Best way to move windows

[MaXThReAT]

Hey I just picked up a new drive and I want to copy the image off my 80gb of clean brand new install of XP over to my new 160gb. I did this using data lifegaurd that comes with WD. It gave me a message saying it couldn't copy some files. When I boot to the new image on the 160 it boots in to the windows logo screen and just hangs.

Any thoughts or help would be great, thanks guys.

[TierMann]

You can either try running a repair from the windows cd, or if the WD disk is bootable it's usually better to do the copy from there than from windows (files getting locked up etc).

[Starscream]

Norton ghost is the best way to copy one drive to another.

Check it out if you can.

[crainger]

What brand is the new drive?? If its a WD then the WD utility works well. If its not the each make of drive has its own program. Seagate have a very nice app that runs over the net that can copy across all data to make a new drive bootable. Maxtor also has a set of apps.

Starscream is right about Norton Ghost. Its the best.