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    Transfering data to a new HD?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by sponger246, Mar 24, 2009.

  1. sponger246

    sponger246 Newbie

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    I want to upgrade to a bigger HD. I have two bays, both with drives (one work and one restore drive.)

    Is there an easy way to transfer my data over or will I have to go through a full OS install with the new HD?
     
    sponger246, Mar 24, 2009
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  2. Evaders99

    Evaders99 Notebook Consultant

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    Try Acronis TrueImage (or Windows Home Server if you have one..)
     
    Evaders99, Mar 24, 2009
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    sponger246 Newbie

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    So I guess I'll have to mount it in another machine before I do that.
     
    sponger246, Mar 24, 2009
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    spradhan01 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Yap, I guess so.
     
    spradhan01, Mar 24, 2009
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    coolink Notebook Geek

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    No, You don´t have to do anything. True Image does for you. Even if you have 2 or more partitions. Just click Clone HD...
     
    coolink, Mar 24, 2009
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    lemonspeaker Notebook Evangelist

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    Wait, I want to know more about this... I don't really know how to backup a HD as an image and then put it into a newer one?
     
    lemonspeaker, Mar 24, 2009
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    All you need is a generic external HD USB enclosure that will house your new HD. That, and the cloning software of choice...
     
    jeremysdad, Mar 25, 2009
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    connect both the hard drives to the computers .
    copy the data to the one drive to the other drive, when you did the copy files it is just like the copy backup and all he files saved in the hard drive.

    you can also do that by share the hard drive and than transfer the data through the transfer utility.
     
    randdy, Mar 25, 2009
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    lemonspeaker Notebook Evangelist

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    Here's the thing though. I have a 160GB HD on my computer. I already have a backup of everything on my computer onto an external 320GB. I don't know if I am backing things up correctly because all that I am doing is basically copying and pasting everything from computer to external HD just like if I were to copy an paste anything onto a regular USB drive.
    Am I doing this correctly?
    What I fear is that if I do this too for a while, I will loose HD space because my things DO take up a lot of space. I want to preserve space but I dont know how to do it?
    I mean, should I zip up all my files into one huge tiny file?
    I have never used a backup file program.
    What if I use a imaging software such as acronis to back up my HD? Will that software take a shot of my entire HD and then save it all into one small folder?

    I dont get it can someone help me out?


    Because I know that Apple time machine can constantly capture a Macbook's HD and save it, but if it does with all the time 20x a day, how does it not run out of space?
     
    lemonspeaker, Mar 25, 2009
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