I bought a WD3000HLFS as a 2nd internal HDD for my PC and have not yet installed it. After installation I want the complete original HDD contents including the OS on the new HDD because it has more capacity and is faster. How do I accomplish this? Do I have to remove the original HDD and install the new one and the OS and all my applications on it? Then reinstall the original HDD and format it to wipe it clean? I would like to move the contents from one HDD to the other without having to buy software that would do this. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks. __________________ PC - TigerSoft, Self Configured OS - Vista 64 Home Premium CPU - Intel Q9650 4 x 3.00 GHz HDD - SATA Seagate 7200.10 250GB MOBO - Asus P5Q-SE RAM - Kingston PC800 8GB Graphic Card - Gigabyte GeForce GTX280 1GB DDR3 PSU - Be Quiet! Dark Power Pro 750 Watt Joystick - Saitek X52 Flight Controller
You can use an imaging utility like Acronis True Image or Clonezilla. Then, you will not have to re-install your OS and all the applications from scratch. Hard drive manufacturers offer free software utilities for this same purpose. You have to make sure it is compatible with the OS you want to migrate. Or, just use free Clonezilla.
