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The advantages of cloning the hard drive are:

1. Opportunities to all information and data on your hard disk so that the previous backup, protecting your data from any form of attack and / or loss.

2. Possibility of an upgrade of the limited storage space on your old hard disk to have a greater capacity, can process and store files and many other documents.

3. Big savings in time required to reinstall the computer operating systems exSystem for the new disc with custom settings.

4. Great relief to find my way so far with the new hard drive, you see all the previous information and data, copying the exact files and folders from your old hard drive cloned.

With a good third disk cloning software, which can be made for this work as soon as possible.

Suffice it to say at this point is the fact that you need to partition and formatYour new drive before cloning (copying and transferring data from old hard drive).

DIY steps FORMAT the new hard drive

1. Getting a new hard drive (with the external case and USB cable)

2. Connect the USB cable to the USB external hard drive enclosure with the new internal hard drive.

3. Connect the other end of the cable to the USB port of your computer.

4.The new hard disk as a storage device like a USB flash drive be recognized.

5. Place your right mouse button and choose the new drive recognized as a symbol of your computer system.

6. Select Format.

# Note caution here: Do not make the mistake of clicking the right mouse button is positioned above the previous / main drive. This will delete and / or delete all files and data. If in doubt, consult a computer expertMaintenance.

Once you format the new hard drive is full, it was finally being clone your old hard drive data to the new disc with the third party software for cloning.

Remember that the cloning software you install on your computer in order to complete the process of cloning the disk.

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