Hi Billy, Thursday, April 27, 2006, 2:39:46 PM, you wrote: >> The system boot files should be copied to the new HD and it should >> be bootable. I've done it before. That's why I've always wondered >> why a person would need special programs to copy one drive to >> another to have a backup. BE> This is why I asked, surely everything on the C drive should be BE> replicated to the new drive? This works for Win98 and older, but not necessarily for NT-based versions of Windows. Also, you generally can't copy the files when they are in use. CasperXP probably (I haven't had a chance to look at it closely yet) uses a Windows feature called shadow copying to copy files while they are in use. Other utilities, such as from PowerQuest, use a boot floppy to ensure that the files are not in use. -- Scott. -- -------list-services-below----------- Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Latest news live feeds at http://modecideas.com/indexhomenews.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.