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Upgrading to another HDD

SpaghettiCarbonara
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i usually recommend a fresh install of the OS and a manual file move. this way there are less amount of things to go wrong.

 

make sure that your new HDD can be connected to the old motherboard.  like the motherboard might not have SATA if it is very old. (very)

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i usually recommend a fresh install of the OS and a manual file move. this way there are less amount of things to go wrong.

 

make sure that your new HDD can be connected to the old motherboard.  like the motherboard might not have SATA if it is very old. (very)

 

Yeah I was going to format the old hard drive and start over again, who knows what's on that old thing? :P

 

And yeah, it's got SATA II

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I'm going to upgrade my shitty old computer's hard drive soon, is there anything I should look out for?

 

Got any tips for migrating all my old data to the new one?

Get a hybrid drive (cross between SSD and HDD). They don't cost too much more than a standard HDD.

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Ok. But dont you have important files on your old HDD?

 

Yeah I'm going to move them over :P

 

Get a hybrid drive (cross between SSD and HDD). They don't cost too much more than a standard HDD.

 

Sounds good. Can you get them for around $60 in Australia?

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Well I just found this I'm sure you can do the math. Currently I've noticed that Seagate has been providing a bucket load of these SSHD's.

 

http://www.umart.com.au/pro/products_listnew.phtml?id=10&id2=129&bid=4&sid=139263

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Well I just found this I'm sure you can do the math. Currently I've noticed that Seagate has been providing a bucket load of these SSHD's.

 

http://www.umart.com.au/pro/products_listnew.phtml?id=10&id2=129&bid=4&sid=139263

 

Ah cool, thanks :)

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