Safely removing and reinstalling SATA HDD?

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I tried searching for any special instructions, but couldn't find any so I guess it's simply removing the SATA and Power cables from the HDD and then moving it to the new PC and just plugging them in there again?

It is in my current pc the D-drive so there is no windows or anything on it, just simple documents like music, movies and pictures. So is there anything special I should do, I do have to make sure NONE of the documents get deleted or damaged, they are important. (I don't know if it's SATA II or III, but that doesnt make a lot of difference right?)
 
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The primary boot hard drive is the one to be concerned about. Removing the other drives or adding new drives, the only concern you might have is with the drive letter (D:, E:, F:, etc.) that is assigned. You can change this in storage manager. On my main rig, I run an OS drive (SSD), data drive (1TB) and backup drive (2TB), and keep a backup of all computers/drives on the backup drive. It may sound silly to have "duplicate copies" of all your files....but when a hard drive fails....you will be glad you did.

SyncBack is a great program - and free for backing up all data.... http://www.2brightsparks.com/freeware/freeware-hub.html
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Because of Windows security - you will need to "take ownership" of the folders on the drive in the new PC. Simply right click, go to security, advanced, then owner tab, click edit, and put your current login as the "owner" of the data. Depending upon how many files, it could take a while to update the security.
 
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I could be wrong, but it sounds like just regular files and folders, not anything associated with a particular user account.

If it is user account files, then yes, 'take ownership' comes in to play.
 
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Yes it will the secondary in the new pc too.



Yes, but only on a third internal drive (E) on the old pc, not on an external hard drive.



What do you mean?



Alright, thanks. I will check that when I plug it in tomorrow.

One more question guys, I currently have 3 HDDs. Primary is C, which will remain in the current pc. Then I have a secondary 1TB (D) (which contains everything I want to move) and third is a 500GB (E). The backup of the important stuff is on E, of which I am not sure yet if I will move it or not. What I plan to do is move at least D and maybe E, the thing is, after moving the HDDs succesfully, I plan on resetting this pc to its factory conditions (which was f10 or something in the startup screen), the 1 or 2 missing secondary and tertiary drives will not interfere with this right? Even though they were there when I bought this pc.
 
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The primary boot hard drive is the one to be concerned about. Removing the other drives or adding new drives, the only concern you might have is with the drive letter (D:, E:, F:, etc.) that is assigned. You can change this in storage manager. On my main rig, I run an OS drive (SSD), data drive (1TB) and backup drive (2TB), and keep a backup of all computers/drives on the backup drive. It may sound silly to have "duplicate copies" of all your files....but when a hard drive fails....you will be glad you did.

SyncBack is a great program - and free for backing up all data.... http://www.2brightsparks.com/freeware/freeware-hub.html
 
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