Upgrade Harddrive.

[Kjonnnn]

Im not working and haven't done this in quite a while.

Can I ...

1. Put an additional 2TB drive as an additional drive in my system.

2. Ghost my primary drive (200 GB) to the new drive.

3. Then after setting all the correct jumpers and such, remove the old primary drive, and have the new Drive as the new "C:" ...

THANKS for any insight.

I dont just need more space, I have an external drive, but I need more space on my C: drive. Only 80GB left.

 

[rclarke250]

If you can verify that your system can take a 2tb drive then it should work. The reason I ask you to verify if the system can handle a 2tb drive,is you mention jumpers. All 2tb drives are SATA and they do not have jumpers, as only one drive can be addressed on a channel.

 

[BadBigBen]

as mentioned by RC, it can be done with most cloning software, such as Acronis or Paragon...

http://www.paragon-software.com/home/dc-professional/

http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/

Ben
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[Kjonnnn]

Thanks guys for replying. It's been a while since I did this. Normally, I'd just buy a new computer and upgrade. Not in that position now.

The specs say my drive is a: 200 GB SATA

 

[dbMark]

Even the drive manufacturers have cloning software. I usually buy Seagate drives and they have a utility DiscWizard that you can download from their site. Very simple, the program steps you through the process but of course you just have to make sure you're copying from/to the correct drives. Once the copying is over all you do is turn the computer off and swap the SATA data connectors so on the next boot the new drive is in the expected SATA order.

Be aware that Windows tracks hard drives, video cards, etc and when it detects a certain amount of changes to the system it will try to re-validate your Windows registration.

 

[goombawaho]

make sure you're copying from/to the correct drives

Most understated piece of extremely important advice I've seen in a while.

 

[jknichols]

Quote:
make sure you're copying from/to the correct drives


Most understated piece of extremely important advice I've seen in a while.

Ouch!, nothing worse than copying a blank drive over your precious data! BTDT

 

[kjv1611]

You know, as painful as it would be, I would also be laughing hysterically at myself for making such a big goof... copying a blank drive to a non-blank drive. Of course it's possible. Just take your time to be sure you're doing it right.

By the way, there are some free applications that work fine as well for mirroring a drive. There's one I've tried a few times, but can't remember the name right at the moment.. figures. It works really well, and whenever I can remember the name and where to find it, I use it.

Doggone... if I remember the name later, and remember this thread, I'll come back and post it here for reference..

"But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." 1 Corinthians 15:57

 

[goombawaho]

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