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[Closed] hard drive change , which software ?????

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Laptop hard drive is playing up so have brought a new one and need to swap it over so what software do you recommend for a computer luddite ??

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Posted : 15/11/2014 8:34 pm
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I use TrueImage - it is pretty simple to use, just make *very* sure that you are copying the disk full of data to the new drive, not vice versa.


 
Posted : 15/11/2014 9:12 pm
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cheers will have a look


 
Posted : 15/11/2014 10:27 pm
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I have literally just done this yesterday, and used mini tools partition wizard which is free, will copy and resize partitions and entire disks as required. I just bought a cheap external USB enclosure and cloned the disk over, then swapped them over. Took ages, but pretty easy.


 
Posted : 16/11/2014 1:41 pm
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Thanks for that , I have copied my c drive over took a couple of hours.
Do I just swap them now or do I need a bootable thingy ?


 
Posted : 16/11/2014 10:32 pm
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If you've cloned the drive, just swap them over.
If you've just [i]copied[/i] the contents of your old drive to the new one, it won't work.


 
Posted : 16/11/2014 11:02 pm
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Thanks for help.
Used Seagate Disc Wizard in the end. It was made for the computer idiot (me) and had a step by step guide with pictures !!!!!. From downloading the Wizard program and connecting the enclosure to swaping hard drives.

Thanks Again


 
Posted : 17/11/2014 2:50 pm
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Seagate Disc Wizard, nice easy to use tool 🙂


 
Posted : 17/11/2014 7:58 pm