From HDD to SSD

[Minzo]

Hello, my coworker asked for my help and I thought maybe you guys could be of assistance.

 

He has a laptop (with only one slot for HDD/SSD) and he wants to upgrade from HDD to SSD.

I was thinking of buying a Crucial BX100.
 

 

He doesn't want to reinstall windows and I figured maybe I could clone the HDD to the new SSD.

How do I do this? Do I need some kind of hot swap usb thing? Is it possible to do a clone?


 

[Kirky2k15]

I've got this to do my drive cloning

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Inateck-Docking-Station-Function-Tool-free/dp/B00LN0GX4I/ref=sr_1_2?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1440404436&sr=1-2&keywords=anker+hard+drive+dock

 

If that doesn't work there's always Ghost or True image (software)

[_wky]

Off the top of my head Samsung and Crucial offer data migration software. Plug in the new SSD via USB. Run the software, then take out the HDD and put in the SSD.

[Elfuego]

+1 for the physical drive cloner - very handy bit of tech.

[mluton]

Or wack them both in a desktop and clone them.

[zzenigmaxzz]

would suggest samsung their magician software is easy to use and gets the job done and their ssds are pretty good quality

[Minzo]

He didn't want to shell out on a clone device so I convinced him to just format. Easier solution IMO.

[swifty7]

by restoring an image backup from HDD  created with Acronis True Image to a  SSD, does it achieve the same as cloning?

 

thanks!!

[Captain_WD]

~snip~

 

Hey there Minzo,

 

Cloning a larger HDD onto a smaller SSD is a risky operation that involves a good amount of danger for your data. It is not recommended to clone a larger drive onto a smaller one as the program might miss some files and cause the new drive to be unrecognizable to the system. Also cloning a HDD on a SSD might cause the SSD to be recognized as a HDD and be susceptible to defragmentation and thus its life might be degraded. 

I would recommend doing a fresh install of the OS and all applications and games and then transfer all other data from the old drive to the new one for the smoothest and most problem-free way.

 

Captain_WD.

[Minzo]

 

Hey there Minzo,

 

Cloning a larger HDD onto a smaller SSD is a risky operation that involves a good amount of danger for your data. It is not recommended to clone a larger drive onto a smaller one as the program might miss some files and cause the new drive to be unrecognizable to the system. Also cloning a HDD on a SSD might cause the SSD to be recognized as a HDD and be susceptible to defragmentation and thus its life might be degraded. 

I would recommend doing a fresh install of the OS and all applications and games and then transfer all other data from the old drive to the new one for the smoothest and most problem-free way.

 

Captain_WD.

 

Hello, yeah this is what we decided on doing. Since he doesn't have anything really important on the HDD we might aswell make a fresh install. It's just easier that way.