If your hard disk is giving error messages it is cheaper to install a new hard disk drive and transfer all important data to the new hard drive.http://www.trcb.com/en-Us60Sat, 26 May 2012 04:15:09 ESTCopyright 2012 Thomas Karanja, TRCB.com All Right Reservedhttp://www.trcb.com/computers-and-technology/data-recovery/how-to-transfercopy-data-from-hard-disk-drive-to-another-drive-20979.htm<p>If your hard disk is givingerror messages it is cheaper to install a new hard disk drive and transfer allimportant data to the new hard drive. Depending on your technical skills,importance of&nbsp; the data, time and money available, there are variousoptions available.</p><p>How to transfer data for a new installation of&nbsp; Windows/Operatingsystem. A Mac can read data from a Windows formatted drive, but the namingconvention for the drive should be compatible.</p><p>This is recommended since thesystem will work faster.</p><p><strong>How To Do It</strong></p><p><strong>1</strong>. Copy all important documents,text files, program installation software and important data onto a CD/DVD/USBdrive depending on the file size. Multiple data backups are recommended.</p><p>You can also transfer the data toan external drive connected to the USB port.</p><p><strong>2</strong>.&nbsp; Partition and format the new&nbsp; hard drive or storage media</p><p><strong> 3</strong>.If&nbsp; you have done somecomputer troubleshooting and repair yourself, you can directly transfer datafrom the old hard disk to the new hard disk . Connect the old hard disk to thecomputer with the new drive with the secondary IDE cable. Set the jumpers , sothat the new drive is configured as the&nbsp; master and the old drive is setas the slave. When you switch on the computer, you can directly transfer databetween the 2 drives, using the copy command.</p><p><strong>4.</strong> If&nbsp; you are not confidentabout jumper settings and removing drives, you can copy important data directlyfrom the backup CD/DVD/USB drive.</p><p><strong>5</strong>. Programs will have to bereinstalled on the new hard drive</p><p><strong>6.</strong> If you wish to keep the entireprogram files and Operating system intact on the new hard drive , you can useimaging utilities like&nbsp; Norton's Ghost.&nbsp; However, creating andrestoring the ghost image of a hard drive is very time consuming process.</p><p><strong>7</strong>. Another way to transfer databetween computers is to connect the 2 computers using a LAN cable and transferdata between hard drives on the peer to peer network.</p>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:45:54 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/computers-and-technology/data-recovery/how-to-transfercopy-data-from-hard-disk-drive-to-another-drive-20979.htmTRCB.comComputers and Technology / Data Recovery