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I have a SSD and an HDD each with a copy of windows but with different accounts. I would like to transfer the contents of the HDD to the SSD and vise versa. How sound I do this? Thank you.

Mobo: MSI 2AE0 1.0 (FM2)
CPU: AMD A8 5500 (3.2/3.7GHz)
GPU: Asus GeForce GT 1030 (2GB)
PSU: HP 667893-002 (300w)
RAM: x2 Samsung M378B1G73BH0-CK0 (8GB DDR3)

Drive 1: Kingston A400 SA400S37240G (240 GB)
Drive 2: Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 (1TB)

Monitor: Toshiba 23L1350U (23", 1920x1080, 60HZ)

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4 minutes ago, Burner1061 said:

I have a SSD and an HDD each with a copy of windows but with different accounts. I would like to transfer the contents of the HDD to the SSD and vise versa. How sound I do this? Thank you.

Get a third drive. You clone drive one to drive 3. Then you clone drive 2 to drive 1. After that you clone drive 3 to drive 2. That should do the trick.

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Is clone just copy? And is the SSD or HDD drive one in your answer. I am new to this so I am trying to learn. Thank you.

Mobo: MSI 2AE0 1.0 (FM2)
CPU: AMD A8 5500 (3.2/3.7GHz)
GPU: Asus GeForce GT 1030 (2GB)
PSU: HP 667893-002 (300w)
RAM: x2 Samsung M378B1G73BH0-CK0 (8GB DDR3)

Drive 1: Kingston A400 SA400S37240G (240 GB)
Drive 2: Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 (1TB)

Monitor: Toshiba 23L1350U (23", 1920x1080, 60HZ)

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3 minutes ago, jaslion said:

Get a third drive. You clone drive one to drive 3. Then you clone drive 2 to drive 1. After that you clone drive 3 to drive 2. That should do the trick.

Is clone just copy? And is the SSD or HDD drive one in your answer. I am new to this so I am trying to learn. Thank you.

Mobo: MSI 2AE0 1.0 (FM2)
CPU: AMD A8 5500 (3.2/3.7GHz)
GPU: Asus GeForce GT 1030 (2GB)
PSU: HP 667893-002 (300w)
RAM: x2 Samsung M378B1G73BH0-CK0 (8GB DDR3)

Drive 1: Kingston A400 SA400S37240G (240 GB)
Drive 2: Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 (1TB)

Monitor: Toshiba 23L1350U (23", 1920x1080, 60HZ)

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You can clone with a utility for windows or even better using a bootable usb stick with clonezilla on it. But carreful cuz cloning is exhausting for drives. I do not recommand to do it often. Better using a utility like syncback if your only objective is to have a backup of your personnal datas.

 

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5 hours ago, Night Wolf said:

You can clone with a utility for windows or even better using a bootable usb stick with clonezilla on it. But carreful cuz cloning is exhausting for drives. I do not recommand to do it often. Better using a utility like syncback if your only objective is to have a backup of your personnal datas.

 

Can you please help me though the cloning process?

Mobo: MSI 2AE0 1.0 (FM2)
CPU: AMD A8 5500 (3.2/3.7GHz)
GPU: Asus GeForce GT 1030 (2GB)
PSU: HP 667893-002 (300w)
RAM: x2 Samsung M378B1G73BH0-CK0 (8GB DDR3)

Drive 1: Kingston A400 SA400S37240G (240 GB)
Drive 2: Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 (1TB)

Monitor: Toshiba 23L1350U (23", 1920x1080, 60HZ)

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