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Originally Posted by John Rogers
The latest drive I bought had data recovery and backup software included, it was a Seagate 1TB.
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Same here.
I replaced the HD on an XP computer a few years ago without incident.
Acronis disk-imaging software I think came with the new HD and worked perfectly: OS and all was transferred to the new platter. All good.
The only potential catch was identifying the type of disk format system (I think that's the correct term) during the click throughs.
Then bought the Acronis program to use with another HD replacement.
Didn't realize it was a one-time-use deal with that program, which was ~$55. Yikes.
Windows 7 on a laptop this time.
Many small plastic clip parts to break or lose such as those dang plastic data ribbon wedges.
I get everything physically and data swapped over and Microsoft says it needs original disk for validation (HP did not provide one with the original sale).
Ex gf was official purchaser but I had paid for it.
I'm stuck with that one.