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Migrating OS to a new HDD

Mr Velocity1577
By Mr Velocity1577
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Hi I'm planing on upgrading my OS HDD and I don't want to loose anything with a fresh install.

 

Is there any software that might help me?

 

My brother can clone a HDD to another but last time he did it for me I ended up getting a Upgraded OS from him. I have a lot of data and programs I would like to keep and not have to re-install.

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You could transfer your files to an external drive then wipe your HDD and install your programs when your done.

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So is this going to work ok? I'm going to copy OS so I have a backup until I know it works.

Has anyone done this type of move before and what did you do?

AMD FX 6350 @4.3GHz | Gigabyte 990XA-UD3 Rev. 3.0 | 8GB Dual Channel @1600MHz Corsair Vengeance LP | 2GB MSI GTX 660 Ti Power Edition

CiT Vengeance x11 | 500GB Segate, 2TB WD Green, 2TB WD Red | OCZ ZT 650W | Akasa Venom Voodoo | Ozone 5.1 Strato Evolution

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Well it's all gone tits up and I couldn't migrate the OS so I've had to do a fresh install which is a pain in the ass.

It wouldn't copy with a cloning rig. It wouldn't clone with hardware cloning machine. All because of some unreadable sectors.

It might be because the old HDD was a External USB 5400rpm drive fitted internally and the new one was 7200rpm and it was writing quicker than it could read. Who knows but it needs a fresh OS.

AMD FX 6350 @4.3GHz | Gigabyte 990XA-UD3 Rev. 3.0 | 8GB Dual Channel @1600MHz Corsair Vengeance LP | 2GB MSI GTX 660 Ti Power Edition

CiT Vengeance x11 | 500GB Segate, 2TB WD Green, 2TB WD Red | OCZ ZT 650W | Akasa Venom Voodoo | Ozone 5.1 Strato Evolution

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