The process of transferring information from an old hard drive to a recently purchased one can cause a lot of problems for the user. The biggest nuisance is that when changing a hard drive, the user gets enough headaches, because many of them begin to reinstall the operating system and all software. But not everything is so bad, and there is a way out of this situation - special programs that allow you to make copies from one HDD to another.
It is necessary
- - A computer;
- - Acronis Disk Director Suite program.
Instructions
Step 1
The solution to the problem described above will be considered on the example of using the Acronis Disk Director Suite program. Despite being paid for, it fully justifies its price and provides unsurpassed user experience. The program contains all the necessary components for disk management. Download it from the Internet and install it on your computer.
Step 2
To copy a partition from one HDD to another, use the context menu by clicking on the partition icon. The program allows you to designate the location where the section will be copied. When copying the system disk, that is, the one on which the operating system is located, be sure to specify the "Primary partition" option in the "Copy as" menu, other partitions can be processed as logical.
Step 3
The same actions can be done using a special section copy wizard, and this is even more convenient in terms of the interface provided. When copying the system partition, do not forget to specify the "Active" parameter in the type. Upon completion of the information transfer plan, which is made in this wizard, click the "Run" button and agree to restart the computer.
Step 4
After rebooting, but before the desktop appears, you will see the Disk Director window, which will show the current work progress. After completing the process of copying information, you can put a new disk instead of the old one or change the boot order from hard disks in BIOS Setup.
