I was wondering what I should do in regards to my old hard drive. I want to completely transfer everything over from the old one to the new, 2 TB one in my new rig. Problem is, I don't want to just transfer files, I want the entire O.S, programs, registry and all. Next problem being, I'd like my new system to be 64 bit, but the old one is 32. What should I do?
Help regarding new computer hard drive?
- Thread starter Kilik392
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You just clone the drive. But if you going from a 32bit system to a 64bit system. With a different motherboard. (complete different system) You will have a hell of a time to get it to boot. Your best bet is to do a clean install.
Agh. Well, at the very least, if I install my old HDD into the new rig, can I just bring things over?
Sure can.
strollin
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Clarification. If you install the old hdd in the new rig, you'll be able to tranfser any data over but your applications will all need to be re-installed. In fact, with the old hdd in the new rig the data can stay where it's at. The newly installed apps will be able to access the data on the old drive.