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    Windows 10 Moving Old Drive to New PC Questions

    I have built a new PC (Intel Alder Lake) with a new empty drive. I intend to install Windows 10 or 11. I also intend to move two old drives from my old PC to the new one. One old drive has Windows 10 on it, plus some applications. The second old drive has lots of data and some applications...
    • Phil3
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    • application data transfer installation intel alder lake new computer old drive pc build reinstall windows 10 windows 11
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    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 New SSD won't boot on Win7 pc

    I installed a new Sandisk SSD on my old PC (using EaseToDo for the cloning) but had to leave the old drive connected as well, due to boot issues which I gave up trying to resolve. I'm sorry if today's question doesn't make sense: do I gain any advantage by opening Windows with the old drive...
    • sgee
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    • boot issues cloning easetodo monthly update old drive pc upgrade sandisk ssd update windows 7
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Duplicate Disk Signature Question

    64-bit Win 7, Home Premium, SP1. I recently recovered my C: drive to a new drive (via Symantec SSR Anyware to a new computer) and kept the same disk id on the new drive. Now I want to use the old C: drive on my new system (as an additional data disk) but of course windows won't mount it because...
    • dmcmillen
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    • 64-bit c drive data recovery disk disk duplication disk management disk signature diskpart home premium id change mbr mounting new drive old drive reformat sp1 storage issues system drive windows 7 windows security
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Accessing old Documents Folder

    Hey guys, My windows had crashed pretty bad and since it was cluttered anyway, I decided to make a clean start. since I just bought a new harddrive it seemed like the perfect moment anyway. So I installed Windows 7 to the new harddrive, leaving the old one with windows and everything, and after...
    • Gesia
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    • access denied backup clean install data recovery documents error resolution file access file clutter file transfer formatting hard drive hardware installation issues old drive permissions system crash system partition tech support windows 7
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Trouble installing a second drive, which is IDE

    I recently bought a new PC (Intel Core2 Quad, 6GB ram, Sata with 300GB HDD) and installed a new (OEM) version of Windows 7 Home Premium (64bit) Everything was running fine until I decided I'd physically add the old 'primary' drive from my old Pentium 3 as a secondary/backup. It's only 120GB so...
    • Michael Scott
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    • backup boot issues clean install file transfer hardware compatibility hardware support ide drive installation jumper settings oem old drive pentium repair sata storage system restore tech tips troubleshooting windows 7
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: Windows Hardware
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    Windows 7 Installation dependent on two hard drives?

    I wonder if someone can tell me what's going on here. I installed Windows 7 Pro (64 bit Upgrade edition) tonight. I have two hard drives in this system, one of which is old and has a Windows XP install on it. I was planning on retiring that drive, but I'd heard that if I kept in the computer...
    • CSP2
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    • boot issues device missing drive management dual boot edition upgrade hard drive hardware installation installation issues new drive old drive reboot serial number storage system drive troubleshooting upgrade windows 7 windows xp
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation