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Old 09-10-2021, 07:08 AM
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Originally Posted by ringmic88 View Post
I am paying a professional (in MA) $130 for them to install a new "Solid State" hard drive into my existing computer. Part of the new install is to "Mirror" the data I had on my old computer (hard drive) onto the new hard drive. That way when you turn on the computer with the new hard drive it looks and acts exactly like the old computer set-up. Hope this works.
That may work with your data files, but it may not work for Windows based programs. You cannot transfer or copy Windows from an old hard drive to a new one. You will still need to use the old hard drive to run Windows, or buy another copy of the Windows software. And, other Windows based programs may not work either. I don't see much value in putting a new SSD in an old computer, unless your existing hard drive is totally filled up or is defective. You could just copy the old computer files to a cloud drive or to an external SSD.