jordancurd
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Hello everyone!
I'm about to begin the process of upgrading my desktop. For a quick history, I ordered it from CyberPower in 2004. I upgraded the processor, motherboard and RAM about 4 months ago. I am still running XP on this machine... don't judge me. I upgraded it at the beginning of a semester, the day before classes to be exact. I didn't feel like going through the hassle of upgrading to Windows 7 and getting new hard drives right after upgrading a number of other things and right before the semester began so I figured I would just wait. Well, it's spring break and I'm looking to get this computer a little more up to date. I'm looking to upgrade to Windows 7 (finally) and to also get a new hard drive. Currently, I've got 2 70GB hard drives which isn't anything short of pathetic, so I'll probably just replace both of them with 1 hard drive.
I have not done much computer work in the past aside from the upgrades that I mentioned. Could somebody walk me through the process that I need to take in order to replace my 2 hard drives with 1 hard drive while upgrading to Windows 7... while not losing any data? I do have access to an external hard drive. If somebody could just provide me with a step-by-step walkthrough on this I would be greatly appreciative.
Thanks ahead of time!
I'm about to begin the process of upgrading my desktop. For a quick history, I ordered it from CyberPower in 2004. I upgraded the processor, motherboard and RAM about 4 months ago. I am still running XP on this machine... don't judge me. I upgraded it at the beginning of a semester, the day before classes to be exact. I didn't feel like going through the hassle of upgrading to Windows 7 and getting new hard drives right after upgrading a number of other things and right before the semester began so I figured I would just wait. Well, it's spring break and I'm looking to get this computer a little more up to date. I'm looking to upgrade to Windows 7 (finally) and to also get a new hard drive. Currently, I've got 2 70GB hard drives which isn't anything short of pathetic, so I'll probably just replace both of them with 1 hard drive.
I have not done much computer work in the past aside from the upgrades that I mentioned. Could somebody walk me through the process that I need to take in order to replace my 2 hard drives with 1 hard drive while upgrading to Windows 7... while not losing any data? I do have access to an external hard drive. If somebody could just provide me with a step-by-step walkthrough on this I would be greatly appreciative.
Thanks ahead of time!