Clone or restore
My lap top hard drive is going. I have a new "bare drive" coming. Do I re-create my present system/drive using the recovery media and restoring my full back up or do I clone installing new drive in lap top and using usb connection to old drive and booting from recovery media
The reason I am asking is that the old HD has bad sectors (ran CHDSK /R /F)...the backup was done before it became unstable
Thanks


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I hope your replacement drive is an SSD...they are worth the few extra $$.
Depending on how long ago you made the "good" backup, you may want to try a files backup of your libraries (Documents, Pictures, Music, Videos) and any other folders where you store personal data.
Then after you have completed the full system restore, you could then mount the files .tib file and copy all files with a date/time stamp newer than the "good" backup using windows explorer.
Hope this helps.
Regards,
FtrPilot
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