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Ghosting HD .. for free ?????

jonski · 2009-06-15 10:56:36

Is there any free program out there that would allow me to ghost a HD ? example : have an old laptop with a small HD , was hoping to take out the HD , put it into my HD caddy and connect it to my main pc .. ghost the HD to a folder , then connect a new larger HD to the caddy and onto the pc and ghost the hd back over…

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15-06-2009 11:56am

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jonski

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Is there any free program out there that would allow me to ghost a HD ?

example : have an old laptop with a small HD , was hoping to take out the HD , put it into my HD caddy and connect it to my main pc .. ghost the HD to a folder , then connect a new larger HD to the caddy and onto the pc and ghost the hd back over ........... is this even possible ?

and is there any freeware program that would do it ?

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#2 15-06-2009 11:59am
MarkR

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You could try clonezilla. I think that would work in this case.

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#3 15-06-2009 10:15pm
thatoneitguy

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http://packratstudios.com/index.php/2008/03/11/symantec-ghost-who-a-list-of-open-source-alternatives/

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