I'm very lacking when it comes to computers. However, after some searching, I could never find an answer for how to take the data on two drives currently in my system and put it all into a new one. My plan is to then remove them and install this new one. The two drives currently in my computer are a terabyte Hard Drive and a 128 GB SSD, and the drive I'd like to replace them with is a 500 GB SSD. Please help!
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Uploading two drives information onto a new one
- Thread starter Pootis
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SuperSoph_WD
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Welcome, Pootis!
The process you are referring to is called cloning or migrating. You'd need a cloning/migrating software to transfer your OS and data to the new drive. I personally like Acronis True Image WD Edition due to the fact that it lets me manually select whatever I wish to transfer. However, I'd recommend cloning your SSD to the new one first (supposing the OS is there). Once the cloning of Windows is completed, you can plug and access your secondary 1TB HDD with all the data on it and transfer whatever you want to the new SSD. Afterwards, you could simply re-format it and use it as secondary data storage with the new SSD.
Here are a couple of links that can walk you through the whole process of cloning/migration:
http://lifehacker.com/5837543/how-to-migrate-to-a-solid-state-drive-without-reinstalling-windows
http://www.overclock.net/t/1156654/seans-windows-7-install-optimization-guide-for-ssds-hdds
Hope this was helpful! Keep me posted if you have more questions!
SuperSoph_WD
The process you are referring to is called cloning or migrating. You'd need a cloning/migrating software to transfer your OS and data to the new drive. I personally like Acronis True Image WD Edition due to the fact that it lets me manually select whatever I wish to transfer. However, I'd recommend cloning your SSD to the new one first (supposing the OS is there). Once the cloning of Windows is completed, you can plug and access your secondary 1TB HDD with all the data on it and transfer whatever you want to the new SSD. Afterwards, you could simply re-format it and use it as secondary data storage with the new SSD.
Here are a couple of links that can walk you through the whole process of cloning/migration:
http://lifehacker.com/5837543/how-to-migrate-to-a-solid-state-drive-without-reinstalling-windows
http://www.overclock.net/t/1156654/seans-windows-7-install-optimization-guide-for-ssds-hdds
Hope this was helpful! Keep me posted if you have more questions!
SuperSoph_WD
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