sort of a general question about upgrading to a new computer Acer Aspire TC-780
In 2011, I had time and money enough to build myself a nice computer. It was my 5th build, but my first for myself. I went to-of-the line for 2011, Intel core i7 2600K. I also went with a high-end gaming motherboard (asRock P67).
Rverything went well for nearly 7 years, and then the CPU cooler fan became unseated and grew very loud. I tried to reseat it, but the clips/screws only became more useless. I decided to replace the Heat Sink Fan with a fan worthy of the motherboard. I bought a "Core Frozr L" from MSI. It was the most highly recommended CPU fan for the P67 motherboard.
I've never had something like this happened before, but once I had installed the new fan, the motherboard was dead. 00. No post. Nothing. I replaced the old fan hoping that it was just a faulty new part, but nope. I'd taken each component out and restarted with and without each individual component and each combination of components, and en every case, the computer will not post.
I've given up on the motherboard, however I would really like to have my old motherboard Hard Drive imported to my new computer so the new computer can act just as my old computer did. My old Hard Drive is 1TB, and nearly 500GB are still free. My new computer (Acer Aspire TC-780) has a 2TB drive. I would love to know how the take the ~500 GB from my old drive and copy it into the 2TB drive, so it can boot just like it did in my hand-made computer from 2011.
I don't know if this is possible, but it seems like it should be. I'd appreciate any information about how to do it, as well as any information about why it is impossible or difficult. Any help at all will be appreciated!
