“If i buy this hard drive to replace my old one wouldd i need to install the windows OS all over again or is it ready out of the box?”

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• You would definitely be required to reinstall Windows. New hard drives are always blank, no data, no OS.

  Answered by Metallifreak 10 years ago

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• You would have to install an operating system or clone your current hard drive.

  Answered by ChrisSinNJ 10 years ago

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• It's a blank drive. It would cost more if it had an O/S already installed.

  Answered by abcd 10 years ago

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• You will need to install everything. There is no software or programs provided with this or any replacement hard drive.

  Answered by Baryndor 10 years ago

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• You would be starting from scratch. The os would need to be installed all over.

  Answered by tshaf 10 years ago

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• Yes you will have to reinstall your OS if it resides on the hard drive that you are replacing. Some PCs have multiple hard drives and the OS may be on one with data on another. If you don't fall into that camp then yes... OS does not ship with the hard drive.

  Answered by FlyinBlind72 10 years ago

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• Yes, you would need to have a copy of your Windows OS to install onto new HD.

  Answered by sjb11946 10 years ago

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• you will need to clone your software . To answer your ? they are all blank hard drives . if you need help ever cloning any OS. I can do it. I build laptops

  Answered by cjs3120 10 years ago

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• Yes, you will have to re-install your OS. If you're planning on adding a new hard drive, and want to have some good performance, I'd suggest purchasing this hard drive for storage, and the PNY 240GB SSD for just the OS. If you're not sure on how to set up partitions on your computer for multiple drives, then I'd suggest asking the Geek Squad to help you get set up. IMO, using the SSD for the OS, and a hard drive for storage is a huge improvement over just one drive for the OS and storage. I can boot up to Win 7 in under 15 seconds.

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    PNY - Optima 240GB Internal Serial ATA III Solid State Drive for Laptops

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  Answered by ColonelK0rn 10 years ago

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• It's comepletely blank so you would definitely have to install your OS before it can be used as a primary drive

  Answered by Joedave 10 years ago

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