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Switching out Hard Drive to 10000 RPM's
I wanna switch out my current HD 7200 rpm to the WD raptor 10000 rpm. What do I have to do to get all the information from my old to new one thanks.
I wanna switch out my current HD 7200 rpm to the WD raptor 10000 rpm. What do I have to do to get all the information from my old to new one thanks.
You can go to Back-up and Restore. In the upper left there will be a "create system image" link. Press that and put the image of your current drive on an external drive or DVDs.
You can then switch drives and use the "install DVD" or "repair CD" to restore the image to the new drive.
Here is a video on creating and restoring an image. Hope it helps.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d9lS1wbsPg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvtSKZfSAdQ
Thanks:)
Just get Clonezilla (free open source utility that works great!)
Clonezilla
No hassles, just hook both drives up, boot off the Clonezilla Live CD, choose your source and destination drives... its EASY!
Here's a tut: https://www.sevenforums.com/software/...ge-backup.html
Good point, some of these cloning apps might be easier. There are many options to clone or image your drive. If you need more suggestions I'm sure we can come up with more. I have used this app before. You have to make a bootable .iso but it's not hard.
EASEUS Disk Copy: Free Disk Copy, Disk Clone, Partition Copy Software. Sector by Sector for hard drive backup freeware.
Yea I just went to clonzila site looks difficult. How do I know what to download. I have a 64 bit w7 system. I wanna switch from my current 7200 rpm HD to New 10000 Rpm HD PLease help Thanks. Do I hook up both drives together from Motherboard or 1 at a time?
You could always do it my way from those videos. It may take longer but it's easy.
I have never used Clonzilla but with Easeus, you hook up both drives and boot to an .iso CD you have to make, then copy one disk to another. I would imagine Clonzilla is about the same. It isn't hard but may take some reading.
here is the easy way to use Easeus
http://www.easeus.com/disk-copy/disk-copy.htm
Did you review the tutorial? You download the stable live cd iso here: Clonezilla Live download
THis is an iso that you use to create your bootable cd from... its very easy... really! Review or print the tutorial first if you are worried!
Is it worth it for me to get the WD raptor and spend $200.00 or just keep with what I have the standard 200GB 7200rpms.
Unless your doing alot of file transfer the difference is measured in miliseconds. You probably won't even notice the difference between 7200 and 10,000 rpm