Data transfer from 1 computer to a new computer

January 8th, 2009
  • I have two computers running Win XP home. The smaller one is about to lose the hard drive. I want to transfer the stuff over to the other machine that has a raid array so I never go through this again. I have stuff on the raid computer that I would like to keep. Do I have to lose the data on the raid machine to "image" the other onto it... or can I move the junk from the old to new without losing what's on the new?


  • Hi, I can help you copy over your emails. What email client are you using? Would you be happy for me to post that as an answer? Thanks. endo


  • You shouldn't lose the data on the raid computer.Try using this www.xxclone.com


  • Hi, The easiest and fastest way would be to put the harddrive from the old computer into the new computer and copy the files over. However, I'm gathering that you might not be confident about doing this. You can use Ghost over a network, but I believe that doesn't come with the basic version. Otherwise you can share a folder on the raid machine and copy over the files to there. Or you could copy over the files using DVDRs or CDRs. Do you have a DVD or CD writer in the old machine? Thanks. endo


  • Well... I do have a CDRW ...I'm just goiing to have to figure out how to get email folders and password cookies on the CD. The new machine has 2 80GB SATA drives in a RAID 1 configuration and you are correct.... I'm not cool enough to get an ATA Drive added to the mix. It looks like I need to have similar drives to use Ghost... and it seems like I'll lose what's on the New Drives as well if I try to image.


  • Hi, What tool or how are you planning on using to "image" your data? Thanks. endo


  • I don't know. Norton Ghost or maybe xxclone? They are on a home network... but they don't seem to see each other. Most of the stuff I've read seems to reference "drive to drive" Transfers and not so much "system to system" transfers. I don't know what cabling I need... I don't know how to do it.







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