clone non-os hdd

Tupro · 16 Dec 2016 at 11:17

I have a 1b hdd thats on its way out, getting noisy etc

so im looking to upgrade... however i have a lot of installed programs on it and it isnt the OS drive

what i would have done is clone everything to the new hdd and change the drive letter to what the old one was - but im not sure this would work because of the registry files etc

just wondering if anyone could clear this up for me or suggest a better way to do it?

RJC · 16 Dec 2016 at 11:25

you should not run into any issues, done his many times.

bledd · 16 Dec 2016 at 11:58

In Disk Management, you can pick new drive letters.

Tupro · 16 Dec 2016 at 12:04

ah good, well i will start looking for a new hdd then

@bledd yeah i know how to do that, i was just unsure if it would work correctly with the registry files etc

bledd · 16 Dec 2016 at 18:32

Registry is stored on the c drive in Windows folder.

Just close anything that might be open (maybe even do it in safemode)

Tupro · 16 Dec 2016 at 22:46

thanks for the input, i will be doing this once i get the new hdd

any recommendations? would like 2-4TB and ideally less than £100