Clone 160Gb HD to new 1Tb HD

[howie7]

Windows XP on C:
Windows Vista on E:
Asus M4AA785TD-M MB
4 GB Ram
AMD Phenom II X3 2.8
Maxtor 6Y160MO 160Gb HD Partitions C-G

I have just purchased a 'Samsung HD103SJ' 1Tb HD to replace my existing Maxtor HD.

I'd like to clone my data from the Maxtor to the Samsung. Please can I receive advice on some available cloning software, which could copy accross my existing data & re-size the partitions as necessary, and any instructive advice would be great.

[CCT]

While I have never done this;

http://www.allacronis.com/step-by-step-2.php

[Ferrit]

While I have never done this;

http://www.allacronis.com/step-by-step-2.php

Wow thats got some serious popups
Correct information though

[CCT]

Sorry about the pop-ups; I get the notice BUT I have a TON of them blocked through my Privacy settings so they never show.

[howie7]

From the above, I've used Acronis True Image to clone all my data & partitions to the new drive, which completed successfully.
Removed my old drive & re-booted.
I'm using Visaboot Dual Boot function between XP & Vista.
Booted into Vista successfully. Rebooted & tried XP, all ok.
Now I try to reboot into Vista again, bootup fails during start, where microsoft corp is shown on screen with the moving cursur. PC just re-boots without reason. However, I ab able to boot into Safe Mode.
I've tried running the Vista Repair function. This returns adv cannot repair with the following reason:-

Problem Event Name - SystemRepairV2
Problem Signature 01: External Media
Problem Signature 02: 6.0.6000.16386.6.0.6001.18000
Problem Signature 03: 2
Problem Signature 04: 65537
Problem Signature 05: Unknown
Problem Signature 06: NoRootCause
Problem Signature 07: 0
Problem Signsture 08: 2
Problem Signature 09: WrpRepair
Problem Signature 10: 2

OS Version 6.0.6000.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033

Any help please.

[CCT]

Problem Signature 01: External Media


What external devices are connected at boot?

If Safe Mode works, something that is loading ( a USB device driver??) in normal boot for an external device seems to be the culprit.

So, in Safe Mode, disable what you can.

[howie7]

Thanks CCT. Only have keyboard & mouse on USB, plus printer which was turned off. However, I found reason, which was I had the new HD pluged to the second SATA port, instead of replacing my original HD connection on the first SATA port.
Switched them over & now is all ok. Still, I wouldn't have thought this should have been an issue. XP never complained.

[CCT]

That is indeed strange.

For your interest, I found this note in a thread where someone was experiencing boot problems with a single drive on an Asus mobo;

'Discovered an interesting solution. I recalled I once had a problem with another ASUS mobo that it would not read the HD when it was plugged into SATA port 1 and would only work when I plugged it into SATA port 2, no matter what boot sequence I used in the BIOS.

So moved the new HD "C" drive to SATA port/slot 2 and one of my other storage drives to SATA port/slot 1. On boot it started right up and Vista see all the storage drives. System seems to be running good. Go figure'

I guess there are minor issues like that all the time.