Data Transfer between Hard Drives

[cdisantis83]

I am looking to purchase a new computer in the near future, and am wondering what the simplest way would be to transfer the contents of my hard drives to the new computer. I suppose that I could physically transfer the slave drive to the new computer, but I am unsure whether it would need to be reformatted for the new system, which will likely be Vista (I am operating XP right now). Any input would be greatly appreciated.

 

[onebloodonelife]

Do you have an external drive? If you do, that would be a good way, or you can buy a external hard drive enclosure, put the old drive in it, and clone the drive...but if you're going from XP to Vista, that might not work, I'm not sure.

 

[ntalwar]

The XP drive as a slave drive should work, even though Vista is a bit weird.