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    Transfer data to new external hd from old one?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by darkcond0, Mar 22, 2009.

  1. darkcond0

    darkcond0 Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi guys,

    So I'm just got a 1tb external hdd from my friend, and would like to copy everything on my old one to the new one (around 300gb worth of stuff) so that I can leave the old one for the family to use. What is the best way to do this?
    I was thinking about connecting both hard drives to my desktop through eSATA and then just copy pasting. Would that work well?

    Thanks
     
    darkcond0, Mar 22, 2009
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  2. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    Yes, that will work fine.
    Its exactly what I do, their is software which does it, but I do not know of any free ones.

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Mar 22, 2009
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  3. elijahRW

    elijahRW Notebook Deity

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    CTRL A on your 300GB of files, then CTRL C and then CTRL V in your 1TB hard drive ;)
     
    elijahRW, Mar 22, 2009
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  4. usapatriot

    usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Yup! I'd imagine that if both hard drives were hooked up via eSATA the process would be faster than USB but both should work equally fine.
     
    usapatriot, Mar 22, 2009
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  5. darkcond0

    darkcond0 Notebook Evangelist

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    I'll get right to it

    Thanks guys :)
     
    darkcond0, Mar 22, 2009
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  6. dearthz

    dearthz Notebook Enthusiast

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    Try to use Roadkill Unstoppable Coppier

    The disadvantages of using the traditional Ctrl C and Ctrl V methods are:

    1) System is prone to freezing and

    2) You wont be able to check if all the files have been coppied 100% succesfully

    Download from here:

    http://www.roadkil.net/program.php?ProgramID=29

    Program is free and the advantage of using Roadkill program is, u can check that all files are coppied 100%.
     
    dearthz, Mar 22, 2009
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  7. randdy

    randdy Notebook Consultant

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    yes , it is the correct way to transfer the data from one hard drive to another hard drive.
     
    randdy, Mar 23, 2009
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