If you’re trying to get the last bit of life out of your drive, make sure you’re saving any open files regularly to an external drive or a cloud-based storage service.
If you can create a full disk image, you likely won’t have to worry about this though.
To make it easier to make the transition easier from an old drive to a new one, create a list of everything you need to install along with any product keys.
On Dell and HP laptops, you should be able to check hard drive health by going to the BIOS and looking for “Diagnostics.”Īlso read: How to Fix “This Setting Is Managed by Your Administrator” in Windows 10 2. The BIOS is also a good place to see whether the hard drive you want to check is actually being detected by your PC/motherboard.