Cloning my Hard Drive

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austinblack111

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Hey all,

I am looking to move all the data from my F Drive (This does not contain my OS(Windows is on my C)) to a new HDD I just got because I am sure the current F Drive is on its last legs. (Its ticking a lot...)

A few Questions:
1. Best software to go about just moving all that data? Since its not an OS, just files (Videos, Photos, Docs, Origin, Steam, Uplay, etc) Would a normal Copy/Paste work?

2. My OneDrive is actually installed on my F drive. Will cloning it to another drive actually work, or will that be another step I have to actually uninstall and move?

3. I have several Symbolic links set up in my F Drive. I have 3 folders in there that store files on my PC that is symbolically linked to my OneDrive so they automatically update to mirror each other (that way I have a file on my PC, and one backed up in the cloud. This also allows me to do work on my laptop on those same files, and when moving back to my desktop, all those files mirror the work I did on the laptop.) The question: Will cloning the drive also copy these links, or will I need to set them up again?

Its about a full TB of data, so I wanted to clear this up before I put my computer underway.

Thanks in advance!

Austin

p.s. I would have made an account, which I tried to do. But after I clicked sign up, it never sent me an email to verify my account and I can't get in. Apparently Tom's Hardware doesn't like gmail? (I was forced to sign in with google unfortunately... :( )
 
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velocityg4
1. Normal copy and paste works. Use Freefilesync. Just so that you can set it to ignore errors. That way it will do the copy without stopping to ask a question. Then you can run the compare again and see if there are any missed files and address their copy issues. If there are any. That way you also will have a list to work off of. Unlike a regular copy/paste.

2. Not sure about Onedrive. I know with Dropbox and Google Drive I can copy those folders. Then direct them to the new location. They will then check then compare folders and sync any changes or missing files. I'd assume the same is for Onedrive. I'd suggest turning Onedrive off during the copy. Change the drive letter of the old drive. Change the letter of the new drive to...
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1. Normal copy and paste works. Use Freefilesync. Just so that you can set it to ignore errors. That way it will do the copy without stopping to ask a question. Then you can run the compare again and see if there are any missed files and address their copy issues. If there are any. That way you also will have a list to work off of. Unlike a regular copy/paste.

2. Not sure about Onedrive. I know with Dropbox and Google Drive I can copy those folders. Then direct them to the new location. They will then check then compare folders and sync any changes or missing files. I'd assume the same is for Onedrive. I'd suggest turning Onedrive off during the copy. Change the drive letter of the old drive. Change the letter of the new drive to F:. Then turn Onedrive back on. If your lucky it won't realize anything happened and just continue syncing to F:. I haven't tried it but most programs go by drive letters and don't recognize when a drive has changed if the drive letter is the same.

3. If you change the drive letter of the new drive to F:. They may work. You'll probably have to setup the symbolic links again before you sync.

You change drive letters in Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management > Disk Management
 
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