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Just bought a new WD SATA drive. I want to make it my boot drive instead of my current EIDE drive. The old drive has 4 partitions. How can I move my C to the new SATA drive and make it my boot drive? Will imaging software work?
Is the speed increase on my SATA drive enough to make it worth the trouble?
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No, your SATA drive will not make your computer seem any faster unless you move a lot of very large files.


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You might be able to use Seagate Disk Wizard to do what you ask. It's free and is uses Acronis technology. Not sure if it can be used on a WD drive.
Please read the instructions (Help files) carefully.

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