Switching hard-drive

[Iver southill]

Hi

 

My computer is all out of storage (124Gb of 126Gb used) so i bought a new WD black 1Tb

 

How should i transfer the files from the old drive to the new one, without having to re-link everything?

(I dont know if that's the case, but i assume switching hdd's would make the system "loose control" about where the files are)

 

PLX Help

 

Iver

 

 

 

 

 

 

P.S. if you think 126 GB is a weird storage capacity, it's because of an error with the hard-drive

[KemoKa]

Plug in the drive, the drive will show up in your filesystem (or device manager if it doesn't), create a volume with it, then drag and drop your files. Easy.

[Iver southill]

Plug in the drive, the drive will show up in your filesystem (or device manager if it doesn't), create a volume with it, then drag and drop your files. Easy.

But wont the system think the applications and stuff still is stored on the old drive?

[KemoKa]

But wont the system think the applications and stuff still is stored on the old drive?

You'll have to relocate the paths, sure.

[Iver southill]

You'll have to relocate the paths, sure.

k, when i have dragged all the files to the new drive, should i delete them from the old one?

[KemoKa]

k, when i have dragged all the files to the new drive, should i delete them from the old one?

yep. Otherwise there'll be no point to transferring the files.

[Iver southill]

yep. Otherwise there'll be no point to transferring the files.

k. tnx