SSD imaging

Genoma · 21 Jun 2012 at 17:37

Hi guys, I'm planning in upgrading my 128GB M4 to a 256GB drive - I assume imaging the current drive with Trueimage (or equivalent) should work OK given I'm just moving to a bigger drive?

Anyone tried this?

TIA

wazza300 · 21 Jun 2012 at 17:39

macrium reflect or paragon migrate,its easier to clone your current ssd to your new ssd,its a perfect bootable copy

JonSmith · 21 Jun 2012 at 17:57

I used macrium reflect to clone a 40GB partition onto my new 120GB SSD. Just a couple of things first. You want to install and initialise the new drive and then use the clone option in macrium reflect to the new drive. You can then use disk management in windows to expand the partition to fill the remaining space. After this, unplug your old disk and reboot, making sure the correct disk is set to boot in the bios options.

lurkio · 21 Jun 2012 at 18:05

yep acronis will do that for you fine

Genoma · 21 Jun 2012 at 18:44

thanks just wanted to check as I heard horror stories regarding imaging to SSDs, I would expect problems doing this from a HDD to a SSD, but not from a SSD to a larger SSD.

JonSmith · 21 Jun 2012 at 20:36

Genoma said:
thanks just wanted to check as I heard horror stories regarding imaging to SSDs, I would expect problems doing this from a HDD to a SSD, but not from a SSD to a larger SSD.

The only barrier is partition size, as long as it is smaller than the target drive it's pretty straightforward. My 40GB partition was actually on a 500GB seagate HDD.