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What happens to the OS?
When you clone your hardrive what happens to the OS? I'm assuming it copies it to the new hardrive (I've never cloned before) but would both hardrives have the same exact OS's? With the same product key and everything? So would that mean I could use my old hardrive (with same OS) and use it in a...- FloOFy
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
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Back up drive?
Hey, I'm planning on getting a new Seagate 500gb (32mb cache) hardrive[/url] to replace my existing 250gb (8mb cache) hardrive. After I clone all of my data from my old drive what do I do with it? I've been thinking about using it as a backup drive in case if my new drive fails. But I'm not sure...- FloOFy
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
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Replacing a hardrive.
Hey, I've never installed a hardrive before so I'm pretty new. Anyway, I'm not sure of how to clone data from my old hardrive (SATA 250gb, 8mb cache) to a new one (500gb, 32mb cache). I plan on using HD Clone: http://www.miray.org/download.php to clone my data by burning it to a bootable CD...- FloOFy
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
