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transfering files to new HDD
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When installing a replacement drive not simply a second drive for storing files you have to install Windows and all programs fresh to see working results. Cloning drives is performed mainly in the corporate environment where all systems are identical as well as the drives used. You are making a major hardware swap there.
Newer drives are now seeing energy saving features while the drives remain idle. That is a plus when adding more then one on a system especially a laptop. They still see about the same draw on power when active depending on who makes them.
Copy and paste operations from drive to drive once Windows is up and running on a new drive with the old one slaved to it is a time consuming process if you have a large amount of files and data. Many will use a program like Acronis for creating a disk image to be later opened and see files extracted once a new drive is partitioned, formatted, and OSed.
Newer drives are now seeing energy saving features while the drives remain idle. That is a plus when adding more then one on a system especially a laptop. They still see about the same draw on power when active depending on who makes them.
Copy and paste operations from drive to drive once Windows is up and running on a new drive with the old one slaved to it is a time consuming process if you have a large amount of files and data. Many will use a program like Acronis for creating a disk image to be later opened and see files extracted once a new drive is partitioned, formatted, and OSed.
XP and Vista both create a hardware profile(snapshot) of the current hardwares as part of the product activation process. You can pay to have someone install Windows for you on the new drive or simply do that yourself. You just have to provide them with the installation disk
Here I never send anything out but simply learn how to install any OS being tried out as well as maintaining it. Folder are organized in the event of a need to reinstall the OS. Frequent backups on removable media and having an extra drive for storage and backing things up are tools used here. Windows itself goes on and runs far easier then an OS like Linux where you have menually configure the boot configuration.
Here I never send anything out but simply learn how to install any OS being tried out as well as maintaining it. Folder are organized in the event of a need to reinstall the OS. Frequent backups on removable media and having an extra drive for storage and backing things up are tools used here. Windows itself goes on and runs far easier then an OS like Linux where you have menually configure the boot configuration.
That would sata 3.0. Most drives should go right in since the drives themselves don't see any real gain despite the faster bus over ide. A 7,200rpm sata model would see the same as the ide 7,200 model. Going with a good brand will be the plus there to avoid any problems. WD, Seagate, and even Maxtor receive less complaints over Hitachi for one example.