Seeking help with moving Windows when new SSD arrives...
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Seeking help with moving Windows when new SSD arrives...
Can I get some basic guidance (bullet point would be ideal) on something. I have Windows on a traditional hard drive and just ordered a SSD. The goal is to move/clone the existing hard drive to the SSD and use the existing for storage. Will pay for software if totally necessary but surely there's a free and adequate method?
Last edited by AshleyQuick; 13 Aug 2018 at 13:13.
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You shouldn't have to spend a dime.
Standard advice here is to use Macrium Reflect Free Edition. Tutorials on this site.
There's 2 methods: clone or image.
Both can work; both can fail.
Try cloning with Macrium. If you fail, try imaging. Cloning is seemingly simpler, but may have a higher fail rate?
Lots and lots of threads on the general topic over several years.
Look at the tutorial and start a thread if you get stuck.
Recent and ongoing long thread re Macrium imaging:
Created the Rescue Media, How Do I Check it?
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What SSD are you getting?
I have a Samsung SSD. They make a free "migration" tool available for download. I used it to clone a 1TB spinner from a laptop onto a 500 MB SSD. (The spinner's used space was smaller than the SSD.) The only addition I required was a means of mounting the SSD externally, as the laptop had a single HD mounting location. I have an external USB adapter lying around, but I have also used cheap Orico externa drive cases.
You won't need any additional hardware if you're adding an M.2 SSD to a PC with an empty slot.
I don't know, but I assume that the other SSD manufacturers offer similar software. If not, the third party suggestions (Macrium Free, for example) may serve.
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First thing to consider is what capacity HDD is, how much it's in use (all partitions) and what capacity SSD is. Second thing may be issue with SATA interface, for an SSD to function properly is that it has to be in AHCI mode, not IDE or RAID.
To have both disk at same time you must have a SATA data cable too, power is most probably provided by PSU but I would check that too. Cables are same as for any other HDD.
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First thing to consider is what capacity HDD is, how much it's in use (all partitions) and what capacity SSD is. Second thing may be issue with SATA interface, for an SSD to function properly is that it has to be in AHCI mode, not IDE or RAID.
To have both disk at same time you must have a SATA data cable too, power is most probably provided by PSU but I would check that too. Cables are same as for any other HDD.
The SSD is 120gb and the storage hd is/will be 2tb.
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HP may or may not provide a migration tool, but I don't see why you'd need it when there are known good third party options that offer both cloning and imaging.
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The SSD is 120gb and the storage hd is/will be 2tb.
Can you show Disk management ? 2TB is not going to fit in 120GB.
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