New HD
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New HD
Hello,
I have 2 HDs in my PC - one is the system drive (C, D) and the other is used for backup.
When I upgrade the system drive the old one becomes the backup.
I make weekly image backups from the C: partition to the backup drive. It just happens the backup drive died, and I purchased a new one.
I would like to use this new drive as the system drive,
Should I just do an image restore (I upgraded from XP to 7 using PC Mover) or would it be better to do an fresh install in the new drive and then move the files from old C: to new C:?
Thanks for your help,
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I would do a Fresh install to be safe since the Image Restore may not work ...
What type of Install Disk do you have? Retail, Upgrade or OEM?
Josh
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It's always better to start with a clean slate, so I'd reccommend a clean install. Better safe than sorry.
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Win7 Backup imaging is specifically designed and intended to be able to reimage a replacement HD. System Image Recovery
Be sure to set the target HD as first HD to boot in BIOS setup. Unplug all other HD's during reimaging except image source HD.
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One doubt I have - If I do a fresh install, will I be able to move my programs from one drive to the other or I would have to reinstall them one by one?
Thanks,
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Hello.
No matter what you do, if you do a clean install you will have to reinstall all the programs/apps that you use as they integrate themselves into the Windows registry and are not moveable from one Windows installation to another so be sure to save the program activation keys where applicable.
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To reinstall all the programs/apps would be too cumbersome.
Just suppose I have a laptop and decide to purchase a new one (both with Win 7).
Would I have to reinstall all the programs? In XP or Vista I could migrate the programs without a reinstall!
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Ok, so now we have 2 possibilities for a clean install - the masochist way and Windows Easy transfer (besides PC Mover).
Comments, pls?
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