Hard drives that have failed. Hard drives that will fail. Hard drives that were retired in the course of a computer upgrade before failure. In this TechBuilder Recipe, I&ll show you how to set up a ...

Upgrading a drive on your PC is generally not that difficult, but it can be tricky to move over the data, and more importantly, the operating system, to the new drive. It's recommended that you ...

What’s the most effective way to replace a hard drive without losing data? Undoubtedly through a 1-to-1 copy, and disk cloning software can help do that without any hassle. Whether it’s to clone a ...

I recently had occasion to upgrade a system drive on a simple server box (no fancy RAID arrays) to a new drive with much higher capacity, lower power consumption, and lower noise. I reviewed the ...

Once the operating system is happy, it&'s time to install all the productivity and accessory software, such as Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop, antivirus software and countless other packages.

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There are many ways to make a slow laptop faster, but few are as easy and cost-effective as replacing your existing hard drive with a solid state drive (SSD). Making the swap will, in most cases, ...

Want to move your OS from an HDD to an SSD or copy data to a different drive? Here's how to do it safely. Palash has been writing about technology (and entertainment) for over a decade. His focus has ...

looking to swap HD's on a relative's laptop. i figured the quickest way to handle moving the data and avoid reinstalling the OS would be to clone the current HD. anyone know of a free, solid cloning ...

I've always been able to clone using the software that comes with the new drive (shut down, install drive, boot to floppy, clone, good to go), until I hit a Dell last week that had some really odd ...