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Actually, it was quite an EASY process following the screenshots posted by @SIW2.
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If nothing else, I have gained experience usingMacrium Reflect FREE,MiniTool Partition Wizard FREE v10, andDiskGenius FREE Portablealong with looking atCloneZilla FREE. VERY worthwhile in my opinion to add to myAOMEI Backupper Standard FREEknowledge and usage.
For anybody that comes across this thread and would like to know the procedure I used for my specific scenario, I thought that I would list the order in which I eventually performed this task.
- I took an old
USB Powered External HDD Enclosureapart to get theSATA to USB Adapter Connector.- Although the SSD came with a single
NTFS Partition, I ran [ Administrator ]:
Code:diskpart list disk select disk [n] clean NOTE: [n] was the 'Disk Number' of the SSD- I
Initialisedthe disk asMBR.- I created a
Simple VolumeusingDisk Managementand assigned it aDrive Letter.- I checked in
Disk ManagementforHealthy (Primary Partition).- I ran
chkdsk 'n':[ Where 'n' is the Drive Letter ].- I downloaded
DiskGenius Portable FREE.- I disconnected from the
Internet.- I ran my
Computer Cleanup Script.- I created a
System ImagewithAOMEI Backupper Standard.- I created a
Partitions ImageforDataandImages_BackupswithAOMEI Backupper Standard.- I also backed up the
DataandImages_BackupPartitionselsewhere.- I connected the SSD via the
SATA to USB Adapter Connector.- I used
DiskGenius Portable FREEto perform theOS Migrationfrom the HDD to the SSD [ approx. 25 minutes ].- I checked that the
System ReservedandWin_10Partitionshad been created.- I
Shutdownthe Laptop.- I physically replaced the HDD with the SSD.
- I
Bootedthe Laptop and changed theBoot Orderin theBIOSto the SSD.- I created the
DataandImages_BackupsPartitionswithMiniTool Partition Wizard.- I copied the backed up data made earlier into the
DataandImages_BackupsPartitions.- I
Rebootedagain just to make sure that everything was OK.- I created a document with instructions and screenshots for use in the future if needed.
While I had the Laptop partly apart, I gave it a bit of a clean and made sure that the vent[s] / fan[s] were clear and free from dust etc.
I hope someone finds the above useful !
EDIT:
The SSD has made an enormous and significant performance difference.
Programs open and run so much FASTER and SMOOTHLY.
Creating aSystem ImageusingAOMEI Backupper Standard FREEhas come down from a runtime of about15minutes to3:28[ minutes / seconds ].
The runtime for myComputer Cleanup Scripthas been reduced by an average of about75 %[ The SSD is the LAST one in the list below ].
Code:Computer Cleanup & Defragmentation / Trim was run on Tuesday the 25-Jul-2023 at 14:15:56 and took 16 Mins - 16 Secs Computer Cleanup & Defragmentation / Trim was run on Sunday the 06-Aug-2023 at 20:16:24 and took 14 Mins - 16 Secs Computer Cleanup & Defragmentation / Trim was run on Wednesday the 16-Aug-2023 at 11:25:07 and took 12 Mins - 23 Secs Computer Cleanup & Defragmentation / Trim was run on Tuesday the 29-Aug-2023 at 15:53:17 and took 16 Mins - 19 Secs Computer Cleanup & Defragmentation / Trim was run on Sunday the 03-Sep-2023 at 12:29:34 and took 13 Mins - 53 Secs Computer Cleanup & Defragmentation / Trim was run on Tuesday the 05-Sep-2023 at 22:58:31 and took 03 Mins - 08 Secs
Last edited by Paul Black; 07 Sep 2023 at 06:18.
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