I can get the driver file from the old HDD but how do I then install it on the new HDD? Just copying the file into C:\WINDOWS

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You need to install the drivers, it usually comes in an exe file you download from the computer vendor, sometimes a zip file. There are ways of installing it from the extracted dll and ini files but that takes a bit of know-how.

Go to your computer or motherboard vendor support web page and download the drivers from there.
You need to install the drivers, it usually comes in an exe file you download from the computer vendor, sometimes a zip file. There are ways of installing it from the extracted dll and ini files but that takes a bit of know-how.

Go to your computer or motherboard vendor support web page and download the drivers from there.
 
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