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Originally Posted by ringmic88
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.
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Most new SSD drives (Solid State Drive) come with free software to clone your existing drive. I have done this for a number of friends. You get a drive for around $40-$50, and an external case for $10. Put the new drive in the case, plug it into a USB port, run the software that came with the drive, and you will have a clone in an hour or so depending on the amount of data.
You then swap the drive in the case for the drive in the computer, and you're up and running. In addition, you now have an external hard drive!
Caution: When moving to a new computer, you shouldn't use this technique as the new computer most likely has different hardware and will need new drivers. This technique is for upgrading an existing PC.