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copying entire drive to another (different, larger) drive?
I've had this computer for years, set up just the way i want it, etc. i probably have 150 programs on it, and i love everything about it EXCEPT for the space on the hard drive. unfortunately it's running on a 120 GB hard drive, which was just about the biggest drive you could buy at the time, but i'm fast running out of space. i'd like to basically copy everything to the new hard drive, but without having to install all the programs all over again.
if the only thing i'm replacing is the hard drive, and all the drivers, devices, etc. are going to stay the same, could i just ghost the hard drive to the LARGER hard drive?
how would i go about doing that?
if the only thing i'm replacing is the hard drive, and all the drivers, devices, etc. are going to stay the same, could i just ghost the hard drive to the LARGER hard drive?
how would i go about doing that?
Yes, you can clone the hard drive image to the new one. You can even have the new drive as a slave and still have your old hard drive with Windows and other programs. By this way, you can install any new programs and data to the new drive while still retaining the existing programs to the old hard drive. This is much simpler that cloning.
http://www.bay-wolf.com/ghostclone.htm
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/21534021/Cloning-Hardrive.html
http://www.bay-wolf.com/ghostclone.htm
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/21534021/Cloning-Hardrive.html
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OK, i just want to make sure that we're all on the right page: i don't just want to have the FILES on the new hard drive, i want it to be able to boot just like the old one; seamlessly, to windows, with all my programs, files, etc. there... and the only 'difference' i want to be able to see is when i go to 'my computer' that the drive is a lot larger.
this will do it?
this will do it?
Suggestions above regading cloning / image software that will work just fine for you.
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I've done it before no problems accrued