Zaphod Beeblebrox Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 As the title suggests, I have an ancient laptop running Windows Xp Pro. The hard drive is showing signs of failure and I'd like to transfer the operating system to a new hard drive, via the USB port. I have the necessary hardware, but suggestions on the best (free) software to manage this would be helpful. And yes, I need to retain Windows Xp Pro and the ancient laptop. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PleasantSounds Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 I have successfully used the AOMEI Partition Assistant to transfer Windows 7 to a SSD drive. It's free and really easy to use, and should be able to do what you need. One thing I'm not sure of is if it wil work on the XP at all. But it would cost you nothing to find out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Spyne~ Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 Two possible solutions with a quick google search; https://superuser.com/questions/207083/clone-a-hard-disk-content-to-another-hard-disk https://www.raymond.cc/blog/move-windows-xp-hard-drive-or-change-motherboard-without-getting-blue-screen-of-death/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ophool Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 Trevor, Macrium Reflect free version is what you want, or if you are up for a drive to the Cooks River, then I have all the gear here to do it for you - depending on the specifics of the Ancienne I may even have a suitable drive here for it and no I am not looking for payment. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaphod Beeblebrox Posted June 1, 2017 Author Share Posted June 1, 2017 3 hours ago, ophool said: Trevor, Macrium Reflect free version is what you want, or if you are up for a drive to the Cooks River, then I have all the gear here to do it for you - depending on the specifics of the Ancienne I may even have a suitable drive here for it and no I am not looking for payment. Thanks to all who responded and thanks for the offer ophool. I will grapple with Macrium for a bit and see how things go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frednork Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 Hi Trevor, if you dont get very far with Macrium I have done it in the past with EaseUS partition master. It comes up free every now and again. I have a copy and unused serial if you need it. There is a migrate OS button. from memory thats all you have to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rmpfyf Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 http://clonezilla.org/ Free, fast and awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaphod Beeblebrox Posted June 1, 2017 Author Share Posted June 1, 2017 Thanks to all. Things have taken rather an unfortunate turn. I cannot, for some reason, access my USB ports, nor my CD/DVD burner. Nor can I, for some weird reason, access any files over my network. Looks like I have some work to do over the weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sloper Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 (edited) l have some spare XP Pro keys i you want one. regards Bruce Edited June 1, 2017 by sloper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rmpfyf Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 1 hour ago, Zaphod Beeblebrox said: Thanks to all. Things have taken rather an unfortunate turn. I cannot, for some reason, access my USB ports, nor my CD/DVD burner. Nor can I, for some weird reason, access any files over my network. Looks like I have some work to do over the weekend. Create a Clonezilla live drive. Boot from that with the hard disk in question and spare mounted. Clone. Will work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LogicprObe Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 (edited) 2 hours ago, rmpfyf said: http://clonezilla.org/ Free, fast and awesome. This is the one to use. Otherwise, pull the drive and use one of these. https://www.mwave.com.au/product/orico-2bay-usb30-2535-sata-hdd-docking-station-black-ab56337?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIutCNg6Gc1AIVhgMqCh0ZhQGVEAQYAiABEgID0vD_BwE edit - cheaper device..............also with no PC clone function. http://ijk.com.au/branch/ijk/product_info.php?cPath=306_591&products_id=156285 Edited June 1, 2017 by LogicprObe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A J Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 This is the one to use. Otherwise, pull the drive and use one of these. https://www.mwave.com.au/product/orico-2bay-usb30-2535-sata-hdd-docking-station-black-ab56337?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIutCNg6Gc1AIVhgMqCh0ZhQGVEAQYAiABEgID0vD_BwE edit - cheaper device..............also with no PC clone function. http://ijk.com.au/branch/ijk/product_info.php?cPath=306_591&products_id=156285 This way is the easiest of all - I've done it a number of times now. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LogicprObe Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 19 minutes ago, A J said: This way is the easiest of all - I've done it a number of times now. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Yeah..........I dunno how old Trevor's laptop is..........might be a PATA drive. You can get docks with both PATA and SATA but they are more expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F18 Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 Use Easeus Backup free edition. Works well for me. Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockford Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 Why do you need to retain the old laptop? (I'd understand on a desktop with a custom I/O card type setup). Have you thought about virtualising it and running the XP image on a Win7/10 machine? You can use VmWare Converter then VMPlayer to achieve this, all free. Just a thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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