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tran.huongthu
Joined: 23 May 2011
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 Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2012 5:54 pm Post subject: Upgrading Laptop Hard Drive |
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I was wondering if anyone knows the best place to do this?
Also I was hoping to keep everything on my current hard drive intact when I upgrade. Does anyone know if this is possible, like creating an exact clone of my current hard drive? |
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pkang0202
Joined: 09 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2012 6:16 pm Post subject: |
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Its easy to clone your data and transfer it to a new hard drive. A google search will give you a lot of sites with step by step guides.
A good Laptop drive to upgrade to is the Momentus XT 750GB. The 500GB is the Gen1 hybrid the 750gb is the Gen2. |
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tran.huongthu
Joined: 23 May 2011
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| Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 4:37 am Post subject: |
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| pkang0202 wrote: |
Its easy to clone your data and transfer it to a new hard drive. A google search will give you a lot of sites with step by step guides.
A good Laptop drive to upgrade to is the Momentus XT 750GB. The 500GB is the Gen1 hybrid the 750gb is the Gen2. |
Actually that is the exact one I got, however it was given to me as a gift. So now I'm trying to find out how to do it, although it might be better to get someone to do it for me so I don't mess it up. |
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hallazgo
Joined: 22 Oct 2010
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| Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 7:14 am Post subject: |
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| sounds easier than it is. You should pay someone to do it who has experience you'll likely *beep* it up and lost all your data. A real pro would back up your data to another disk entirely before to trying to clone it directly |
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kain243
Joined: 19 Feb 2012
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| Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 10:43 pm Post subject: |
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| hallazgo wrote: |
| sounds easier than it is. You should pay someone to do it who has experience you'll likely *beep* it up and lost all your data. A real pro would back up your data to another disk entirely before to trying to clone it directly |
If you're using windows 7 then it has it's own built in system for backing up windows exactly as it is...it can be found in the ease of access tab of accessories (I think). It can back up an exact image of your windows system to an external drive/dvd, and then recover from it later during reinstall.
If you're using XP, then that's more difficult, although there are programs from HD companies like Seagate that offer backup abilities...frankly a full reformat isn't all that bad of an idea imho, a lot of stuff builds up after a while. Just make sure you've backed up the important stuff somewhere else ^_^. |
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