have 2 hard drives with different operating systems on them

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• Image vs cloning on the new HARD drive with an operating system already installed.

  First of all, I'm NOT tech savvy.  I apologize in advance.

  After several warnings error that my hard drive was in danger of failing, I was finally able to install a new HARD drive.  Windows has had some difficulty in installing Windows 7 to new HARD drive, but I finally found a solution.  So here's my current situation.

  I have the main drive (old) (C:\) which has Windows 7 and all my data on it (it is a Seagate 1 TB HARD drive that came installed on my Dell Studio XPS 8100).  I installed a new WD Black 1 TB HARD drive and was finally able to get Windows to download on it (it reads now like two distinct? score?) E:\ and F:\) see photo.

  

  Now, my question is this...

  I want to save all my data from my old HDD and put it on my new HARD drive.  One that I have this, I would like to remove the old Windows 7 HDD and use it as "extra" space

  Make a clone of the old HARD drive to the new since I have already installed the new Windows 7 HARD disk?

  Please advise and please keep in mind that I might say things correctly and I can't understand though if the answers are on my level.  I appreciate any help!

  OK, so here is what I would do to try to avoid problems of compatibility or driver, as far as I can:
  -Turn off your system completely and unplug from the power outlet wall
  -Disconnect the old drive in your system (SATA and power cables)
  -Place the new WD Black on the main port SATA (should be labeled SATA0)
  -Turn on your system and put your OS drive you can do a completely new installation of the operating system.
  S ' ensure that you have updated all the drivers and the operating system after the installation
  -Turn off your system and plug your old drive
  -Turn on the system in the BIOS and make sure the WD Black has the priority starting on the old HDD
  -Boot into the operating system and copy all data from the start of your old disk partition that you want to keep for the WD Black
  -Go to disk management and delete the old boot partitions and the old drive system
  -The old HDD should be your secondary drive now and you can freely move files between the two disks
  N ' have in mind that due to the new copy of the OS, you must reinstall all the games and programs in order to operate because of the new system registry

  This should put you on the safe side and prevent any compatibility issue or driver which is possible during a clone or restore procedure. :)

  Captain_WD.

• Can we move a user profile to a hard drive with an operating system that is non-working on a hard drive with a working os?

  My profile the user has administrative rights and was created with Win XP pro.   I installed the old hard drive in a working win xp pro system. Can I transfer the old user profile in the system of work (drive E to the C drive) and connect with it?

  N °

• How do you format a hard drive with an operating system on it?

  This is actual a fairly simple question, I think compared to what should probably be asking. But on the idea of the recovery discs, I think it's what I excatly. If anything on the idea of format and replaced by reformat. The computer didn't come with any disks or news or have any information. But all CD/DVD discs recovery.

  In addition, when upgrading to this day, is losing usage characteristics. Options to other programs are losing as well. Or more hidden away from the use of the actual program.

  Trying to find info to format the hard drive is not very accurate. Contact support is usually meet with updates.

  Give something to work in the ideas of features/options elsewhere and others, disable or activate is just as accurate as to what it is with or against the options and features.

  Try to work with those who don't, with or without update seems to be best with reformatting later, with a format that is better placed within the use and what features work as installed.

  Help and Support is also in the lack of many topics and listed from the first installation. Online is the only other source of info otherwise. Updated information is the lack of fitness.

  Thus, on the idea of having to reformat, I would rather just format the drive.

  You can see http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html#steps and/or method 1 in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/978307.

• Install Windows 7 on the new hard drive with USB operating system recovery?

  I have an Alienware 2015 15 which does not come with a CD player. I install a new hard drive (SSD 2280 m2), so the question is how to install WIndows 7.

  While Microsoft offers an OS IOS for WIndows 8 download that you can put on a USB (with dell, I think that it automatically pulls the product key of BONE off the coast of the motherboard?) this IOS download is not available for Windows 7.

  So the question is the recovery USB OS offered by dell will allow me to do a fresh install of Windows 7 on a new hard drive in the laptop even USB from recovery of the BONES came with. My last resort is to buy a new copy of windows 7 and a USB external CD/DVD drive.

  TLDR: OS Recovery USB offered by dell will install Windows 7 on a new hard drive.

  The factory restore USB will work on another drive. I did this procedure with the media created from the latest version of Dell backup and restore on my Inspiron 13 7347 and demonstrated the creation of media and installation on a new SSD:

  http://dellwindowsreinstallationguide.com/Dell-backup-and-recovery/

  Since you are using use Alienware Alienware Respawn. Alienware respawn is very similar to Dell backup and restore.

• Can I transfer to the new computer hard drive with the operating system

  I am building a new computer and want the best way to transfer my data.  I can transfer the data to a new SATA drive and then install the new drive in the new computer without having to do anything else.   Or I can install XP on the new computer first then do the transfer queue using the old IDE drive in a portable USB enclosure?  or?

  TKS

  John

  Sort that works is great.

  If you use the USB case, make sure that it can provide enough power to the drive.  Usually this isn't a problem if the old drive was a laptop computer but can be a problem if it was a desktop drive.

  Assuming that your old computer still works, the easiest is to put all the files you want to transfer to a folder, and then share this folder on the network.  Connect both computers to your home network, then simply attach to the shared folder on the network from the other computer and drag and drop your files to your new computer.

  HTH,
  JW

• How to format my hard drive as my operating system running IM?

  How to format my hard drive as my operating system running IM? I tried many ways must my computer tells me I have to stop all programs that I have running. play help as soon as possible!

  Some PC contains a hidden hard disk restore partition. If yours is one of them, this is how you return your PC to its original state.

  What is the brand and model of your PC?

  Yet, this is a pretty drastic step. There is more easy and faster to improve performance. If you do not want to give it a shot, let us know. And also tell us the specifications of your PC, type of XP, SP, etc.

  Also, you might find follows her beneficial:

  Here are the usual causes of slow:

  1. malware (malware). You need to rule out first! This page has excellent information:

  http://Web.archive.org/Web/20080610163247/http :// www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

  2. some programs aimed at combating malware (for example, Norton and McAfee). Ironically, they can slow things down because they use simply much too many resources. Sometimes they cause conflicts with other programs. And their default mode is to scan your entire hard drive whenever you start. Fortunately, there are other programs of anti-malware software available that use much less resources (p. ex., NOD32, Avast and Avira).

  3. too much of certain types of programs still running in background - with or without your consent. (Then again, a lot of programs running in the background of the consequences trivial.)

  To determine each program and process, you are running, use the task (Ctrl + Alt + Delete) Manager and click the processes tab. You should be able to sort by CPU usage or memory usage for a good ideas that are resource/memory hogs. You must write the names of all the processes for future detective work (or take a snapshot and print it).

  Use these sites to determine what these programs are, and learn how configure them to not always run when starting:

  http://www.PACS-portal.co.UK/startup_content.php#THE_PROGRAMS
  http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/startups/
  http://www.AnswersThatWork.com/Tasklist_pages/Tasklist.htm

  Sometimes, it is recommended to use msconfig to configure programs to run at startup. A better, more thorough program is Autoruns:

  http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx

  But before that, you must use the settings preference of the program in question. Otherwise, for some programs, they will return to the list of startup anyway!

  If you do not want to use msconfig, it can be accessed in this way:

  Start | Run | Type "msconfig" (without the quotes). Enter (or OK)

  4. not enough RAM, causing the PC too rely on the pagefile. A quick way to determine if what is happening is to open (Ctrl + Alt + Delete) Task Manager, and then click the performance tab. Then the three values under Commit Charge (k) Note: in the lower left corner: Total, limit and peak.

  The Total number represents the amount of memory you are using right now. The vertex figure represents the maximum amount of memory you made since the last boot. If these figures are lower than the value of the amount of physical memory (K), then you probably have lots of RAM. In case you want to study it more, you can run the Page queue Monitor for Windows XP:

  http://www.dougknox.com/XP/utils/xp_pagefilemon.htm

  5. you can also verify that the access mode of your hard drive has not changed from DMA to PIO:

  http://www.technize.com/2007/08/02/is-your-hard-disk-CDDVD-drives-too-slow-while-copying/

  and

  http://winhlp.com/node/10

• Install Apps on HDs Ext with different operating systems

  HI -.

  What is the process for installation across multiple operating systems multiple ext HDS connected to a computer?

  I have several external hard drives with a Mac OS different on each connected to my Mac desktop to emulate environments with my clients.  My internal HD is running 10.7.5, and I have a 2 TB with Mountain Lion installed external HD.  I would like to know how to install the Adobe applications in each environment.  Because I can never run multiple instances of the operating system at the same time, I can't be in violation of the EULA, ergo I think I should be able to install Adobe software on any of these HDs ext with only one license.

  Thank you.

  KirkibusMaximus

  Post edited by: KirkibusMaximus

  You can install a million times until you bleed your ears, but you can never activate 2 installs with a single license. Do not hesitate to turn on and off according to your needs.

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• How do I know which hard drive contains the operating system in the Hp Pavilion dv7-4069wm? The upgrade.

  I think the upgrade of one of my hard drives (ea 320) in my HP Pavilion laptop dv7-4069wm for more storage.  I like to keep the drive that contains the operating system to avoid the hassle to make a copy, but I'm not sure which one that is. I have not replaced a hard drive before, and still less a double disc. Recently, I added more RAM and noticed that both hard drives looked the same. Can someone tell me how to know the difference?

  Hello

  Drive main HARD with the operating system is shown in the diagram at Page 49 of your maintenance & Service Guide.

  Kind regards

  DP - K

• I have a hard drive with windows xp, ive got the activation code, but it will not accept it.

  Hey what is that I built a desktop computer and this friend gave me a hard drive with windows xp on it and he gave me the activation code, I tried in my computer and told me
  to communicate with you by telephone imed them all the information they demand and said it had been hacked and to get in touch with microsoft can yo help me please. sincerely, Mr. B Burnett.

  Hello

  You have the product key for Windows XP?

  I suggest to return the item to you and check if you have a genuine copy of Windows XP:

  How to activate Windows XP

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/307890

  Windows Genuine Advantage does not validate a copy of Windows XP

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/916247

  Genuine Windows: Frequently asked questions

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/help/genuine/FAQ

• Hard drive dead - reinstall operating system without CD?

  Hello

  I have a HP Pavilion DV6-6024TX, who has recently had the hard disk matrix. The laptop is out of warranty.

  I purhcased a new hard drive and installed shortly, but I have no copy of the sytem (windows 7 32-bit) OS to install on the new drive. As the old drive died and won't start Windows I can't extract it from there.

  Is there a way I can legally download the OS and use it to boot Windows and use my existing key or I have to buy some CD (heard that a few people on this site but can't find the link).

  Would appreciate help.

  Thank you.

  Hello

  Yes, you can use your existing product key to reinstall Windows 7 as described below.

  You can create an installation disk yourself using another PC - just download the good Disk Image ( it must be the same version that originally came with your laptop - IE Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit ) from the link below and use an app like ImgBurn to burn the ISO correctly on a blank DVD - a guide on the use of ImgBurn to write that an ISO on a disc is here.  These Images are clean and a well respected source, however there are only limited versions available.

  Windows 7 sp1-iso-official-32-bit-and-64-bit

  Use the disk to perform the installation, enter the activation key of Windows on the label of the COA at the request and once the installation is complete, use ' 'phone Method' described in detail in the link below to activate the operating system -this made method supported by Microsoft and is popular with people who want to just have a new installation of Windows 7 without additional software load normally comes with OEM installations.

  http://www.kodyaz.com/articles/how-to-activate-Windows-7-by-phone.aspx

  All pilots additional and the software, you may need can be found here.

  Kind regards

  DP - K

• HARD drive gone bad. How to replace the HARD drive and reinstall operating system without a recovery disk?

  I have a HP with Windows 7 Home Premium TouchSmart tm2.  The HARD drive is clicking and will not start.  Error: Device not found Boot.  I guess I have to replace the HARD drive, but how can I restore/reinstall operating system without a recovery disk?  Windows was preinstalled, and I have the product key.  Thank you.

  Hello:

  You can order a recovery disc defined by following the instructions on the link below.

  http://support.HP.com/us-en/document/c00810334

  or...

  You can download the 32-bit or 64-bit version of windows 7 Home Premium ISO on the link below and use your product key to activate the installation.

  http://www.mydigitallife.info/official-Windows-7-SP1-ISO-from-Digital-River/

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• Portege R100 boots from the HARD drive - lack of operating system

  Hello

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  I don't have a compatible CD or floppy, I just about 1.8 inches for the hd, it works and I also have norton ghost 2003 is installed in another computer (a toshiba satellite A45).

  I tried to recover the drive with the help of norton and the image of the Ghost in the recovery CD, but it keep asking for a password.

  I would like to know if there is a way to use the restore with norton CD and usb driver and password screen (or where I can get the password?).

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  What password do you mean?

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  It turns out that you cannot start or install the OS on the USB key!
  You must boot from the CD/DVD compatible player that can be connected to the PC card slot.

• should I have got windows xp with my operating system disk, I bought the xp system with code authenticticatioin

  I bought a dual pentium with acer moniter windows home edition OS prossesor .should I got the new cd with my package?

  Maybe and maybe not.  You should have been provided with some means to reinstall Windows on your machine should something bad happen.

  If you have purchased an OEM machine (such as HP, Dell, E-machines brand name, etc.), in the old days, the manufacturer will provide a DVD to reinstall Windows.  More recently, they save the expense of the DVD and provide a recovery Partition on the hard drive that can be activated by pressing a key or combination of keys to the start screen very first from the switching on of the machine.  In addition, they generally provide a way for you to burn your own DVDs (only once) for use as a backup hard drive to go belly.  In any case, if you have an OEM machine, you should go to the manufacturer's Web site and download the manual for your computer.  Everything should be revealed it has appliqu' to your machine.

  If you bought a PC to measure with a copy retail XP, then I would expect that you should have been provided with a DVD or instructions on how to make your own backup OS installation to reinstall Windows.

  HTH,
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• Reinstall Windows XP Home Edition 2007, version 5.1 (Build 2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.101209 - 1647: Service Pack 3) after the failure of the hard drive and without operating system installation CD?

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  You must have a copy of the installation CD without which you can not re - install the OS again.
   
  If it were an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) installation, you can restore the factory settings. Contact the manufacturer to do the same.