I have an Asus G53S with a 640 GB Hitachi drive that seems to be on the way to fail. It still works good and I can access all files but whenever I reboot, I get the message "Port 0: Hitachi SMART Status Bad". Windows also keeps showing me a similar message.
So I am thinking to act now and replace the drive before this becomes a serious failure. When I first got the laptop, I created Windows Recovery DVDs. Can I do the following:
- Put the new drive in an external enclosure and connect it via USB
- Use the Windows Recovery DVDs to install Windows on this new drive
- Install other apps. Copy data from current drive.
- Test boot from the new drive
- if all ok, then open the machine and replace the old drive.
Would this approach work? Also, how can I activate Windows on the new drive if it is already activated on the old one?
Thank you!
So I am thinking to act now and replace the drive before this becomes a serious failure. When I first got the laptop, I created Windows Recovery DVDs. Can I do the following:
- Put the new drive in an external enclosure and connect it via USB
- Use the Windows Recovery DVDs to install Windows on this new drive
- Install other apps. Copy data from current drive.
- Test boot from the new drive
- if all ok, then open the machine and replace the old drive.
Would this approach work? Also, how can I activate Windows on the new drive if it is already activated on the old one?
Thank you!
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