Computer techs I need your help.

[lethal6]

Ok, I just finished building my HTPC and ripped all of my Dvds, Tv shows, and blu-ray onto a 2GB hard drive.

The hard drive is just about full and I want to get a larger one to expand it.

I want to move EVERYTHING including the OS onto the new bigger HDD and use the current 2GB one as a storage. Going to take the OS and everything else off and just leave the video files. I want to put all the movies and tv on it as a back up to lock in my safe, just in case something happens (theft or HDD corruption in the future) as it took me over a year to rip everything and I got rid of 3/4 of the hard copies of the collection after I ripped them. I would lose my marbles if I had to do it all over again!

This way if something happens I can just pick up a new hard drive and move the stuff back over from the one that will be locked away.

My question is, can I get a program somewhere that will allow the transfer or do I just hook the new one up and copy/paste the whole drive? Is there a mirroring program? I know I can load the OS on and move the files and programs one by one but would like to do it in one shot if possible.

 

[Mysteryemotionz]

Ok, I just finished building my HTPC and ripped all of my Dvds, Tv shows, and blu-ray onto a 2GB hard drive.

The hard drive is just about full and I want to get a larger one to expand it.

I want to move EVERYTHING including the OS onto the new bigger HDD and use the current 2GB one as a storage. Going to take the OS and everything else off and just leave the video files. I want to put all the movies and tv on it as a back up to lock in my safe, just in case something happens (theft or HDD corruption in the future) as it took me over a year to rip everything and I got rid of 3/4 of the hard copies of the collection after I ripped them. I would lose my marbles if I had to do it all over again!

This way if something happens I can just pick up a new hard drive and move the stuff back over from the one that will be locked away.

My question is, can I get a program somewhere that will allow the transfer or do I just hook the new one up and copy/paste the whole drive? Is there a mirroring program? I know I can load the OS on and move the files and programs one by one but would like to do it in one shot if possible.

What os are you running?

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[lethal6]

My bad. I'm running windows 7 home.

 

[Mysteryemotionz]

Well your gonna have to install windows 7 on the new HD. It easier this way then just delete all the other files from the 2gb HD leaving what you want to keep.

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[lethal6]

I know that is definitely the bare minimum option.

Is there no way to mirror the hard drive to do a full swap all at once then take off what I want to remove from the smaller one?

I'm hitting google. I thought someone here might have ran across this at some point so I figured I would throw the question out there.

 

[Mysteryemotionz]

Norton ghost drive is the only I can think off to us for what your trying to do

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