Yes. You need a drive imaging program like Acronis, or Drive Image XML:
http://www.thefreecountry.com/utilities/backupandimage.shtml


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [PCBUILD] Changing a hard drive
From: John Clemence <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sun, February 07, 2010 10:41 am
To: [log in to unmask]

Hi,
I have just been preparing my old Dell Inspiron 8200 laptop to give to
my daughter. 
I have formated and re-installed XP prof o/s, upgraded with service
packs 2 & 3 and put on lots of other programmes. 
I now realise that the existing hard drive might be a little small. I am
consequentally wondering if I have to go through all this again if I put
a larger hard drive in? Is there any way I could make a copy of the hard
drive by putting it in a USB h / d dock and then replacing the existing
drive with the copy?
I would appreciate any thoughts on this.
Thank you.
Regards,
John.

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