Posted April 21, 2017 Hello everyone, I looked around the forum for a solution but I think my problem is somewhat unique, if this has been solved please point me to it. This is how my storage is set up: I'm running a dual boot system with 2 Windows installed, Disk 0 is almost full and it's split into 3 partitions where Windows is installed in (C:), Steam and Origin are installed in (G:) and I have steam libraries in (G:), (X:) and recently (T:) and some Origin games installed in (X:) and I also have applications installed all over the place. The other Windows is installed in Disk 2 (W:). What I would like to do is to move the Windows installed in (C:) to a new SSD without losing dual boot and without messing with my Steam/Origin/applications I have installed. So the question is what is the best way to achieve this objective? Thanks in advance! P.S. Both Windows are Windows 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 22, 2017 well if your just using the bios to pick the boot drive, you can just clone over the 160gb to the ssd easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 22, 2017 Author @Electronics Wizardy I don't have any experience with cloning SSDs or HDDs, so I'm worried about the partitions and how it's done. Do you have any recommended software I should use? and what if I try cloning the SSD and it doesn't work, will putting back the old SSD bring everything back to normal or will there be any problems with for example the registry... etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 22, 2017 Just now, saudffs said: @Electronics Wizardy I don't have any experience with cloning SSDs or HDDs, so I'm worried about the partitions and how it's done. Do you have any recommended software I should use? and what if I try cloning the SSD and it doesn't work, will putting back the old SSD bring everything back to normal or will there be any problems with for example the registry... etc? I normally use dd on linux to clone. It will do a perfect block to block clone. The system won't know anything changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 22, 2017 Author @Electronics Wizardy What if I get a 250GB SSD or larger, what would happen to the rest of the space? can I use dd to make C: larger? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 22, 2017 12 minutes ago, saudffs said: @Electronics Wizardy What if I get a 250GB SSD or larger, what would happen to the rest of the space? can I use dd to make C: larger? It would be unused. You would then need to expand the partitions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 22, 2017 Author @Electronics Wizardy Expand it using Windows disk management I assume, right? would I be able to expand G: as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 22, 2017 3 minutes ago, saudffs said: @Electronics Wizardy Expand it using Windows disk management I assume, right? would I be able to expand G: as well? You will only be able to extend the partition at the end of the drive, so G. In the future, id keep your drives as one big partition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 22, 2017 Author Is there a way to extend C: though? because that's the reason I want to move to a new SSD. Trust me, that's a mistake I learned a long time ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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