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Pavilion p7-1254
Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

A year or so ago the original HD died and i took it to a shop and they replaced it and now i find out they put in a 320gb Western digital thats full now. so i got a seagate 2tb and have instaled it in the case and now i need to know how to set it up? should i move or clone all the info to the new drive or use both at the same time?

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Hi,

 

Now you have two drives, C: and other new letter (for example D:) on your computer. Any new file you save to D:, not C:. After one week or two to settle down, if you wish, you can start to move  old data/files from C: to D:, specially videos, musics or old files.

 

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Hi,

 

No need to clone. You can use both at the same time.

 

  1. You can use your SECOND HDD to store data/files and leave the first HDD for system files (OS, programs).
  2. You can also move your personal files on C: to new HDD for free up C:  and this will help to gain some speed.

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That Sounds good. Now how do i do that?

HP Recommended

Hi,

 

Now you have two drives, C: and other new letter (for example D:) on your computer. Any new file you save to D:, not C:. After one week or two to settle down, if you wish, you can start to move  old data/files from C: to D:, specially videos, musics or old files.

 

Regards.

BH
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Is there some way i can set this up to use both hard drives together as 1? I have moved what i can to the second drive but with the op system and most programs still on it it has filled up agin and i dont know what to do now

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