Hi azscary,
>> I hope this is the right forum.
Yep, best place to put it.
>> Is the above true?
Yes.
When you ghost a drive you basically make an exact "image" of it so that you can copy it to another drive and it will be exactly the same, and you won't have to reinstall any software or the OS. It's great for making backups or installing the same software on many computers.
>> Does the new drive have to physically be in the same computer or can I set up a simple network and ghost to another box?
Yes.
>> Where would a person obtain such software?
>> Is it expensive?
The best ghosting program is called Norton Ghost. I bought Norton Ghost 2000 Personal Edition (CD only) from
here for only $10 (I have yet to use it though.)
>> Are there bad things that can happen when you ghost?
Not that I know of, the process it faily simple and straight forward.
Hope that helps.