Moving/Cloning my data to a new HDD

[Wayfall]

Hi

My WDC 1TB HDD is getting old, slow and needs replacing.

How do I move everything from my old HDD to a new HDD so I can just plug in the new one in and the pc will work like normal.

Regards

 

[D_Know_WD]

Hi there Wayfall,

You can just clone the old drive onto a new one. You will just need a SATA and power cables in order to attach the new HDD to your system and perform the cloning process.
You can use Acronis True Image WD edition: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=n8UmrW

After that, I guess you can test your old HDD with WD's DLG tool(both short and extended tests) and see if there is something wrong with it: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=tr3i4n

If the drive is in a good condition, you can reformat it and use it for a back up/secondary storage drive.

Let me know in case you have some more questions,
D_Know_WD

 

[BadActor]

Download Macrium Reflect free and simply clone your old disk to the new one. It's a fairly simple process. You can then remove the old drive, or use it for additional storage.

http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.aspx