clone, ghost??

Ian Jones · 16 Jan 2014 at 18:01

Hi all, I have got a new wd black 1tb hard drive to replace my current Seagate Barracuda 250gb hard drive.

is there a program that I can use to copy all my files, operating system (everything on current hard drive) to the new drive please.

I have windows 8 64

thanks
ian

Ian Jones · 16 Jan 2014 at 18:39

something like this any good (free version)

http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.aspx

Hotwired · 16 Jan 2014 at 18:42

http://support.wdc.com/product/downloaddetail.asp?swid=119

Acronis True Image WD edition lets you clone a drive onto a WD drive

Hyburnate · 16 Jan 2014 at 18:47

Symantec Ghost

Ian Jones · 17 Jan 2014 at 13:52

thanks all

I used Acronis True Image in the end, and all is well.

one thing that I have noticed, in the windows experience, the performance from the hard disc is not any faster, compared to the old hard drives.

Hotwired · 17 Jan 2014 at 14:36

Unless it was a really old HDD it won't increase much.

The main gains with storage is to upgrade to a SSD even a cheap one.

The difference between a cheap and a expensive SSD isn't much but the difference between any SSD and a HDD is a lot.

This is mostly for your main drive ofc, if its for hoarding movies or music there's little point in using a SSD for it.