can I clone my existing HD to a new larger drive? How do I power the new HD during the process? This is for a laptop
325783
For SSD, usually the factory will provide an SATA-to-USB adapter for cloning the HDD to SSD.
325784
Technically, yes, you can clone the source drive to a larger destination disk, but depending on the software you are using there is a chance you'd have issues using more space than was originally available on the source drive. There are tools and software (you were not OS specific, so I'll not call anything out) out there that can expand after the clone to take more available space, and there are disk tools that can address this, but be aware of the possible outcomes.
956458
Google a live CD called Parted Magic it may help to clone the drive additionally you may have to have a usb transfer cable to get the drive cloned.
1463809
The drives are replaceable but I don't know if you can use larger drives than what comes with it.
746192
Yes all you have to do is replace your old harddrive with the new, turn your computer on and then put in the disk and do what it tell you.
1323372
Yes you can as you have a slot for it. You will need to clone over the existing install or reinstall Windows. There are also USB enclosures and normal SATA adapters.
2268167
I got the 7200 rpm 1 tb, Both are hard drives. Your laptop has a mount when you take the old one out. You will need to remove the mount to install the new Hard Drive and put it on the new Disk Drive. I was a very simple process for me however, you need an image of your Operating System to reinstall your (OS).
743095
I transferred about 80 gigs from my old hard drive to my new laptop without any issues. I can't see you having a problem other than waiting longer for a terabyte to transfer.
1927560
When you clone from a large SATA hard drive to a smaller SSD drive it will most likely not work. Your best bet is to install windows from scratch, treating it as a new install. That way all partitions will be set up correctly.
1706933
You would push in the button "before" boot up/power on. I use this item for cloning one hd to another, or just booting up from a different drive.
251149
Yes you should be able to do this using something like Clonezilla or Accronis I believe. However, if you are cloning your main drive to the external, you will not be able to use it during that time of course.
1314549
changing the drive is easy, any SSD SATA would do. I would go about 250g or bigger if you can afford it. Don't forget to clone from the original to get all the proper drivers .
664415
No, you need to remove it and put it in the 'source' bay. You then need a drive at least as large as the original for the 'target' bay. If the 'target' drive is larger, you can tack on the additional space after you clone it, install it and boot into the OS (i.e. using disk management on Windows computers).
1388625
You can copy your drive to a same or larger but, I think you end up with all the data in the same places as the old one. I use this as a way to have a back up drive that I copy to and then use the new copy, the old drive is where I left off. In a few months, I do the same thing unless I feel performance issues and then, I pull the new files off, copy the previous version back onto the drive, install the previous drive and back to being happy. Having lost all my software and configs and taking 3 days to get back to where I had a friendly usable computer, it is worth it.
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I suspect it will NOT boot if you copy to a new disk as the current drive sounds like it has physical issues. This device makes a sector-by-sector mirror image of the existing drive so I would not be optimistic a copy of it will boot properly.
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Yes as said before, but you will need software to use the extra 250GB. The straight clone is just a copy of the original 250GB and the new drive thinks it's only a 250GB drive. The software will let you allocate the remaining for an alternate drive or a continuation of the same drive. I used EaseUS Partition Master and it worked fine.
1211444
No, use your manufacture drive tool , third party software or simply reformat existing drive
2078486
Note that if you intend to clone the new disk from your current HDD using most popular software like the Acronis or Seagate utilities you do NOT need to format the new HDD first. In fact it would just be a waste of time. As long as the cloning software can see your drive during the setup you are good to go and it will show up just fine in Windows My Computer after the clone process has completed.