Installing a New HD

I replaced my C drive and it wasn't as simple as people said, so I thought I would write down all the steps just in case!!

1) Buy SATA drive plus data cable and power adapter. (My Dell had the correct power connector but just to be safe...)

2) Download the trial version of Acronis True Image

3) Shutdown the computer, open the case, screw on the rails, and slide the HD in place.

4) Connect the data cable to SATA 1 (0 is the existing HD) and connect the power.

5) Power up and boot into "Setup" (BIOS for you old-timers). Enable the new drive. Save and exit.

6) Start Acronis. Select "Disk Utilities" and "Add a New HD". Create one bootable partition.

7) Start the cloning process. Acronis will copy all partitions fro the old HD.

8) Shut down. Swap the SATA data cables.

9) Close the case and power up.

Looks simple!!