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As above, just bought a brand new pc with a 1tb hdd fitted, ive bought a 240gb ssd to use as the main operating drive.I need advice on how to clone the 1tb hdd to the ssd.Is it easy and is there any step by step guides shown how to do this including which clone software I need .
Thanks for your time
What PC have you bought? Is it Windows 10?
Personally I prefer to clean install the OS, particularly if swapping and HDD to SSD as there was a time where the sector alignment was an issue but I am sure software overcomes this now. On the one occasion I tried to migrate an HDD it failed but you can always try this as I find Easeus software to be pretty good:
https://www.easeus.com/backup-utilit...10-to-ssd.html
I am guessing you dont have more than 240gb on the 1TB.
I have used Paragon in the past https://www.paragon-software.com/home/
You can usually find a copy in the usual places
just boot into Paragon via usb and have the ssd as a slave and copy over ;-)
I would personally use M$ Imagex and capture a wim.
Thanks alot all
Yes 1tb has less than 240gb used and new pc has windows 10
Im going to check out the advice you've given
And get back if I get stuck
If it's an OEM machine such as a Dell it may even have a factory image you can create recovery media from.
elbysoft did a clonedrive program but cant seem to find it on their website.
that worked a treat for cloning drives (has a sheeps cartoon logo on it)
I use Macrium Reflect, like the others pretty much point click and then swap them over.