S Sysnative Windows Update Inactive Joined Oct 9, 2014 Posts 773 Sep 30, 2019 #21 That's my point. You shouldn't ghost a bad drive. It will lead to problems.
A Arbitro95 Contributor Joined Sep 27, 2019 Posts 13 Sep 30, 2019 #22 So restore from an image? How else do I save the info?
S Sysnative Windows Update Inactive Joined Oct 9, 2014 Posts 773 Sep 30, 2019 #23 No, you should manually copy the documents you need from the drive, pull it out, replace it with the new one and install a fresh copy of Win10 onto it. After the install, just copy over the data you saved.
No, you should manually copy the documents you need from the drive, pull it out, replace it with the new one and install a fresh copy of Win10 onto it. After the install, just copy over the data you saved.
A Arbitro95 Contributor Joined Sep 27, 2019 Posts 13 Sep 30, 2019 #24 But this would require a complete reinstall of all programs as well. Many of which do not have original installation disk or have had numerous updates/patches installed since the original. It was this kind of mess I was trying to avoid.
But this would require a complete reinstall of all programs as well. Many of which do not have original installation disk or have had numerous updates/patches installed since the original. It was this kind of mess I was trying to avoid.
S Sysnative Windows Update Inactive Joined Oct 9, 2014 Posts 773 Sep 30, 2019 #25 Yes. You can try cloning, but I would really not recommend it as I've seen and had to deal with very difficult issues that stemmed from cloning the bad drive that took months to fix in some cases.
Yes. You can try cloning, but I would really not recommend it as I've seen and had to deal with very difficult issues that stemmed from cloning the bad drive that took months to fix in some cases.