How can I transfer everything from a 3.5 drive to a 2.5" SSD??

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Hello,

I've currently got a 3.5" drive with Windows XP installed along with all my bits and pieces that have been installed over the last few months.

I don't really want to mess around re-installing stuff and going through everything.

Whats the best way to get everything from the 3.5" drive to a new 2.5" SSD??

Thanks
Mark
 
apple_man77 said:
Hello,

I've currently got a 3.5" drive with Windows XP installed along with all my bits and pieces that have been installed over the last few months.

I don't really want to mess around re-installing stuff and going through everything.

Whats the best way to get everything from the 3.5" drive to a new 2.5" SSD??

Thanks
Mark
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same here please, just with windows 7.
 
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rexehuk said:
Hmm ACRONIS disk image your C:\ plug in your SSD as D:\ and format it to NTFS then do a restore to the D:\

Might be other ways with free software, but that's what I'd do.
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Any things like a transfer kit you get with the kingston series?
but for the new modern ssd's
 
Another option is booting into DOS via a floppy disk (do those still exist? :P)

And using the following (someone double check this for me)

xcopy C:\ D:\ /a /e /h /v

/v might not be available if you're using a 98 boot, just verifies files that are written.

Ofcourse the SSD will need to be NTFS, so format it beforehand or in the DOS using FDISK.
 
You are remembering that DOS can't read or write to NTFS partitions?

True Image is by far the easiest way of doing it.
 
Windows 7's own disk imaging/backup software. Image to a spare drive and then restore to the new SSD.
 
get Gparted, it's a linux based USB stick distribution that does all that.
If you're terribly afraid of linux, get Acronis true image.
 
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