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I currently have an Intel D955XBKLKR running Windows XP Pro installed on a single partition RAID-0 configuration made up of two 160 gb Seagate Barracuda 7200 rpm drives. I want to upgrade fresh to Windows 7, but before I do, I want to copy the entire hard drive contents to a third 600 gb drive. I am not concerned with copying boot records, but do want all the hard drive contents including windows system folders, etc. I am fairly certain that if I try to do a straight a copy during Windows operation, I am going to get file lock errors from other processes that are actively using files that I want to copy. So my question is what software can I use to do this type of copy? Would it have to be something that comes with a boot loader?
I want less of an image, and more of an actual copy that I can navigate with windows explorer once I install Windows 7. However, I have heard good things about Acronis, so I'll start there. Thank you for the tip. – BernicusMaximus – 2010-08-25T02:50:51.193
1You can mount the image using Acronis, just install Acronis on the new installation of W7, you can then mount the image as a drive letter in explorer, browse the files like any other on the PC. – Moab – 2010-08-26T02:35:48.190
1Acronis worked great. I also used some VMWare software to create a VM of the whole machine and am now running it as virtual machine on my new beast of a pc. Thanks for the Acronis tip. – BernicusMaximus – 2010-11-23T02:13:29.103