How do I Transfer data from one drive to another?

[Lumburg]

I am getting a new Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD3200KS 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
for my new comp. and I want to know how can I transfer the data on my current computer to the new HD. I currently have a 80gb Western Digital Caviar Couldnt find real specs on it, just some somparing prices, maybe thatll help. Here (model: WDC WD800BB-53CAA1)

ahh, found the name of my old hd and specs.
"Western Digital 80-GB 7200-RPM Hard Disk Drive"

Specifications
Part number 5502352

Physical Specifications
Manufacturer: Western Digital
Manufacturer Model: WD800BB
Formatted Capacity: 80,026 MB
Interface: 40-pin EIDE
Actuator Type: Rotary Voice Coil
Number of Disks: 2
Data Surfaces: 4
Number of Heads: 4
Bytes per Secto:r 512
User Sectors per Drive: 156,301,488
Servo Type: Embedded
Recording Method EPR4 Rate: 16/17 PRML
ECC: Reed Solomon
Head Park: Automatic
Average Seek (read): 8.9 ms
Average Seek (write): 10.9 ms
Track to Track Seek: 2.0 ms average
Full Stroke Seek: 21 ms average
Index Pulse Period: 8.3 ms (nominal)
Average Latency: 4.2 ms (nominal)
Rotational Speed: 7,200 RPM (nominal)
Data Transfer Rate (Buffer to Host): 100 MBps (Mode 5 Ultra ATA)
66.6 MBps (Mode 4 Ultra ATA)
33.3 MBps (Mode 2 Ultra ATA)
16.6 MBps (Mode 4 PIO)
16.6 MBps (Mode 2 multi-word DMA)
Transfer Rate (Buffer to Disk): 602 MBps maximum
Interleave: 1:1
Buffer Size: 2 MB
Spindle Start Time
From Power-on to Drive Ready: 7.0 seconds average
Spindle Start Time
From Power-on to Rotational Speed: 5.0 seconds average
Spindle Stop Time: 6.5 seconds average
Contact Start/Stop Cycles (CSS): 50,000 minimum
Dimensions (H × L × W): 1.028 × 5.787 × 4.00 inches maximum
Weight: 1.32 lbs average


I was wondering if its like possible to hook up some wires and plug them all in and let the Old hard drive send all my data to my new hard drive.

I just dont want to have to burn tons of CDRs and have to transfer it that way. I was wondering if theres a faster, easier way of data transfer between two HDs, one old and one new.

or could my new Asus MoBoard support the old HD and I could use both??

thanks.

[Aristocrat]

Your new motherboard can support both. (Im fairly sure).
Just install windows on the new hard drive (on a partition if you want), and set it up as the boot drive, then plug both hard drives into the motherboard, hook up their power and transfer the data manually.
This won't work for installed applications however, for that a google will help (if you really want the hastle), and if the hardware is different it's just better to reinstall the apps (as with windows).

Storage Devices
PATA 2 x ATA100 up to 4 Devices
PATA RAID NV RAID 0/1/0+1 JBOD
SATA I 4
SATA II 4
SATA RAID NV RAID 0/1/0+1/5 JBOD
Additional RAID Controller Sil 3114

The PATA part (parallel ATA) *should* mean it can support both.

[Lumburg]

Your new motherboard can support both. (Im fairly sure).
Just install windows on the new hard drive (on a partition if you want), and set it up as the boot drive, then plug both hard drives into the motherboard, hook up their power and transfer the data manually.
This won't work for installed applications however, for that a google will help (if you really want the hastle), and if the hardware is different it's just better to reinstall the apps (as with windows).

Storage Devices
PATA 2 x ATA100 up to 4 Devices
PATA RAID NV RAID 0/1/0+1 JBOD
SATA I 4
SATA II 4
SATA RAID NV RAID 0/1/0+1/5 JBOD
Additional RAID Controller Sil 3114

The PATA part (parallel ATA) *should* mean it can support both.

awesome, thank you very much Pompey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!