Spec me.... some HDD cloning software

DazQ87 · 1 May 2012 at 17:03

OK guys, I got myself a 128GB M4 to replace my 64GB C300 as my boot drive (Only with space for diablo 3 and GW2

). Ultimatly I want the C300 to go in my laptop with my student copy of W7.

Now I really cant be bothered to re-install my OS especially as I have my PC set up how I like it. Is there a piece of free (or cheap) software avalible that I could use to create an exact image of my current drive and transpose onto my new drive. Thus allowing my to take my C300 out and run of the M4 as if nothing has happend (only with the addition of 64GBs of extra free space).

I know a clean install is probably better but I have everything the way I like it and would prefer to keep it all as it is.

wazza300 · 1 May 2012 at 17:31

paragon migrate is the best ive used,acronis true image gave an error when i tried to clone an ssd but works fine cloning hdd's

welshdragon · 1 May 2012 at 21:41

Macrium Reflect - free version

Philtor · 1 May 2012 at 21:46

Another vote for Macrium reflect. Great bit of software.

DazQ87 · 1 May 2012 at 22:04

Cheers guys I will give that a look over the weekend

DazQ87 · 2 May 2012 at 13:09

Turns out I dont have AHCI enabled on this board (which is strange because I swear I turned it on!) so its going to have to be a clean install unless anybody knows of a magical fix for it.
I had a go a turning it on and got an error about missing boot manager or something :/

wazza300 · 2 May 2012 at 13:11

read this guide,or click the and download the reg file,click and run it,reboot into bios set to ahci mode save/exit boot into windows,ahci drivers will be installed and thats it

http://www.ithinkdiff.com/how-to-enable-ahci-in-windows-7-rc-after-installation/

no need to reinstall windows,works fine ive used it many times

DazQ87 · 2 May 2012 at 13:23

you absolute beauty

wazza300 · 2 May 2012 at 13:26

you should see much faster performance in ahci mode with an ssd

DazQ87 · 2 May 2012 at 13:36

I'll say, my ATTO benchmark was up by 60-70 MB/s

DazQ87 · 2 May 2012 at 20:10

Just an update, did a full disk clone using Macrium reflect. First time i forgot to copy the 100MB system reserved partition which made the system refuse to boot (aparantly the boot manager is in that partition

) had a second go and all is perfect.

Thanks all.