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Upgrading HDD without cloning

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  • Hard Drives
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October 17, 2014 8:24:53 AM

Hi, so i built a pc a while ago, but my hdd is failing and i need to upgrade it, but since i dont have anything important, i dont really want to clone it (All the important things including OS are in my boot SSD). So since i dont want to clone it (because the read and write speeds are insanely low now), can i just do this:
1. turn off pc
2. unplug hdd and plug new one in
3. set up new hdd

Is it that easy? or am i missing anything? thanks

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a b G Storage
October 17, 2014 8:27:48 AM

As long as your OS wasn't installed with both drives in the computer, what you are saying will work perfect.
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a b G Storage
October 17, 2014 8:28:06 AM

Any programs you have which are installed to the old disk will complain. I would recommend going through and uninstalling anything which has been installed to the old drive. Then do the steps you describe.
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October 17, 2014 8:31:32 AM

Thanks for the fast responses! Just to make sure, I'm gonna do what kanewolf said and uninstall everything in the old hdd. Thanks for the help!
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a b G Storage
October 17, 2014 8:52:54 AM

A-sir said:
Thanks for the fast responses! Just to make sure, I'm gonna do what kanewolf said and uninstall everything in the old hdd. Thanks for the help!


Your Windows registry will thank you .....
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