What's the procedure for moving existing backup files on an older FreeAgent drive to the new one?
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Network drive has a public folder and two more folders per user (up to 4 users). You can copy directly from the old disk to the new one. Another option is to copy them to the PC and the run the new backup process. Hope this helps.
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I'm not sure. Perhaps you can just attach both drives and use windows to copy the files.
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I was able to use the caddy that was already in the computer. It didn't look like it initially, but it can be separated from the old drive.
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It's not that simple, but yes. Suggest you google this question in your browser: "how to transfer data from one external hard drive to another".
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That's exactly how I'm using the drive. I do a scheduled backup of changes to specific dirs to the drive using USB.
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No, you can copy from your old hard drive to new drive or I took mine to Best Buy and had them transfer my OS and files I wanted to keep.
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You have to unscrew the back panel where it goes. Take out the old drive. Remove the metal plate and attach to the new drive and then plug it back it. It was really easy to do. I hope that helps.
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Yes, it essentially turns the new drive into the old one. I did this on a Acer netbook and it worked fine after swapping to the cloned drive.
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If you have an existing drive with files on it all you need to do is install the drive into the new enclosure.
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I was just able to partition a drive and load it on both computers. I've been useing a lot of answers from the internet for loading and moveing stuff around.
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There are in existence tools to copy entire partitions from one drive to another. This is the answer to both questions. You will also need an adapter to connect the new drive to a USB port on the laptop. These are usually less than twenty dollars.
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A few choices. 1) If you have a Time Machine backup drive, or another backup, you can restore your user account from that. 2) Copy your data onto an external hard drive BEFORE doing the swap, copy it back after 3) Buy a USB enclosure for 2.5" SATA drives, and install your old internal HD into that after removing it. Then, you can use Migration Assistant to copy your old user info to your newly-installed SSD system (or copy the files back off the old drive manually).
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You should be able to download and use the free software "Seagate DiscWizard" from the Seagate website. I know you can usually clone data from a current hard drive to a new hard drive as long as the new hard drive is larger than the current hard drive.
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There is a pretty comprehensive article on the G-Force web page on how to reformat to NTFS. It is not difficult
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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.
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Yes. Plug in to a USB port. The driver will load. Open your file manager and move your files to the new drive.
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Order an Apricorn EZ upgrade kit through Amazon. I switched from 120 gb drive to a 500gb drive and kept everything including my operating system, settings, bookmarks, emails, contacts etc without loosing anything. It takes a few hours to transfer all the data but just be patient. The Apricorn kit worked like a charm.
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It is possible... IF you can shrink your current system partition to under 250 GB. You can then use any partition backup software (Macrium, Acronis, etc) to clone your old drive. Assuming you are using Windows, Open Computer Management, under Storage select Disk Management. Wait for drives to load. Find your system drive (typically Disk0) and right click on the windows partition and select Shrink Volume. Your C: volume as well as the hidden system partition cannot total more than the available space on the destination HDD. Then use your disk cloning software. example link provided.http://kb.macrium.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50081.aspx It is possible... IF you can shrink your current system partition to under 250 GB. You can then use any partition backup software (Macrium, Acronis, etc) to clone your old drive. Assuming you are using Windows, Open Computer Management, under Storage select Disk Management. Wait for drives to load. Find your system drive (typically Disk0) and right click on the windows partition and select Shrink Volume. Your C: volume as well as the hidden system partition cannot total more than the available space on the destination HDD. Then use your disk cloning software. example link... » Read More It is possible... IF you can shrink your current system partition to under 250 GB. You can then use any partition backup software (Macrium, Acronis, etc) to clone your old drive. Assuming you are using Windows, Open Computer Management, under Storage select Disk Management. Wait for drives to load. Find your system drive (typically Disk0) and right click on the windows partition and select Shrink Volume. Your C: volume as well as the hidden system partition cannot total more than the available space on the destination HDD. Then use your disk cloning software. example link provided.http://kb.macrium.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50081.aspx « Show Less