Free Online Manual

MainPage » another » drive » transfer » How to transfer copy data from a hard disk drive to another drive

---

How to transfer copy data from a hard disk drive to another drive

If your hard drive is giving error messages is cheaper to install a new hard disk and all important data shall be transferred to the new hard disk. Depending on the technical skills, the importance of data, time and money available various options are available.
How to transfer data for a new installation of Windows operating system. The Mac can read data from a formatted disk in Windows, but the naming of the device must be compatible.
This is recommended because the system will run faster.
How to do it
1. copy of all important documents, text files, software installation, and important data on CD/DVD/USB device depending on the size of the file. It is recommended that multiple backup copies of data.
You can transfer data to an external device connected to the USB port.2. title and format the new hard disk or storage media
3. If you have done some troubleshooting on the computer and fix it yourself, you can directly transfer data from your old hard disk to the new hard disk. Connect your old hard drive to your computer with the new disk to the secondary IDE cable. Jumpers, so that the new device is configured as the master and the old device is set as slaves. When you switch on your computer, you can directly transfer data between two devices using the command "Copy".
4. if you're not sure the jumper settings and remove the devices, you can copy the important data directly from the backup CD/DVD/USB device.
5. programmes will have to be reinstalled on the new hard disk
6. if you want to keep the entire program files and operating system are intact on the new hard disk, you can use image utility such as Norton Ghost.  However, creating and restoring ghost image of the hard drive is very slow process.
7. Another way to transfer data between computers is to connect 2 computers using a cable to the LAN and the transfer of data between hard disks in peer to peer network.