New Hard Drive

mcleod55

mcleod55

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I ordered a new Samsung hard drive which will arrive Monday. I have Windows 7 backed up several different ways. Cloned on a spare HD right after the original activation, and several different images backed up on external HD. My question is...... Do I need to do anything special to the new hard drive, and how do I go about re-installing when I do swap drives?
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
home built
OS
Windows 7 Professional x64
CPU
AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000 3.1GHz
Motherboard
Asus M3A78-EM
Memory
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Radeon HD4350 512mb
Sound Card
on board
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung SyncMaster 206bw
Screen Resolution
1680x1050
Hard Drives
Seagate 250gb
WD 160gb
WD 250gb USB
Maxtor 40gb (backup)
PSU
Thermaltake PurePower 500watt
Case
Apevia
Cooling
2x120 case fans
Keyboard
wireless Logitech
Mouse
wireless Logitech
Internet Speed
DSL (best I can do in the boonies)
Other Info
Lord make my word sweet, in case I have to eat them later...
When you open Disk Mgmt after adding HD, it should open a wizard to Initialize Disk.

If not, rightclick on the HD to Initialize.

However, most cloning or imaging operations are done to unallocated space so if it applies formatting it may need to be removed.

Others can correct me if I have this wrong as I am working from low ram memory here.
 
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