IF i get a new hard drive????????

heatfan03 · Post by **heatfan03** » July 9th, 2005, 4:36 pm

HEy i was recieving an error on my dell and i contacted them and they couldnt fix it so they are sending a technician to install a new hard drive. If i do this will all my programs be lost( itUNES gAMES aol mozilla etc) ???? Also if i reinstall WIndows XP will i loose all programs?????

richh0323 · Post by **richh0323** » July 11th, 2005, 8:23 am

You will get a hard drive just like when the computer was new, if you have important files back up or lose them

Phobia · Post by **Phobia** » July 26th, 2005, 11:28 am

Unfortunately, if you reinstall Windows or install a new drive, all your data will be lost. But there's the way to keep it. When I bought a new HDD, I had to transfer all information from my old HDD, because I didn't want to lose anything. And I use hard drive cloning software. I create clone of my old HDD, make a bootable CD (it takes reasonable among of space due to highest level of compression) and restore it onto new on, so I could safe all data and apps. If your HDD is still able to work, you may do the same way.

heeh2 · Post by **heeh2** » August 7th, 2005, 10:50 pm

were do you think all your information is stored......lol