>I've used Crucial.com for years, and they also include the clone Acronis for free as well with their drives - for 1 clone I believe. Also, the Crucial site can scan your Dell and tell you the exact model's that fit your system.
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>Personally, I like to rebuild my HD as fresh during this replacement, and restore the original OS from Dell to it and work from there. I know its a lot of extra work, but to me really cleans a lot of stuff up.
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I thought about re-installing all software too; but it will take so much time. I guess I can always, if things with cloning the drive don't work, to reformat and install all programs. Thank you for your input.
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