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    Transferring Data to new Hard Drive

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Adam24367, Feb 4, 2009.

  1. Adam24367

    Adam24367 Notebook Consultant

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    Okay so, Im looking for a Free way to Transfer all my data from my old hard drive to my new one. Someone told me to try Arconis Migrate Easy.
    Well, Lucky me, It didnt work. I got a "DISK NOT FOUND" Error when starting up the computer. So when i decided to un-install the program, i used the provided uninstaller. it said "Uninstall Unsucessful". So i went into Add/Remove Programs and Uninstalled it that way, Un-install sucessful.
    Or so it said
    When i restarted my computer i was provided with the Beauty of a BSOD. Oh how magnificent it was. I Then restarted the computer. It said "Windows couldnt start up...would you like to do a system restore?" So i hit yes, And when i restarted the computer everything worked fine....
    How nice
     
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    Adam24367 Notebook Consultant

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    Btw...Im reluctant to try anything from Arconis now, So unless it is proved to me that this is just some random error and that it will not happen again. Then maybe i will try it again.
     
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    Anyone? :(
     
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    Try Norton Ghost 14.0 trial to create an image of your original hard disk and then restore this image to the new drive.

    This will give you the benefit of also cloning the hidden recovery partition on your original drive.
     
    Specialista, Feb 5, 2009
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