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Dec 12, 2016 at 02:56 AM
Dec 12, 2016 at 02:56 AM
Hi Carlseye,
I would format the hard drive. Why do you want to keep the OS? It may not be usable since there were hardware changes in the PC. My recommendation is to backup all important files and format the hard drive, wiping all partitions. Once all that is done, download the drive manufacturer’s diagnostic tool and check the drive’s health. If all looks fine, you will be having a pretty good backup option.
Hope this helps
I would format the hard drive. Why do you want to keep the OS? It may not be usable since there were hardware changes in the PC. My recommendation is to backup all important files and format the hard drive, wiping all partitions. Once all that is done, download the drive manufacturer’s diagnostic tool and check the drive’s health. If all looks fine, you will be having a pretty good backup option.
Hope this helps
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Dec 13, 2016 at 07:31 AM
Dec 13, 2016 at 07:31 AM
You cannot just move your hard drive to the new machine, unless the new machine is essentially identical to the existing machine.
You need software that will back up your hard drive and then restore it to different hardware.
I have tried lots of it. Among those that work best are:
XXClone
Paragon Hard Disk Manager
There are many others, including Acronis Trueimage, Easeus ToDo Backup, Shadow Copy Cloner, O&O Diskimage, etc.
You need software that will back up your hard drive and then restore it to different hardware.
I have tried lots of it. Among those that work best are:
XXClone
Paragon Hard Disk Manager
There are many others, including Acronis Trueimage, Easeus ToDo Backup, Shadow Copy Cloner, O&O Diskimage, etc.
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Dec 14, 2016 at 09:50 AM
Dec 14, 2016 at 09:50 AM
thanks for your reply , my friend. I am aware of many ways of doing things
but what I am thinking about is using my old hard drive as an external drive and storage. It has 160 gig of useable space. My new computer has a very limiited useable space , and is a laptop, so I can't put another hd drive in it anyway. The are a number of companies that make suitable hardware for using older drives as external drives, and many places to get whatever software I might need. My biggest concern is the drive II have is full of
corrupted files and I don't want to mess up my internal drive, altho I would like to keep the OS on that drive , if that is possible. I've heard that it is
possible to run two different operating systems on a computer, but I'm not sure how to do it.I'm fairly new to computers so I don"t want to cause any problems I don't already have.
Thanks again , my friend.
carlseye
but what I am thinking about is using my old hard drive as an external drive and storage. It has 160 gig of useable space. My new computer has a very limiited useable space , and is a laptop, so I can't put another hd drive in it anyway. The are a number of companies that make suitable hardware for using older drives as external drives, and many places to get whatever software I might need. My biggest concern is the drive II have is full of
corrupted files and I don't want to mess up my internal drive, altho I would like to keep the OS on that drive , if that is possible. I've heard that it is
possible to run two different operating systems on a computer, but I'm not sure how to do it.I'm fairly new to computers so I don"t want to cause any problems I don't already have.
Thanks again , my friend.
carlseye
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Updated by R2D2_WD on 15/12/16 at 05:07 AM
Updated by R2D2_WD on 15/12/16 at 05:07 AM
You are right; you can run two different operating systems but both of them must be installed while connected to the PC where they will be used. So, if you want to have a backup OS on the external drive, you need to connect the drive as internal and do a fresh Windows XP installation. Another option is to clone the OS you have on your internal drive, like Tabeer suggested.
Dec 12, 2016 at 08:51 AM
the hard drive as a backup for my new computer. The drive has 160 gb. available, but I wondered about using the old cd/rw drive as it's an ide unit.I don't know about that situationn.
Anyway, thanks for your help. I'll try to clean the hard drive and re-format it for it's new job for me.
Have a good day .
Dec 13, 2016 at 06:26 AM