Best way to copy data to a new disk

I have a 36 GB SCSI disk on a PC with XP. I want to remove it and put in a 73 GB
SCSI disk.

Can I copy the data (OS and user files) to the new disk without bothering to
reinstall everything?

I can put both disks in the machine together. I also have a DDS-4 SCSI tape drive.

Does Windoze have any tools for this, or does one need to look at 3rd party
tools? If so, are there any free ones?

On a UNIX system I could do this with two commands, go away and come back an
hour later and it would be done. But I'm not so sure on Windoze.


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Dave (from the UK) <see-my-signature.RemoveThis@southminster-branch-line.org.uk> wrote

> I have a 36 GB SCSI disk on a PC with XP. I want to remove it and put in
> a 73 GB SCSI disk.

> Can I copy the data (OS and user files) to the new disk without bothering
> to reinstall everything?

Yes.

> I can put both disks in the machine together.

Thats all you need.

> I also have a DDS-4 SCSI tape drive.

No need to use that.

> Does Windoze have any tools for this,

Nope.

> or does one need to look at 3rd party tools?

Yep.

> If so, are there any free ones?

xxclone.com

> On a UNIX system I could do this with two commands, go away and come
> back an hour later and it would be done. But I'm not so sure on Windoze.

Even easier with Win, tho many of the apps that can do that arent free.