Transferring my desktop hard drive data to my laptop hard drive

[Okenchi]

Hello,
I have a new laptop hard drive and wish to transfer my operating system and data from my hard drive

 

[ksiemb]

Hello,
I have a new laptop hard drive and wish to transfer my operating system and data from my hard drive

You want to "clone" the existing hard drive to the new one. Then replace the HD. There is open source (freeware) available by which you can do that Place the new HD in an USB enclosure, clone the drive, then replace it.