Re: how do I replace a C drive

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most "retail" drives will (you know , the ones that come in a nice pretty
box :> )

as stated , most mfr's will have a utility available to do what you want
(western digital for instance ,has a downloadable program)

"mimmo" <mimmo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> didn't realize new hard drives came with that utility, will look for it
> thanks
>
> "Malke" wrote:
>
>> mimmo wrote:
>>
>> > Hi: I would like to replace my existing C drive (which has Windows
>> > installed on it) with a larger, faster hard drive. So would like to
>> > basically move everything onto the new drive
>> >
>> > Does anyone know of a step-by-step instructions on the web?
>> >
>> > thanks
>>
>> If you buy a retail hard drive, a utility will come with it to do
>> exactly what you want. If you buy whitebox, you can download the disk
>> copy utility from the hard drive mftr.'s website.
>>
>> Basically, you will put the new hard drive in as slave, leaving the old
>> one in the master position. Boot with the utility and follow the
>> directions to copy the drive. Then you'll shut down and move the new
>> drive to the master position. If you want to keep your old drive for
>> storage, move it to the slave position and format it from within
>> Windows.
>>
>> Malke
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>>


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