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Originally posted by Dilbert1234567
you cant copy a live OS, the OS has to be off to do it.
boot with knoppix and copy the files across, but that usualy wont work to well, either run the system from the smaller hard drive or set up a new OS on the new hard drive and set the old one as a slave or on the second channel.
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True, a Windows OS can not be running if you want to copy the drive.
But, unless you want to re-install and reconfigure your entire system, it's not a good idea to setup the OS on another drive when you're dealing with a Windows platform.
The drive copy utilities boot from CD and don't use the OS installed on the HD. Most of them do a sector copy to make certain that you do, indeed, copy everything over.
I figured a linux geek wouldn't need to ask and so the platform is Windows. Installing the OS on another drive means losing all the installs. If the user goes with the migration utility, all that is lost is the time it takes while it copies. You won't lose any data, nor would you need to re-install/configure everything.
Just read the instruction carefully and follow them to the letter and all is well.