New SSD

joedeath332 · 27 Feb 2016 at 16:39

I am thinking on changing the 500gb hard drive in my laptop to a 250 GB ssd , is it possible for me to use some software to make and image of the old drive then transfer it to the new SSD to save me from having to reformat the laptop. the new SSD is smaller than the current installed drive is this possible to do and if so how ?

BTW atm there is only like 100 gb used on the old Hard drive as the laptop is not used for much.

joedeath332 · 29 Feb 2016 at 13:37

melvis said:
you can use something like Clonezilla, but personally id just backup the appdata folders for the Apps you want to keep (browser/email/etc) and copy them to your fresh install, will be much quicker and a nice clean windows install too.

I would usually do that for a desktop but this is a laptop with auto resume , recovery partition etc.

joedeath332 · 29 Feb 2016 at 13:39

KIA said:
Macrium Reflect.

That sounds ideal . Does the free version allow me to clone a 500gb drive ( 100gb used ) then resize to fit say a 250gb ssd ...
If so happy days

joedeath332 · 29 Feb 2016 at 13:40

zangetsu19 said:
AOMEI Backupper. seems work alright

If magnum reflect can not do the job I'll try this.

joedeath332 · 29 Feb 2016 at 18:51

KIA said:
Yes. The used space must not exceed the size of the new drive.

It will be fine then as currently the used space is 100GB , and i plan to install a 250GB SSD , so happy day,, thanks

joedeath332 · 9 Mar 2016 at 23:09

KIA said:
Macrium Reflect.

Thanks KIA got my new SSD today and the software worked flawlessly , and was easy to use, Thanks