TOM WALKER wrote in a message to ROY J. TELLASON:

RJT>JE> I regularly move a smaller drive TOTAL contents (Windows 98, XP etc
RJT>JE> to a larger drive with no problems what so ever when booting the
RJT>JE> larger drive. Ghost and or the programs supplied by the drive
RJT>JE> manufacturers easily do the trick.

RJT>I'm not sure which programs you refer to from the drive mfrs
RJT>offhand.  I've heard of ghost,  but never have actually used it,  
RJT>don't have it here.

TW> The Instal lProgram that comes i nthe retail Package Hard Drives is
TW> deesigned to make a Boobtable Clone of your current Hard drive.
TW> Those programs are also avaialble for download form the Hard Drive
TW> Manfacturers web site. I myslef have the ones form Seagate, Maxtor,
TW> anmd Western digital and have used them ot replace Hard Drives with
TW> Larger ones will NO problem.

Do you have specific filenames handy that I could search for?  And,  what
do these need to run?  DOS?  Something else?  That one utility package I
did download for the HP seems to want windows or something.

TW> Ghost and Drive Image are Commercial Programs. Ghost and Image 
TW> thohhg have been combines as Symatewc bouht out Power Quest.
TW> BUT if the manfacturer provides upgrade software there is little
TW> reason to buy the commercial product just for the Hard Drive
TW> Upgrade process. 

Yes.  I also have a fair selection of linux tools,  as well.  Just need to
work out some of the details of how I should be using them,  I guess.

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