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I recommend an external docking station. Super easy and you don't
have to open anything up. Tried to move my old Win 7 C: drive to
the new Win 10 computer and had trouble getting it recognized. No
problem with my data drive (I keep most of my data on a second hard
drive in the computer). Ended up getting a docking station and it
was super easy. The drive just plugs into to the docking station
like a video game cartridge or 8-track tape. Nothing to open up. <br>
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This is the one I got because I'm local to the store and wanted it
fast:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.frys.com/product/8937843">https://www.frys.com/product/8937843</a><br>
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Look for USB 3 for speed. After you copy the data to the computer,
box up the old drive and save it as a backup. If the Win 7 computer
had problems, the drive is also potentially near the end of life, so
it isn't worth risking your data.<br>
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The solid state drives are fantastic. My new Win 10 computer boots
in about 20 seconds. I do have a second drive in it. Solid state
drives are small, so if you have lots of pictures or videos, you
will probably need the additional space. There are options to move
the default folders for your files (documents, pictures, music, etc)
to the second drive.<br>
<br>
Brian<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/27/2020 5:56 AM, john niolon
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<div>shop content... I use my computer to buy tools.</div>
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<div>had a few power surges / losses the other night and my
desktop motherboard died in the process. I’m looking at a
refurbished dell unit with a solid state drive as a
replacement. I haven’t had to copy a full hard drive since
you used a parallel cable and some software who’s name
escapes me. What’s the best way to do this from a HDD to a
SSD nowadays ??</div>
<div>lt’s a small format machine and I don’t know if I can put
my old hard drive in it to slave it for the copying.</div>
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<div>Its also a windows 10 machine and my old machine was
windows 7... will win10 run all the software my 7 machine
did ?? I’m getting so computer illiterate !!!</div>
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