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by older mycroft

Is the laptop hard drive still in the laptop or has it been removed ?

How is the laptop hard drive and whatever other media connected ?

We'd need more information before answering this question. ;)

by cmiller5400

Do you plan on just swapping the HDD or putting this on a completely diffrent machine?

If you want to "transfer" the OS, you can't do that unless it is of a machine of the exact type and model.

If you want to just backup the HDD for recovery purposes there are many software packages available. I personally use [url=http://www.acronis.com]Acronis True Image[/url] at home. [url=http://www.symantec.com/norton/ghost] Symantec/Norton Ghost[/url] works great as well.

by jasonlfarrell

Does Symantec/Norton Ghost give you to format the hard drive once the data has been transfered ?

by sgt_shultz

it's scriptable, and great to have in your hip pocket for backups and stuff. be sure to get the robocopy.doc documentation if you can. if you can't just use the /? switch

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