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| Thread ID: 138103 | 2014-10-04 09:48:00 | Dying HDD | bk T (215) | Press F1 |
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| 1385655 | 2014-10-04 09:48:00 | Got an old HP laptop and it's HDD is about to go - takes ages to complete a Windows Update and CrystalDisk Info reported the Health Status as 'Caution' with ID 05 Reallocated Sectors Count. Since HDDs are pretty cheap at the moment, it maybe worthwhile to replace it before it dies completely. The dying HDD is a 250 GB with C:\ and D:\ for storage. I've created a Windows system image stored on D:\ . Question: 1. Can I use the Image created and restore it onto the new HDD of different capacity as new HDDs are much larger in capacity than the present dying HDD? 2. Is cloning the existing HDD to the new HDD a better solution? Present OS: Win 7 Professional |
bk T (215) | ||
| 1385656 | 2014-10-04 10:00:00 | If you made a backup image of C while it was good, use that. Windows backup will restore the image to a larger capacity partition but not a smaller one, even if there is plenty of room. Meaning if the original partition is 100GB and the new one is 100 or larger not a problem. But if the new partition is 80GB it wont work. If you clone an existing HDD to a new one, any faults in the OS will also transfer over. |
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| 1385657 | 2014-10-04 10:28:00 | Thanks, wainuitech. | bk T (215) | ||
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