new hard drive install

The PC has a single hard drive with no provision for two. Is it possible to transfer all files from the current drive, using 'Tranfer Wizard', to a blank CD; remove the drive then install these files, from this CD, to a newly installed hard drive? If not, is there alternate software out there that will allow this?

what do you mean "no provision for two"?

if you open the PC, check the ribbon cable for a second connection or if you just have SATA, look for a second SATA port to plug into.

The PC's a Dell GX280 small desk top - hard drive under the lid on plastic rails, all inside a metal shell. There's a board, piggybacked on the drive, with what appears to be provision for another sata and power cable but there only the one connector/port, sata 0 on the system board and I doubt there's provision for another connection at the PSU.

Is this the motherboard that you have?


it's got an IDE port (#5) if you want to switch to an IDE drive from the SATA.

otherwise I'm not sure what to do besides use a differant computer to do the file transfer.

That's the one but the problem may be solved. A concensus of opinion, on another forum, says avoid the agony and do it with a cloning program so I'm patiently waiting for my new little toy to arrive.

You could always use an external hard drive that connects via USB like a passport or something. Move all your files to that, install the new drive and move the files back.