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billh58

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7. General information

Reply to ThingsGottaChange (Original post)

Wed Nov 14, 2018, 05:33 PM

Nov 2018

You will need to open your computer's case and remove the 1TB drive, and replace it with the 500GB drive. You can look for the Acer maintenance manual for your model which should have illustrations on how to remove/replace the HDD.

After you have replaced the HDD, you will need to use a boot disk (you can make one before you remove your HDD) to run your computer, and then you can then install and use easeUS to restore the cloned image from the flash drive to your new HDD.

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] ThingsGottaChange Nov 2018 OP

I can help AndJusticeForSome Nov 2018 #1

New drive is internal n/t ThingsGottaChange Nov 2018 #3

Ok good. Now, have you ever ventured into the guts AndJusticeForSome Nov 2018 #6

I have ventured into the bowels of the beasts ThingsGottaChange Nov 2018 #12

Oh, those pics are very useful AndJusticeForSome Nov 2018 #13

Is this what I need ThingsGottaChange Nov 2018 #19

Is your flash drive a USB stick? n/t AndJusticeForSome Nov 2018 #20

This is what I have ThingsGottaChange Nov 2018 #21

Yes, that's a USB stick, or thumb drive AndJusticeForSome Nov 2018 #22

Silly question time ThingsGottaChange Nov 2018 #23

It's complicated why it's complicated AndJusticeForSome Nov 2018 #25

My personal memory is shot ThingsGottaChange Nov 2018 #27

Qs ThingsGottaChange Nov 2018 #24

Oh good AndJusticeForSome Nov 2018 #26

Easy, he says ThingsGottaChange Nov 2018 #29

I've been away too, will get back to this later .. AndJusticeForSome Nov 2018 #30

No problem ThingsGottaChange Nov 2018 #31

is the acer a laptop or desktop? Locrian Nov 2018 #2

Desktop n/t ThingsGottaChange Nov 2018 #4

Here's specs if you need them ThingsGottaChange Nov 2018 #5

General information billh58 Nov 2018 #7

Personally, I would leave the old drive inside as a 2ndary AndJusticeForSome Nov 2018 #8

True, but billh58 Nov 2018 #9

Well, AndJusticeForSome Nov 2018 #10

Good plan n/t billh58 Nov 2018 #11

Why........ ThingsGottaChange Nov 2018 #14

OMG it is totally not you! AndJusticeForSome Nov 2018 #16

LOL ThingsGottaChange Nov 2018 #18

Ok, it looks like there is an unused SATA port AndJusticeForSome Nov 2018 #15

Used to build circuit boards ThingsGottaChange Nov 2018 #17

Moving convo down here AndJusticeForSome Nov 2018 #28

So that message means one of two things: AndJusticeForSome Nov 2018 #32

This message was self-deleted by its author ThingsGottaChange Nov 2018 #33

Big Thanks to All ThingsGottaChange Nov 2018 #34