Can I install a new hard drive and transfer EVERYTHING from my old drive to the new one.?
New HD-Mirror image?
- Thread starter Eddie
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Yes. There are several cloning tools specifically for this, some come with the drive you buy.
Yep, cloning it will make a perfect copy of your current drive on your new drive. Macrium Reflect, Acronis, EaseUS, Samsung (if you go to a Samsung SSD) etc are all pretty popular tools… the new drive will need to be equal to or bigger than your current drive though for most of these tools.
In addition to the cloning software, for a laptop you will also need a USB cable/adapter specific to the type of drive that you buy. If it's a desktop and you have free drive slots inside, then you don't need a cable.
I thought this was going to be about a rear view mirror
Thank you for the information. PS. it's under the computer questions. 
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)If you dont have an external USB disk adapter some of the tools listed above can create an image of the disk you can save onto the same USB thumb drive you use to boot them. then swap the disk and boot again with thumb drive and restore the image to the new disk. I use Acronis and usb3 thumb drive it is super fast.
