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Message: <blockquote data-quote="D+1" data-source="post: 2269233" data-attributes="member: 13654">Explain...  Are you replacing an old hard drive on a computer with a new hard drive and want to transfer all the programs and data to the new drive?  Or are you taking a hard drive out of one computer and putting into another, completely different computer?  Is the old drive still FUNCTIONAL?  Can you reinstall all desired programs from disk?Without details the  general procedure would be to start by backing up all important data from the old HD to CD's/DVD's if you haven't already done so.  Also obtain and archive all the latest driver updates for the hardware in the new system to CD/DVD.  [Personally I maintain a "Backups & Patches" folder in "My Documents" to which I always save driver updates, game updates and patches, and the like.  This generally means that when I need to reinstall things I don't have to go looking for them - again.]  Proceed with a new HD, a fresh Windows install, updated drivers and Windows security updates, followed by reinstallation of programs from their original disks and then their updates.  Then with the old HD as a slave, transfer necessary data.  Then reformat the old drive in as secure a means as is practical given the sensitivity of data that may have been on it like addresses and credit card numbers.  Then either keep it in the system as a drive to regularly back up data to (my favorite for old drives that have not actually failed), or remove it from the system and store it/get rid of it unless the added data storage space is actually needed (though that's generally part of what a NEW HD is for).It's a LONG, tedious process but should provide the best results as opposed to some other shortcut methodology.</blockquote>

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