my os is xp pro
2007-02-06 12:34:35 · 12 answers · asked by ibtrigger2 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Many hard drives come with software that will allow you to clone the disk you are replacing. I know Seagate always does. You could spend more money and get Norton Ghost, but I think you will probably be able to get a drive that has cloning software. That'd be my approach.
2007-02-06 12:37:40 · answer #1 · answered by Kokopelli 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you want an exact copy then just install the new drive as a slave then copy everything across. But by doing this you will get some bugs going with you. Best thing is to install OS fresh on the new drive and then set up what you want and then move across all your other data from the old drive set as a slave that way you get a faster fresher install but get your old stuff.
2007-02-06 12:38:05 · answer #2 · answered by minotaur 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The easiest way would be to install the new hard drive as a slave and keep the old hard drive. When you install the new hard drive, make sure the OLD hard drive jumper settings are set to Master, and the New Hard drive is set to slave.
Doing it this way also gives you more disk space, as you can keep your old hard drive's space.
2007-02-06 12:39:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
File Transfer Wizard
2007-02-06 12:36:59 · answer #4 · answered by Devil Dog 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
that depends...if your putting it all on a External hard drive...just link it Via USB and copy the whole hard drive. If your going internal. Just hook it up side...and copy the whole drive... But don't forget to erase the first one..and make a back up. that's gonna take you a couple of hours..
2007-02-06 12:38:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Copy them. Hook up your old drive as a slave to the new drive and copy.
First, set and install every program you want, fresh, on your new drive. Get it going, then hook up your old drive.
2007-02-06 12:37:47 · answer #6 · answered by angstrom 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
U could just connect the two HDs to ur computer and transfer the files u need and the throw out the old HD.
2007-02-06 12:38:23 · answer #7 · answered by Venom 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
burn a backup disk onto a DVD-R or CD-R or an external USB Hard drive
then install the new hard drive and put everything back together using the Backup disk
2007-02-06 12:37:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Convert to Cd's
2007-02-06 12:37:14 · answer #9 · answered by tylerbrickley 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
is your old hard drive going to be in the computer? I would just move all your important things onto a disk....but really its tedious.....but safe....
2007-02-06 12:38:16 · answer #10 · answered by greckel 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋