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The thread discusses how to clone and replace a Windows 7 C drive with a larger, new hard drive. The original poster seeks advice on copying their existing drive and asks whether to install the new drive first; a respondent recommends using Clonezilla Live for cloning the system. The overall sentiment is helpful and informative, with detailed guidance provided on preparing the new drive and cloning process.
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Hello,

I guess I need a way to copy my current C drive to a new drive so that the new drive can replace the C drive. Or perhaps there’s some alternate way to replace the C drive with a newer and larger drive. I’m running Windows 7 Home Premium.

Any help will be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,

Rusty

 

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fjgold

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Welcome Rusty,
You can clone your Win 7 install and restore the clone to the new drive.
A good free tool for this is Clonezilla Live.
Clonezilla Live runs off a CD or USB flash drive.
You boot to it to use.
Clonezilla - About

Download the .iso from this page
Clonezilla - Downloads

The i486 one is multipurpose.

and burn to a CD or install on a USB flash drive using the directions on the home page.

I've used this method to migrate my Win 7 install to a larger drive and documented it on another forum
Adventures with Clonezilla and PM 8 - Scot's Newsletter Forums

I've also created a guide to using Clonezilla and posted on the same forum
A guide to using Clonezilla - Scot's Newsletter Forums

This info should help get you started.
Remember to backup any important data.

Adapt this info to your own situation.
I can help fill in the blanks if I knew more about your situation like drive info, computer info and whether we are talking multiple partitions etc.
 
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Thanks!!! It's a new WD 220 Gig Sata drive (do I install the drive first??) that will replace the current C dirve which is old and I think a 120 Gig drive. It has a fresh install of Windows 07 64bit PHE.

OK, time to read, read, read...

Rusty

Edit I'll check back...
 
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rustyw said:
Thanks!!! It's a new WD 220 Gig Sata drive (do I install the drive first??) that will replace the current C dirve which is old and I think a 120 Gig drive. It has a fresh install of Windows 07 64bit PHE.

OK, time to read, read, read...

Rusty

Edit I'll check back...
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Once you have an image made you can swap out the drives and restore it to the new drive.
 
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