How to Copy Hard Drive to New Computer
Windows Easy Transfer - the Windows inbuilt file transfer software
Qiling Disk Copy - the best hard drive duplication software
In the beginning, we introduce you two pieces of applicable software when it comes to copying a hard drive to a new computer. By reading the short supplementary information, you can easily tell what exactly they work for.
To be specific, you can choose one assistive tool by referring to the rules as follows.
One. Copy only data/folders
This happens when your new computer already has Windows operating system installed, and you wish to transfer the personal files from the old hard drive to a new one so you can access the data on the new computer.
Or, you want to clean install Windows 10/8.1/8/7 on your new computer instead of continuing using the system configuration on the previous hard drive.
By the way, Windows Easy Transfer is not available in Windows 10. Use its alternative software called Qiling Disk Master for Windows 10 file transfer if necessary.
Two. Copy operating system, programs, data, and files. i.e., everything.
In fact, over 60% of people don't expect to lose the Windows environment they're used to playing. Even though they changed to a new computer/laptop with a brand new HDD/SSD installed, they want to restore everything completely from the old hard drive to this new machine.
Now it's not about a simple data migration between two hard drives but everything, including data, folders, operating system, programs along with all their customized settings. At this moment, Qiling Disk Copy now comes to play.
Guide: How to Copy Hard Drive to New Computer
Connect the new drive to the computer with the proper cable. Then use Qiling hard drive duplicator software to copy a hard drive to a new hard drive. Finally, put the new drive into your newly invested computer without losing the system, data and applications you have been accustomed to.
Activate Qiling Disk Copy for a smooth disk copying or cloning process.
Step 1: Download, install and run Qiling Disk Copy on your PC.
Choose "Disk/Partition clone" to start.
Step 2. Select the source disk that you want to copy or clone. Click "Next" to continue.
Step 3: Select the destination disk where you want to clone/copy the old disk and click Next to continue.
Step 4: Check and edit the disk layout as Autofit the disk, Copy as the source or Edit disk layout.
If your destination disk is an SSD drive, do remember to tick "Optimize for SSD" option if the target is SSD.
Step 5: Click "Proceed" to start the hard drive cloning process.
A warning message tells you that the data on the destination disk will be overwritten. Click "OK" to continue if you do not have important data on the destination disk.
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