How Do You Clone A Laptop Hard Drive With Windows XP?
Cloning a computer’s hard drive is a good way to back up your system, but cloning can also be used to transfer an entire hard drive from one computer to another. It is often more efficient to clone a hard drive rather than fresh-install an operating system because fresh-installing will not carry over all of your saved data. There are a number of freeware programs available that allow you to clone a hard drive, but most freeware programs have limitations. Install an external hard drive in to your laptop. External hard drives can be purchased at most computer stores and plug in to a USB port on a computer. Refer to the hard drive’s instructions or software for installation instructions. Download hard-drive cloning software, such as Norton Ghost or HDClone 3.8. There are a number of programs available online. The next few steps will vary a little depending on the program you use, but they will be similar. Install your chosen program and open it. This should bring up an interface window wi