You can copy your operating system, applications, and data to a new hard disk. If the hard disk that you are copying contains more than one partition, you must copy the partitions one at a time to the new hard disk.

You can use the Copy My Hard Drive feature to do the following:

• Upgrade to a larger hard disk
• Add a second hard disk and keep the original

 

Note

You should not use the Copy My Hard Drive feature to set up a hard disk that will be used in another computer.

 

Prepare the computer before you use the Copy My Hard Drive feature
Before you use the Copy My Hard Drive feature, the hardware must be configured correctly.

		Install and configure a hard disk
		1 Prepare the computer. Get the manufacturer's directions for installing the drive. Shut down the computer, and disconnect the power cord. Discharge electricity by touching a grounded metal object. Remove the computer cover. 2 Change the hard disk jumper settings to make the new hard disk the slave drive, or connect it as the slave drive if you are using cable instead of jumper settings to determine the master and slave drives.   3 Attach the new hard disk. Connect the cable so that the colored stripe on the edge lines up with the I/O pins on the motherboard. The motherboard is marked Pin1 or 1 where the colored stripe should go. Next, connect the other end of the cable to the back of the hard disk, again matching the striped edge with the I/O pin position on the drive itself. The I/O pin is usually on the side closest to the power supply.   4 Attach the power connector to the new hard disk. There is only one way to connect the power cable; do not force it. Make sure the angled edge of the plastic connector lines up with the angled edge of the pin socket. 5 Anchor the drive in the bay area according to the manufacturer's instructions for the computer or the computer bay requirements. 6 Change the BIOS to recognize the new hard disk. To change the BIOS settings, watch the bottom of the screen while your computer is starting up. Press Delete, F1, F2, or F10 according to the legend that appears. Select Auto Detect for both the master and slave drives. Save the BIOS changes, and then exit. Your computer will restart automatically.

 

Copy one hard disk to another hard disk
After you install the new hard disk, you are ready to copy the contents of your old hard disk to the new one. The new hard disk does not need to be formatted.

If the hard disk from which you are copying contains more than one partition (for example, drive C, drive D, drive E), you must copy each partition, one at a time, to the new hard disk.

If the power or other hardware fails when you are copying data, no data is lost from the source drive. If the power or other hardware fails, just start the process again after the failure is resolved.

Follow the procedure for your version of Norton Ghost:

	Copy one hard disk to another with Norton Ghost 10.0
	1 In Norton Ghost, on the Backup panel, click Copy My Hard Drive. 2 Follow the instructions in the wizard to copy the drive. The wizard guides you through the selection of the source drive, the destination drive, and the options for copying the data from one drive to another.

	Copy one hard disk to another with Norton Ghost 9.0
	1 In Norton Ghost, on the Backup panel, click Copy Drive. 2 Follow the instructions in the wizard to copy the drive. The wizard guides you through the selection of the source drive, the destination drive, and the options for copying the data from one drive to another.

 

Restart the computer after copying drives
After you have copied the old hard disk to the new hard disk, do one of the following:

• Either remove the old hard disk or keep it as a slave drive.
• Change jumper settings to make the new hard disk the master drive before restarting the computer.

 

Options in the Copy Drive Wizard
The following table describes the available options when you copy contents from one hard drive to another:

Option	Description
Check source for file system errors	Checks the source (original) drive for errors before copying it.
Check destination for file system errors	Checks the destination (new) drive for errors after copying the drive.
Resize drive to fill unallocated space	Automatically expands the drive to occupy the destination drive's remaining unallocated space.
Set drive active (for starting OS)	Makes the destination drive the active partition (the drive the computer starts from). Only one drive can be active at a time. To start the computer, it must be on the first drive, and it must contain an operating system. When the computer starts, it reads the partition table of the first drive to find out which drive is active, and then starts from that location. If the drive is not bootable or you are not certain that it is, have a boot disk ready. Set drive active is valid for basic disks only (not dynamic disks).
Disable SmartSector copying	The Symantec SmartSector® technology speeds up the copying process by only copying clusters and sectors that contain data. However, in some cases, such as high-security environments, it may be desirable to copy all clusters and sectors in their original layout, whether or not they contain data. Using this option increases the time required for the copy because all clusters and sectors, regardless of whether or not they contain data, are copied.
Ignore bad sectors during copy	Copy the drive even if there are errors on the disk. (However, if there are too many errors that cannot be ignored, Norton Ghost will not perform the copy.)
Destination partition type	Lets you specify the destination drive as either a primary partition or a logical partition inside an extended partition.
Drive letter	Select a drive letter that you want assigned to the partition from the Drive letter drop-down list.
Copy MBR	Copy the master boot record from the source drive to the destination drive. Select this option if you are copying drive C to a new, empty hard disk. You should not select this option if you are copying a drive to another space on the same hard disk as a backup or if you are copying the drive to a hard disk with existing partitions that you will not be replacing. Additionally, if you are copying multiple drives to a new, empty hard disk, you only need to select this option once.

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