Copying Existing Hard drive to a new Hard drive (same system)

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Hello, i came across a problem with my hard drive and needed to order a new one(ticking sound): http://www.bestbuy.com/site/1tb-internal-serial-ata-hard-drive-for-desktops/8490625.p?id=1186003683968&skuId=8490625&st=hard%20drive&cp=7&lp=7#tab=specifications

I wanted to know if i can just copy my existing content on my 750gb hard drive to my 1TB existing drive that i will be acquiring. Since its the same system i thought their wouldnt be any conflicts. And no im not useing IDE or anything i have SATA slots 2 free ones and 2 used ones ATM.
 
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Yes you can copy it. Use a program like Clonezilla, Macrium Reflect, or Paragon Backup and Recovery to clone your drive. It should clone it to a 750 GB partition(s) on the 1 TB drive. You can then use Windows' disk manager to expand the main partition to fill the drive. Or if disk manager has problems doing that, grab Partition Wizard. That can usually handle most partitioning issues that Windows can't.
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Yes you can copy it. Use a program like Clonezilla, Macrium Reflect, or Paragon Backup and Recovery to clone your drive. It should clone it to a 750 GB partition(s) on the 1 TB drive. You can then use Windows' disk manager to expand the main partition to fill the drive. Or if disk manager has problems doing that, grab Partition Wizard. That can usually handle most partitioning issues that Windows can't.
 
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Since you're buying a Seagate HDD, go to their website and download their free utility package, Disk Wizard, then install it on your old HDD. Use it to clone to the new HDD. Get the manual with the download, and READ it.

One thing I found in past use of this software. By default it will propose that the Partition it creates on the new HDD should be the same size as the old one. BUT I expect you would rather have the Partition on the new HDD use up ALL its space in one volume. So, do NOT simply agree to the default proposal. Use the menu system (this is where reading the manual helps) to change the options to use all of the space.

In past versions of Windows its built-in utilities like Disk Management can Expand a Partition to add extra adjacent Unallocated Space, but NOT on the C: drive that contains the OS. Other third-party software can do that trick. But if you use cloning software that allows you to adjust the Partition size on the Destination Drive (the new HDD) as the clone is made, you don't have that problem.
 
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