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    160GB drive to 500GB: Help Needed

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by izanaki, Jun 21, 2010.

  1. izanaki

    izanaki Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm planning on upgrading my wife's notebook's 160GB internal Sata HD drive to the Segate Momentus XT 500GB drive.

    My question is, what is the best method of copying her contents over from the 160gb to the 500gb drive? I don't want to have to reinstall all her applications, documents and everything. I'd just prefer to copy it all over and was wondering what the best method is for that.

    Cheers and thanks in advance!
     
    izanaki, Jun 21, 2010
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  2. Phil

    Phil Retired

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    The trial version of Acronis True Image can clone your hard drive. It's very easy and speaks for itself once you run it.

    You'll need to connect the new hard drive first through USB or eSATA.
     
    Phil, Jun 21, 2010
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  3. Kris @ JKA

    Kris @ JKA Notebook Geek

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    Does she really have that many programs?
    I'm a great believer in fresh installs. I downloaded Acronis as it gets excellent reviews but later decided to fresh install. I'm glad I did now as obviously everything was updated - which is handy...
     
    Kris @ JKA, Jun 21, 2010
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  4. izanaki

    izanaki Notebook Enthusiast

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    She does have a lot of stuff on there. If it doesn't go well I will end up doing a fresh install. Thanks for the help.

    Cheers!



     
    izanaki, Jun 21, 2010
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  5. Kris @ JKA

    Kris @ JKA Notebook Geek

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    No problem. That's just my opinion though. If I were to do it then I would most definitely use Acronis.
     
    Kris @ JKA, Jun 21, 2010
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    Yup, clone it - much quicker and easier then a fresh install.
     
    ifti, Jun 21, 2010
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  7. sean473

    sean473 Notebook Prophet

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    use acronis true image home edition to clone it. No other choice.
     
    sean473, Jun 21, 2010
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