Harddisk data TRansformation..Can someone sort it for me.plz

[rhythms143]

Hi guyz,
i bought new DELL XPS laptop running on VISTA 64bit HOME. (HD,7200rpm,SATA,500gb)


i had laptop old ones with primary OSVISTA 32 bit HoME (HD,7200 rpm,320gb) where all my documents stored in i6 partitions, with secondary OS WINDOWS 2003 server aswell.


Here my problem is
1.HOW can i able to clone my 320 gb HD to 500 GB HD?
2.if i use any cloning wizard software, do i need to maintain same old HD partition naming conventions to my NEW HD?
3. Can i get all NETWORK connections setup as on my old disk to new disk (if i did clone or backup)

please HELP me out...
Wheather i can go for new hard disk or not?

THANKS IN ADVANCE

SAM

[hddmania]

Ghost or Acronic or any imaging software will do or use any live Linux CD or DVD!!!

Good Luck

[felibo]

R u changing the old laptop hdd or u just want to clone the 320gb and run it on the new laptop?
if u just want to clone the 320gb and safe keep it, fine no problem but
if u want to clone the 320gb and run it on the new laptop then I guess it would be tricky in that the chances of it working is very very slim. Here is why.
the laptops might have diff manu/types in which case the clone would not boot
Hardware capabilities would be a problem also
lastly on a programming note 32bit is diff from 64bit

[vlaszlo]

Just burn your documents to DVD, then you will have a backup also
and ask somebody to set up your network connection