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I have 2 laptops. One has an SSD and other has an HDD (my main one). I would like to switch them but without removing the data from either of them. I would like to switch the data.. So the SSD data goes to HDD and HDD data to SSD. How can I do this? Are there any popular working methods?

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1 minute ago, berny22 said:

I have 2 laptops. One has an SSD and other has an HDD (my main one). I would like to switch them but without removing the data from either of them. I would like to switch the data.. So the SSD data goes to HDD and HDD data to SSD. How can I do this? Are there any popular working methods?

Mirror the drives, get a 3rd and 4th drives mirror 1 on the 3 and 2 on the 4. Finally you mirror 3 on the 2 and 4 on the 1 and da da.

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Highly recommended to do a fresh windows install if you are going from SSD to HDD. You will also definitely need a 3rd hard drive with enough space to store the important DATA (not programs) from the drives while you are re-installing.

When in doubt, re-format.

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12 minutes ago, pwn_intended said:

Highly recommended to do a fresh windows install if you are going from SSD to HDD. You will also definitely need a 3rd hard drive with enough space to store the important DATA (not programs) from the drives while you are re-installing.

This is exactly what I'm avoiding. Is there really no other way.

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PSU - PHANTEKS REVOLT PRO 1000W 80 PLUS GOLD

SSD #1 - CORSAIR SN850 1TB

SSD #2 - CORSAIR SN850X 4TB

SSD #3 - INTEL 660p 2TB

CASE - PHANTEKS ECLIPSE P500A D-RGB

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1 minute ago, berny22 said:

This is exactly what I'm avoiding. Is there really no other way.

Well you will NEED a third drive in order to shuffle data between them. You can use cloning software to do this such as CloneZilla (a bit advanced) or something like Acronis in order to not have to do a clean reinstall of windows. There are tons of tools out there to help you do this, but if you are already going to be re-imaging the drives, a clean install makes sense to do.

When in doubt, re-format.

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