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devout wadi Nov 8, 2023, 4:21 PM

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Just bought a new larger SSD for my laptop and want to clone my current drive to it, can someone please recommend a good, free, easy to use cloning software to use?

hollow yacht Nov 8, 2023, 4:22 PM

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um....dont clone

devout wadi Nov 8, 2023, 4:35 PM

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How should I copy the data from one drive to the other then?

fading arrow Nov 8, 2023, 5:10 PM

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devout wadi How should I copy the data from one drive to the other then?

dont use cloaning programs get a exteral sata/m.2/drive connector to usb

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something like this

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works great i have used

hollow yacht Nov 8, 2023, 5:11 PM

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devout wadi How should I copy the data from one drive to the other then?

just install windows onto the larger ssd. then (making sure you select the correct boot device), boot up on the new install, mount the old windows files partition, and copy the data over

hollow yacht Nov 8, 2023, 5:12 PM

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fading arrow something like this

assuming its 2.5"

fading arrow Nov 8, 2023, 5:12 PM

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hollow yacht assuming its 2.5"

yeah

devout wadi Nov 8, 2023, 5:13 PM

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It's an M.2 drive and I have an enclosure coming, but I want to copy my OS drive over so I don't have to spend days reinstalling programs

fading arrow Nov 8, 2023, 5:13 PM

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i have used to transfer data from hdd to ssd

fading arrow Nov 8, 2023, 5:13 PM

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devout wadi It's an M.2 drive and I have an enclosure coming, but I want to copy my OS drive...

programs may not work i think

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correct me if i am wrong

hollow yacht Nov 8, 2023, 5:13 PM

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devout wadi It's an M.2 drive and I have an enclosure coming, but I want to copy my OS drive...

its better to reinstall everything. cloned windows can be fine, but when it isnt, everything goes wrong. things you didnt know could go wrong, go wrong

fading arrow Nov 8, 2023, 5:13 PM

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yeah

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for m.2 buy something like this

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and yeah i suggest you reinstall everything

devout wadi Nov 8, 2023, 5:16 PM

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I have this coming

fading arrow Nov 8, 2023, 5:16 PM

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cloned windows i would not recommend as i heard my friend bricked his drive or smtg so yeah

hollow yacht Nov 8, 2023, 5:16 PM

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its a bit of a pain, but in the end, you'll know everything will work. and its not worth risking everything going wrong

fading arrow Nov 8, 2023, 5:16 PM

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devout wadi I have this coming

great

devout wadi Nov 8, 2023, 5:16 PM

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I want to use my old one as a small media drive

hollow yacht Nov 8, 2023, 5:17 PM

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fading arrow cloned windows i would not recommend as i heard my friend bricked his drive or s...

yep, as i said, when something goes wrong, everything goes wrong

fading arrow Nov 8, 2023, 5:17 PM

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devout wadi I want to use my old one as a small media drive

yeah can be done

hollow yacht Nov 8, 2023, 5:17 PM

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yeah, thats easy. just a quick foramt after copying everything over

fading arrow Nov 8, 2023, 5:19 PM

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when i changed my bootdrive from the hdd to ssd i got a windows installer on a 16 gig pendrive and used it to install windows and formated the hdd after the data transfer

hollow yacht Nov 8, 2023, 5:20 PM

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^steps for OP to do, right there

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