How Do I Copy Data from My Old HDD to New HDD?

I have a 512GB HDD on my laptop with Windows 10 installed. Recently, I have found that the hard drive is almost full. So, I bought a new 1TB hard drive. I want to replace the old drive with the new hard drive. But how do I transfer data from my old HDD to the new HDD?

To transfer/copy data from an old drive to a new drive, the best and most effective way is to clone the old drive to a new HDD. This can help you transfer everything on your old drive to a new drive without losing data or reinstalling Windows. To this end, you must use professional cloning software like EaseUS Disk Copy.

You can manually copy or paste data from one drive to another to move your data from one old HDD to a new HDD. But this method is not the best way because manually copying and pasting will not copy the boot files to another drive. Therefore, your Windows cannot boot from the new drive.

But this is no longer the case if you clone your old HDD to the new one because cloning will copy everything, including the boot files, to a new one. Thus, you can successfully boot from the new drive.

To clone a hard disk, you must use third-party cloning software like EaseUS Disk Copy. This is because Windows has no such tool.

EaseUS Disk Copy is a practical and second-to-none cloning utility for Windows 11, 10, 8, and 7. It can help you migrate your OS from HDD to HDD or SSD to SSD and upgrade HDD to SSD without reinstalling Windows. In addition, it can help you replace a hard drive without losing data and clone a hard drive with bad sectors on your PC.

Here is how to use EaseUS Disk Copy:

Step 1. To start cloning an entire disk to another, select this drive as the source disk under "Disk Mode" and click "Next".

Step 2. Select another disk as the destination disk.

Step 3. Check the disk layout of the two drives. You should manage the disk layout of the destination drive by choosing "Autofit the disk", "Copy as the source", or "Edit disk layout".

Step 4. Click "Proceed" to execute the task.

The best and easiest way to copy data from an old HDD to a new HDD is to use professional disk cloning software like EaseUS Disk Copy.