Data Migration

[JoshTheTrix]

I want to transfer all my data from a wd green to a seagate barracuda. Do I have to pay for a drive cloning software? Is there an easy way to go about this without having to pay? Any help/advice is appreciated, I've been trying to figure this out all day. .-.

[Jerakl]

Copy > Paste.

 

That's how I would do it.

[Vacsol]

There's free cloning software out there you know...

[Vacsol]

Copy > Paste.

 

That's how I would do it.

that won't work when moving the OS to a new drive

[Jerakl]

that won't work when moving the OS to a new drive

 

Reinstall OS. Then Copy > Paste.

[JoshTheTrix]

Copy > Paste.

 

That's how I would do it.

I tried doing that and it gave me some sort of permission error. from what i saw it look like it copied most of it tho. Should I try it again and ignore those permission things?

[JoshTheTrix]

Reinstall OS. Then Copy > Paste.

How would i go about that? would I just boot from the new drive and instal windows with the product key I used on the old drive? would that work?

[Jerakl]

I tried doing that and it gave me some sort of permission error. from what i saw it look like it copied most of it tho. Should I try it again and ignore those permission things?

That's probably OS stuff. See above post.

[MoonSpot]

[R2D2_WD]

Hi there

I would recommend you to boot from the new drive, do a clean OS installation and copy whatever you like from the WD Green. I don't know the case, but you can always keep the drive for storage purposes, because it is designed to be used as a secondary drive.
Other option is to connect the new drive and do data cloning. You can use Acronis True Image. I leave you some more information about the software and a download link.

 

http://support.wdc.com/product/downloaddetail.asp?swid=119 – Acronis True Image

 

Hope this helps