Shoutbox

Hey guys, need some advice again!

Well Dell's sending me a new hard drive for my Studio 15 laptop. Of course, I'll need to backup all my stuff and then transfer it all.

However, to avoid this, I'm thinking of just copying the entire partition over to the new hard drive and then everything as usual from that one.

I'm just wondering if this will work with the use of programs such as GParted or Cobian Backup will work for this, or if you have any other free suggestions.

And also, would I need to 'prepare' anything extra (OS-wise?)? I haven't unplugged the HD yet (I know, I'm such a win cause I lost all my small screwdrivers.) but I do have desktop sized power/SATA cables.

~Thanks!