will it make my drive like a new computer like when it was new
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There will be nothing on the hard drive left. Its wiped clean. You'll have to reinstall with new software.
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Yes, if the SSD drive is large enough to hold the contents of the old drive. This is exactly what I did with my upgrade.
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No it's a blank hard drive. You will need to format to what ever operating system u are using.
924553
No. New drives have to be equal to or larger than the largest installed drive.
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yes, you can plug a new or unformatted HDD in and (re)format it to your specs
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No but you can boot from a standalone CD program and make a copy of a drive that has been freshly formatted.
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I see no reason why not. just pop the new drive in the old ones place, they hook up the same way. However be warned, all of your data will be lost in this process. You should have a windows sticker somewhere on your computer case that has your product key, all you need to do is find a copy of the windows version that you have, install it and put in that product key. To find the drivers that you need just go to dells website and download them from there. If you ever get stuck during the process, google is your best friend.
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I am not 100 % sure, but I think the hard drive gets cleaned up and they may even put a new hard drive in. I would write to the person who is selling a refurbished computer and ask him. He will be more accurate than me.
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You can copy your drive to a same or larger but, I think you end up with all the data in the same places as the old one. I use this as a way to have a back up drive that I copy to and then use the new copy, the old drive is where I left off. In a few months, I do the same thing unless I feel performance issues and then, I pull the new files off, copy the previous version back onto the drive, install the previous drive and back to being happy. Having lost all my software and configs and taking 3 days to get back to where I had a friendly usable computer, it is worth it.
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Yes. I purchased this hard drive as replacement for a computer that already had Windows 7 (the hard drive died). Installed the operating system, drivers, etc. on the new hard drive and the computer is running fine.
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Cache doesn't matter, only the size of the drive. The new needs to be exactly the same size or larger and if it is larger you need to do a resize within your OS if it is supported.
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I think you mean "partitioned". The answer is both yes and no. The drive needs to be prepared for use. Most operating systems will recognize a new drive and with a few simple questions will take care of it for you.
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No u have to format.. partition.. and load Windows 7..if it's a new drive u have to do a fresh install..
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YES the drive is just a DVD reader. Your system will be the same system you will just have a new DVD drive
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No. Best to move everything you need to a third drive and install your new drive clean. Then move anything you need back. Anything that has to do with the operating system would have to be reinstalled on the new drive. Ie programs, the operating system itself, etc. you can use program specific saved files once the program is reinstalled.
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Definitely! I have the same hard drive and i got it from my old pc too. It'll work.
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It should function just as the internal one with the same software, either native Win7 or whatever software you use to read/write. Just select the new drive from Explorer.