help me replace hard drive?

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smokey888

Discussion Starter · Mar 3, 2009

ok i got some major error on my current hard drive so i went out and braught a new samsung spinpoint F1 750GB i know its a simple procedure and i dont want to look like a total n00b but i dont want to screw it up loll.

do i just take my old hard drive out plug my new one in and install windows?
anything else i have to do? or is there anything u can recomend getting (software wise) i can get to stop the same things happening in the first place?

i dont care bout being able to fix my old hard drive cus if i can ill use it as backup.

so ye anyone want to help a lil

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crashnburn_819

· #2 · Mar 3, 2009

Just a couple things you need to keep in mind. Don't static your new hard drive to death; keep grounded or discharge before you touch anything. I like to turn off the power supply and unplug it before I even open my case. Other than that, just take out the old one and plug in the new.

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TDN1979

· #3 · Mar 3, 2009

Yup, just swap them out and reinstall windows. You will have to update all the drivers and crap but windows should do that for you when you get an internet connection.

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smokey888

Discussion Starter · #4 · Mar 3, 2009

great thanks always something to remember. is there anything i can do to ground myself other than anti static braclet? and i cant really move my pc away from carpet cus its quite...large lol and im only small XD

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TDN1979

· #5 · Mar 3, 2009

If you touch the metal on the case you will be fine. I have done this for a while and I have never had a problem. No strap needed. And, unplug the psu and hit the power button. The system will try to turn on and then shut back off before POST so that you know there is no power in the system.

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smokey888

Discussion Starter · #6 · Mar 3, 2009

ok thankss alot (Y) should be sorted tomoz then

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TDN1979

· #7 · Mar 3, 2009

Anytime. It's quite easy to do once you do it a million times like all of us on here, lol. Good luck and welcome to the site. If you have any other questions, don't hesitate to ask.

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AIpha

· #8 · Mar 4, 2009

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Originally Posted by smokey888

If you had any data on your old hard drive that you would like to recover then there is a series of processes you could go through that are relatively simple. If you want to use the drive as a backup. You could probably just simply format it/run disk check depending on what the exact problem was...but before you did that you would have to retrieve any necessary information that was on the drive that you want to keep. ^^;

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