How to upgrade to a larger hard drive

January 20, 2014

Corinda Farley bought a new hard drive for her old computer. How does she get Windows, her programs, and her files onto the new drive? You can’t simply remove your old hard drive, then install a new one, and expect Windows to boot. You need to bring everything, including Windows itself, to the new drive. That’s not a difficult task, but it’s not an intuitive one, either. [Email your tech questions to answer@pcworld.com.] First, you need to connect the new drive to the PC, without losing the old one. If your PC has an extra bay (likely in a desktop, unlikely in a laptop), and you feel comfortable working inside a PC, you can install the new drive as a secondary drive. Just make sure that the BIOS remains set to boot from the old drive. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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