NEED HELP Transferring!

schinigamii · 06-02-2008, 10:54 AM

I need to transfer the data from my old laptop HDD to my new HDD.

I have an external USB 700GB backup.

I have tried to burn an image of my old HDD onto the external, then copying it to a new partition on the new HDD, but I can't boot from it!

I either get "disk read error" or sometimes "missing Hal.dll file" (which isn't missing, i've checked)

have any of you ever done this before?

If so, HOW?? Please help, I wasted my whole weekend transfering, partitioning, and formatting and i have nothing to show for it >_< cheers

External Is Samsung 700GB
Internal (old) Fujitsu 80GB
Internal (new) Western digital 250GB

Laptop is a 7525 7500MX Series

**TriggerFinger** · 06-02-2008, 07:02 PM

hi,

i know only one that worked but not freeware. http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-11379_7-6445033-1.html

i tried using the free programs but my attempts were not successful as i cannot boot from the clone drive (new higher capacity HDD).

if you have not tried it yet, check this page http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.c...eid=418&page=1

06-02-2008, 10:54 AM	#1 (permalink)
schinigamii Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1 OS: Win XP Home Media Center SP2	NEED HELP Transferring! I need to transfer the data from my old laptop HDD to my new HDD. I have an external USB 700GB backup. I have tried to burn an image of my old HDD onto the external, then copying it to a new partition on the new HDD, but I can't boot from it! I either get "disk read error" or sometimes "missing Hal.dll file" (which isn't missing, i've checked) have any of you ever done this before? If so, HOW?? Please help, I wasted my whole weekend transfering, partitioning, and formatting and i have nothing to show for it >_< cheers External Is Samsung 700GB Internal (old) Fujitsu 80GB Internal (new) Western digital 250GB Laptop is a 7525 7500MX Series

06-02-2008, 07:02 PM	#2 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,826 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: NEED HELP Transferring! hi, i know only one that worked but not freeware. http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-11379_7-6445033-1.html i tried using the free programs but my attempts were not successful as i cannot boot from the clone drive (new higher capacity HDD). if you have not tried it yet, check this page http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.c...eid=418&page=1 __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Disk Copy HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE