Current hard drive dying. How do I transfer to new drive

[Mezman]

Hello,
As in the title ,y current hard drive is dying . I had to do a recovery through the disk and managed to get back to a loading system but know this wont last. How do I transfer current hard drive entirely to a new hard drive?

 

[RealBeast]

You can try to clone it using EaseUS Todo or other software, but the key point is that if it is failing, you should not use it other than to back it up. I would first back up all key data files to a CD or DVD or pile of them and then worry about the whole drive image.

 

[Garylin88]

A disk clone tool for you:
http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2008/09/05/5-free-apps-to-clone-your-hard-drive/
Or http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/five-apps/five-free-and-reliable-cloning-tools/1507

 

[Mezman]

is this done thorugh piggy back or disk? Sorry guys not just a newb on the forms, I do know how to build and config certain things however I do not know anything about the cloneing process...........Yet!!

 

[Mezman]

guess i will go learn a little bit between now and my next check in, thx for the help so far.

 

[RealBeast]

is this done through piggy back or disk? Sorry guys not just a newb on the forms, I do know how to build and config certain things however I do not know anything about the cloning process...........Yet!!

You just need to pick some software to clone and then test it out. I would choose from EaseUS Todo Backup, Ghost 15, or Acronis True Image. Each has good documentation, and all three work well in my experience.