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Upgrading HDD - a few quick questions
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<blockquote data-quote="AUZambo" data-source="post: 1150528" data-attributes="member: 22414"><p>Okay...One last question. I've added the Samsung Spinpoint to my X-mas list and am fully confident I can install it without any trouble. I'm now trying to plan how to clone my current hard drive to the new one.</p><p></p><p><strong>OPTION 1:</strong></p><p>I have a 500 GB Western Digital external hard drive. My original plan was to clone my internal drive to the external drive, install the new hard drive, then transfer the cloned copy of my old hard drive from the external to the new internal. If I do this, how exactly can I open Carbon Copy Cloner on the computer before I have an OS installed on the new internal hard drive?</p><p></p><p><strong>OPTION 2:</strong></p><p>Open the external hard drive, put the new hard drive in that casing, then clone my current internal to the new 640 GB drive that I put in the external hard drive casing. This would probably be the easier option...but I'm having two issues with it:</p><p></p><p>1. I'm not 100% sure it's a 2.5" SATA drive. It is SATA, but I can't find anything on the box or in the manual saying it's 2.5". Are all SATA drives 2.5"? Here's a link to my external hard drive: <a href="http://support.wdc.com/product/install.asp?groupid=113&lang=en" target="_blank">WD Support / Installation / My Book / My Book Studio Edition</a></p><p></p><p>2. There are no screws or anything to loosen the casing! I'm assuming it can just snap off...but I don't want to break the casing. Because of this if there is a way to do option 1 I'll probably go with that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AUZambo, post: 1150528, member: 22414"] Okay...One last question. I've added the Samsung Spinpoint to my X-mas list and am fully confident I can install it without any trouble. I'm now trying to plan how to clone my current hard drive to the new one. [B]OPTION 1:[/B] I have a 500 GB Western Digital external hard drive. My original plan was to clone my internal drive to the external drive, install the new hard drive, then transfer the cloned copy of my old hard drive from the external to the new internal. If I do this, how exactly can I open Carbon Copy Cloner on the computer before I have an OS installed on the new internal hard drive? [B]OPTION 2:[/B] Open the external hard drive, put the new hard drive in that casing, then clone my current internal to the new 640 GB drive that I put in the external hard drive casing. This would probably be the easier option...but I'm having two issues with it: 1. I'm not 100% sure it's a 2.5" SATA drive. It is SATA, but I can't find anything on the box or in the manual saying it's 2.5". Are all SATA drives 2.5"? Here's a link to my external hard drive: [url=http://support.wdc.com/product/install.asp?groupid=113&lang=en]WD Support / Installation / My Book / My Book Studio Edition[/url] 2. There are no screws or anything to loosen the casing! I'm assuming it can just snap off...but I don't want to break the casing. Because of this if there is a way to do option 1 I'll probably go with that. [/QUOTE]
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