The o/h's old-ish laptop has started making funny noises, it sounds like the HDD is screeching occasionally. The machine is actually quite a nice HP Elitebook running Win7 x32 and to be fair it has worked flawlessly since new. I would like to replace the old drive before it dies.
I've seen a new WD 750 + 16GB SSHD for £50 which seems a fair price, and I would like to replace the old one before it dies.
Nothing on the old drive is irreplaceable but I would prefer to copy the original o/s (with all the correct drivers) to the SS part of the new drive and use the mechanical part for storage.
Is this possible, (not too difficult) or am I better to do a clean Win7 install?
Any advice appreciated, TIA.
I've seen a new WD 750 + 16GB SSHD for £50 which seems a fair price, and I would like to replace the old one before it dies.
Nothing on the old drive is irreplaceable but I would prefer to copy the original o/s (with all the correct drivers) to the SS part of the new drive and use the mechanical part for storage.
Is this possible, (not too difficult) or am I better to do a clean Win7 install?
Any advice appreciated, TIA.