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    SSD, Edit copy Edit Paste

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by takovr, Nov 10, 2014.

  1. takovr

    takovr Notebook Consultant

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    I have a 750 gig hard drive with all my pictures, videos and steam games. I want to re-place the hard drive with a SSD 800 gig SSD drive, I also have a 1 gig external hard drive. Can I edit copy everything to the 1 gig external hard drive then paste everything to the new 800 gig SSD drive?
     
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  2. tilleroftheearth

    tilleroftheearth Wisdom listens quietly...

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    You can move any and all your data like that, but any programs will need to be reinstalled if you want to have a glitch free experience going forward.


    What 800GB SSD are you considering?
     
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  3. alexhawker

    alexhawker Spent Gladiator

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    1 gig or 1 TB?
     
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  4. Jarhead

    Jarhead 恋の♡アカサタナ

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    He probably means 1TB.

    Anyway, I'd second tiller's suggestion of reinstalling any programs when transferring from the old drive to the new. As for bulk data (pictures, documents, etc.), copy/paste away! You might want to cook up a meal in the meantime though, since I imagine that ~1TB of transfers would take a non-trivial amount of time to complete.
     
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