Moving all files to new harddrive

[Belldo]

I just received a new harddrive and i'm looking for an easy and free if possible way to clone my old harddrive to the new one so i don't have to reinstall everything. Any suggestions?

 

[RebateMonger]

Use the drive maker's free disk utility program that either came with the drive, or can be downloaded from the maker's support site.

 

[Belldo]

Thanks i wasn't aware that they had utilities like that available. Does it have to be from the specific maker or can it be from anybody? Is there anyone that is specifically easier or better than the other?

 

[RebateMonger]

Originally posted by: Belldo
Thanks i wasn't aware that they had utilities like that available. Does it have to be from the specific maker or can it be from anybody? Is there anyone that is specifically easier or better than the other?

Most of them won't work unless one of your drives (old or new) was made by the maker of the cloning software.

 

[Belldo]

Thats what i figured thank you for the help