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‎05-19-2020 09:40 AM

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Product: Envy 17-g172
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

My hardrive is failing and I need to replace it.  How to I get all the information off the old drive and put in on the new hardrive?

 

tony

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‎05-19-2020 12:38 PM

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You need a SATA-to-USB adapter cable.

 

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‎05-19-2020 05:39 PM

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I have one,  what else is needed?

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‎05-19-2020 06:07 PM - edited ‎05-19-2020 06:08 PM

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That's it.

Remove the hard drive.

Slave it to a working PC using the adapter cable.

Copy your personal files.

 

As for Windows, you will need to do a fresh installation.

 

It is too late for cloning which you could have done had the hard drive not failed.

 

 

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