Replacing Primary Drive W7

[Ambermile]

Hi all

I am running three 250Gb/5400 drives atm, 1 master, one backup and one data and right now the drive speed is pegging back the sytem to a 5.3. Looking to replace the master with a new faster 500Gb/7200 drive but am not sure about something. I know I can create a system image on one of the other drives using the system image option - but can I then reload that image back onto a different drive?

I am running Windows Ultimate 64 bit...

 

[wambam]

Yes thats possible arthur

 

[Ambermile]

Excellent - so run a back up, run the image capture, add the drive, run the restore?

 

[wambam]

Thats it back up running in 20 mins.

 

[Ambermile]

Cool - running now

 

[neil_g]

if you can get the 2 drives plugged in at the same time you can just clone them

 

[Ambermile]

Struggling to get the dang disk management to run properly right now - keeps hanging

 

[Ambermile]

if you can get the 2 drives plugged in at the same time you can just clone them

Without paying for even more software, how?

 

[neil_g]

Without paying for even more software, how?

loads of free (legal) cloning software available.. have a google my friend

 

[Ambermile]

Just tried that and they all seem to be payable... or not W7 compatible.

 

[LemmingLover]

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Easeus is my personal fave

 

[Ambermile]

Ho ho. Not Ultimate 64 apparently though.

 

[Ambermile]

So, finally got that sorted and am at the heady heights of 5.5 (RAM/mops). This is likely because I have 2Gb only... but if I try to add a pair of 2Gb sticks I get an error and the computer won't start. I am guessing that's a hardware issue rather than a software one?

 

[Steep]

Does the mobo have more than two ram slots and if so are you installing the ram in the right two. When you say "add a pair" is that in addition to the 2gb you already have? and is that 2gb on one chip or two?

 

[Ambermile]

Just two - I mean when I take out the pair of 1Gb and put in the pair of 2Gb sticks.