I guess I'm asking if I can add a new, bigger and faster Sata drive, plug it into the MB and then just copy drive C to it. If that works I should then be able to take out the old drive ( wich is slowing in rpms ) . Sound like a plan or am I missing something?
2007-02-06 08:09:34 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
Yes. Pop the new one in so you have both drives. Copy across and then remove the older, slower one. Something like Ranish is great for this! Just sort out the partitions later is sizes are different.
2007-02-06 08:11:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
You can put the new hard drive in and copy files over but if you are looking for the new drive to be bootable to an OS and it is not just main data you are wanting to bring over from the old drive, you probably will want to either do a fresh install of the OS on the new drive and allow it to properly format and partition the drive or the easiest may be to find some free image type utility. You may check www.snapfiles.com and look in the freeware section. It seems I have found one there before that works similar to norton ghost.
2007-02-06 08:16:20 · answer #2 · answered by Tenn_Tazz26 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What you either have to do is after getting new drive, and formatting, you will have to reinstall your OS, and your programs
to the new drive.
OR
Get a program like Ghost, or acronis true image, and their are
other programs that will "move"/"copy" your old drive to
your new drive.
I use Ghost V10, worked great for this I did mine a couple of weeks ago.
Harddrives are so cheap now.
2007-02-06 08:15:24 · answer #3 · answered by rodjared 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You created a good plan but you should use your old harddrive as a secondary and go ahead install a new Windows OS in the primary. Later, you can transfer all the data from the old harddrive to the newer harddrive easier.
2007-02-06 08:15:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you purchase your new hard drive retail, it will come with a disk that you can boot from to safvely copy your data over to it. (WD, Maxtor, Seagate all have these disks).
It's pretty simple - plug in the drive, boot off the CD and follow the prompts. The swap drives out and fire up your machine - voila!
2007-02-06 08:13:43 · answer #5 · answered by wyntre_2000 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The best thing to do is to Remove the old HDD. Install a new one, Load windows, office updates and any other softwatre you have, then reconnect the old HDD. Copy the files to the new bigger badder HDD, after you are sure you have everything you want then take a hammer to the old HDD, hit it until you hear the Glass plates inside shatter!
2007-02-06 08:14:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
First, use a ghosting utility. They're lots out there and microsoft has some too. Second, Install the new HD. Third, use the ghost program to copy your information onto the new HD. Third, if you want, uninstall the initial drive.
2007-02-06 08:12:24 · answer #7 · answered by seventhyearfalling 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋