Replacing hard drive - need some advice

[Going to Cali]

Hello,

I bought a Seagate in November. For a while when the system boots and loads new programs it makes very audible clicking sounds, as if the head is crashing. I've ran the seagate diagnostics and they come back with no errors but running the random sector test it makes a lot of clicks. I don't entirely trust the drive, even though it's running i've decided it needs replacing.

It's under a 5 year warranty but I cannot just send it off with all my data and without a DVD RW I can't back it up. Have decided to bite the bullett and go for a new drive.

Is it possible to move everything from my Seagate onto the new drive, or would people recommend a clean install?

 

[Nazbit]

You cant move your windows instillation and your programs, but you can move all of your documents, music, pictures and whatver.

Take out your clicking hdd, and put in your new one
format the new one and put windows on it
put your old one back in as a second drive
copy and paste all documents, video, music, pictures etc that you want to keep from the old hdd on to the new one
then chuck the old one in the bin

 

[Going to Cali]

Shame, was hoping to literally move everything accross. Anyway, since it's under warranty, won't chuck it away. For the sake of a few quid will RMA it and then use the new one as a back up or sell it.

Anyway, thanks for the advice.

 

[relax]

you can move it all, can clone the drive using what ever app.

norton ghost does it (complete ****** app)

and i used Acronis True Image Workstation the other day to backup across my lan to my ftp server, took a day to make it work but thats that sorted, it also does drive clone thing so makes a complete copy of your drive, throws it onto the other drive, unplug the recked one and your good to go.