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Hard drive replacement
Big Classy
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I was wondering if it's possible to swap the contents of one HDD onto another larger HDD? For instance, my PC has only room for a single hard drive and dvd drive, there's no more cables. I know I can hook up the new drive I get by disconnecting the dvd drive but what I really want to to di is completely remove the HDD I have in my PC at the moment without losing the contents on it. By contents I mean OS and all the videos, photos and games.
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Alternately, does your DVD drive use the same power and data cable as your new hard drive? Borrow those cables to temporarily hook up the new drive for the file transfer, then reconnect the DVD drive and install the new HDD for real.
This is the drive I currently have. This is the drive I want, there won't be any surprises through the transition right? They both seem to be similar, apart from the obvious size.