Someone told me you can take out the cdrom and put the new hd in the slot and copy all the old hd info over to the new hd with a cable. Is it really that simple? Will Windows XP and everything come over from the old hd? That just does not seem possible.
2006-08-25 07:56:29 · 10 answers · asked by That 70's girl 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
I have never replaced my hd...but to put in a second one is really easy. follow the directions and it took me about 30 min.
2006-08-25 07:59:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are many ways of hooking up that other drive, if you plan on keeping both in permantly the hard drive cage in most systems has room for two hard drives, set the jumper on the original drive to master and jumper on new drive to slave. Also make sure your cable has a extra connector on it because not all do, but if you dont just go spend a few bucks and get one that does. Then you must fdisk and format the drive. then you can move your info over. If you dont have a ghosting program you can go to a dos box and xcopy the old drive to the new one and that has always work for me. I ussually use the switches s e c h k
2006-08-25 16:09:41 · answer #2 · answered by salute222000 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
NO! It is NOT that easy! You have to have a mirroring program to copy one drive to another, and if you want everything to copy as if it is the old hard drive, then the new hard drive must be of the same size! YOu cannot mirror an 80 gig hardrive to a 250 gig hardrive and expect the op sys to work right. YOu cannot use the copy command in the OS system to mirror the disk...you can back up data, but the os sys will not be as easy as you think. Good luck
2006-08-25 15:55:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
To copy everying from 1 hard drive to another & have everything work, you'll need an imaging program like Norton Ghost. If you just hook up a 2nd drive & copy all the files, then new drive will not be bootable
2006-08-25 15:08:08 · answer #4 · answered by dageezerus 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it is easy but you cant just install the other hard and then copy your c: that wont work
first does the other hard drive already have an OS on it
it will need one unless you plan on imaging your drive
there are programs like ghost or drive image that can image everything
or you will have to install an OS on that hard
once you have an OS installed you will then have to install the programs you had installed on the old one
once thats done you can use the file and settings tranfer wizard to bring over all your data to those programs and thier settings
good luck
2006-08-25 15:10:19 · answer #5 · answered by ian6868 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To image your hard drive, you must take these steps.
Get imaging software.
http://www.hot-shareware.com/utilities/paragon-drive-backup/
Read the directions carefully
http://download.paragon-software.com/doc/manual_db8_eng.pdf
Install the second harddrive.
Use the software to proportionally resize the partitions on the new Hard Drive.
Image the old hard drive on to the new hard drive.
Boot from the new Hard drive.
If it works, then you can either dispose of or use your old HD as a slave.
Good Luck
2006-08-25 18:09:00 · answer #6 · answered by wallysierk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your system most likely has a second position for a HD. Install it there. Once hooked up, just ghost your current HD using a ghost proggie (Norton is decent) and burn it to DVD or CD (DVD is better...it holds more) and then pull your old drive. Boot to the ghosted CD/DVD (ensure you selected it to be bootable when you make it) and restore.
2006-08-25 15:06:14 · answer #7 · answered by Q-burt 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its easy but be sure to tape the outer case so you won't get static electricity and ruin the mother board
2006-08-25 15:16:15 · answer #8 · answered by John N 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not that hard
quit easy
2006-08-25 15:00:08 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it isnt
2006-08-25 15:04:37 · answer #10 · answered by Paul L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋