[geeks] Windows: move to new hard drive (forgive me)

[Lionel Peterson]

>From: Charles Shannon Hendrix <shannon at widomaker.com>
>Date: 2006/12/10 Sun AM 11:44:15 CST
>To: The Geeks List <geeks at sunhelp.org>
>Subject: [geeks] Windows: move to new hard drive (forgive me)

>Situation:
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>Windows XP on 40GB hard drive.
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>Desired situation:
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>Windows XP on 160GB hard drive.
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>What's the easiest way to just move the whole thing to the new drive?
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>Will something like Acronis True Image do it?

Many retail hard drives come with tools to do just this, or, if that is not an option, how about a "live" linux CD (Ubuntu, Knoppix, other) and just copy the drive contents?

Lionel