new hdd, how to back up?

[cxz001]

So here's my situation. I ordered the F3, but all my OS and games and movies are on my 1.5TB. It's about 1.2TB full now.

When the new F3 comes, I want to move my OS and games to the F3. How do I do it?

My 1.5TB has 1 partition.

 

[InvisiBill]

Install both drives in the PC. Boot off a Parted Magic CD. Copy the partition from the old drive to the new drive. Expand the partition to fill the drive or make a second partition on the rest of the space.

 

[cxz001]

but parted magic is unix only

 

[InvisiBill]

Yes, Parted Magic is a Linux-based OS. No, you don't really need to know anything about Linux to use its simple point & click interface.

 

[wcp6]

but parted magic is unix only

PartedMagic works as a liveCD.. so you won't be running your current Windows at all when you boot the CD. It is an O/S itself.

And it is probably the easiest way to do it, just download the iso and burn and reboot. The menu systems are very self explanatory.