How To Copy Harddrive To A New Harddrive (2)
July 12, 2010 by speeduppc · Leave a Comment
See part 1 ==> How To Copy Harddrive To A New Harddrive
It is inevitable for one to copy or transfer files from an old hard drive to a new hard drive. It is also inevitable to change your hard drive, upgrade it to a more updated model. This happens when you decide to upgrade or add a new hard drive to your computer. This is a very simple process. Take the old hard drive out and putting the new hard drive in the same slot. Transferring files is the next step. While it is a simple process, copying or transferring your existing files and programs to the new hard drive is a time-consuming process.
Back up all your data and files from your old hard drive, and restore them to your new hard drive upon installation. An easy way is for you to install the new hard drive as the master drive (set jumpers) and retain the old hard drive and change it as your secondary or slave drive. You can copy all your data and files from your old hard drive to your new hard drive with this way. Another thing is that you get to keep your old hard drive for more storage. We all need our storage space!
There are steps in replacing your old hard drive. These are:
1. Follow the steps in installing a new hard drive. You must first install your new hard drive then you must first set the jumper settings to make the new drive your primary or slave drive.
2. Follow the steps on how to manually copy or transfer your files to a new hard drive. If you use software to copy, run the hard drive copy software to copy or transfer the contents of your previous hard drive to your new one.
3. Once you are done copying, exit Windows and shut down your pc. Then go back inside the computer system and change the jumper settings of your old drive to the slave setting. Change the jumper settings on the latest drive to the master setting.
4. If your new hard drive works as fine as your main drive (drive C:), you may want to reformat the old hard drive (which can be your new drive D:). Reformatting is done to wipe off the old data and operating system. Do not rush when you do this. Wait a week or two before you reformat the old drive and wipe off the data on your old drive. There are some files on this drive that you might need.
