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| 26 Apr 2010 | #1 |
| | New Hard Drive Help My current HDD is failing, the temps are running in the 50's Celsius. The drive is at least 6 years old. Ok now my question, how do I clone my current drive to a new one without having to reinstall everything? |
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| 26 Apr 2010 | #2 |
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| 26 Apr 2010 | #3 |
| | Thanks, am I right in thinking 50+ degrees C is too high? |
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| 26 Apr 2010 | #4 |
| | There are several ways to clone your hdd in addition to Macrium and Acronis. See this page. 5 Ways To Clone & Copy Your Hard Drive Yes, 50+ centigrade is quite high unless you are sitting in the Gobi desert. Most hdds are rated only upto 55 degrees operating temperature. At normal loads and average ambient temps, it shouldnt go up more than say 45 degrees. |
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| 26 Apr 2010 | #5 |
| | You could also check the Health status of your HD using these programs, HD Tune website (Free Trial) or Ashampoo® HDD Control (Free Trial) |
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| 27 Apr 2010 | #6 |
| | Got my new drive but transferring the system files is proving tedious |
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| 27 Apr 2010 | #7 |
| | It takes a while. Thats why i always prefer to do a fresh windows install after backing up my data to an external hdd.  |
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| 27 Apr 2010 | #8 |
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Quote: Originally Posted by Bill2  It takes a while. Thats why i always prefer to do a fresh windows install after backing up my data to an external hdd. |
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| 27 Apr 2010 | #9 |
| | For future reference >>>> Western Digital/Seagate etc all have their own mini software progs that do this all for you. ie test disk/read S.M.A.R.T., re/format, disk image old hard drive etc Look up their 'download' sections |
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| 27 Apr 2010 | #10 |
| | It wasn't too bad at the end of it all, it was just painfully slow with the old drive being best part of 6 years old and running very hot. |
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