Migrate OS to ssd?

[R3dAlert93]

Hi there! I trying to figure out how to move the whole of my windows 10 from my 5 year old 500GB ssd to my 1TB ssd. Is there an easy way to transfer the files onto my 1TB ssd or do i need some sort of 3rd party program???

[SWEDISHPORNSTYLE]

https://www.acronis.com/en-eu/lp/personal/sem/?gclid=Cj0KCQiA3NX_BRDQARIsALA3fIKfnPfnARIhG5IfPtZvfpt9D10NPXr8skVFh8W4STpA4NmvtKdbI-UaApOWEALw_wcB

Clone in OS

OR buying this docking station : https://i-tec.pro/produkt/u3clonedock/

You can only clone from a smaller one to a larger one

[R3dAlert93]

ZONERe' lähetti viestin:

https://www.acronis.com/en-eu/lp/personal/sem/?gclid=Cj0KCQiA3NX_BRDQARIsALA3fIKfnPfnARIhG5IfPtZvfpt9D10NPXr8skVFh8W4STpA4NmvtKdbI-UaApOWEALw_wcB

Clone in OS

OR buying this docking station : https://i-tec.pro/produkt/u3clonedock/

You can only clone from a smaller one to a larger one

So docking station will transfer my windows 10 copy to a 1TB ssd???

[R3dAlert93]

ZONERe' lähetti viestin:

https://www.acronis.com/en-eu/lp/personal/sem/?gclid=Cj0KCQiA3NX_BRDQARIsALA3fIKfnPfnARIhG5IfPtZvfpt9D10NPXr8skVFh8W4STpA4NmvtKdbI-UaApOWEALw_wcB

Clone in OS

OR buying this docking station : https://i-tec.pro/produkt/u3clonedock/

You can only clone from a smaller one to a larger one

Larger one meaning bigger space or size of drive???

[SWEDISHPORNSTYLE]

Bring3rOfPain495 lähetti viestin:

ZONERe' lähetti viestin:

https://www.acronis.com/en-eu/lp/personal/sem/?gclid=Cj0KCQiA3NX_BRDQARIsALA3fIKfnPfnARIhG5IfPtZvfpt9D10NPXr8skVFh8W4STpA4NmvtKdbI-UaApOWEALw_wcB

Clone in OS

OR buying this docking station : https://i-tec.pro/produkt/u3clonedock/

You can only clone from a smaller one to a larger one

Larger one meaning bigger space or size of drive???

yea, yea windows 10 will be cloned 1:1 but the hdd partition will be reduced to 500GB and 500GB


::: Larger one meaning bigger space or size of drive???::: the target must be larger in capacity

[Bad 💀 Motha]

You just connect the SSD as a secondary drive, either via M2, SATA, or via USB.
Docking Station is just a simple hot-plug capable way to connect any SATA drive via USB.
You still require 3rd party Drive Clone Software; which should be available freely through the SSD makers website. At which it would allow you to fully clone your entire OS Drive to the New SSD. Once completed, shutdown the system properly, then once off, disconnect the OS Drive, hookup the SSD to where you'd want it to always be, then power on the system and enter the BIOS and ensure the SSD is the only set boot device. Then save & exit the BIOS and it should boot your OS from SSD now. Everything will be as you had it on the old OS Drive.

If the current OS Drive is to a point where the Used Space is more then the capacity of the new SSD, move large loose files off the HDD to a backup drive on other secondary drive, in order to free up space. As the Clone can't take place if the OS Drive Used Space is larger then the capacity of the new drive you are cloning to.

Please take into consideration what a drives formatted size is, not whats marked on the specs.
500GB formatted = approx 465GB actual
1TB formatted = approx 931GB actual
2TB formatted = approx 1.81TB actual

[R3dAlert93]

I have a 500GB ssd with windows 10 installed on it and have a new 1TB ssd that is empty.

[buttmunch]

you should just reinstall it. windows gets bloated every time it updates anyway. download new ISO from microsoft website and make a bootable usb stick... why wouldnt you do that? its always the better option with windows at least....... Or you can switch to linux and be a happy man.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Windows bloat is easily taken care of a few ways.

> Run Disk Cleanup via the Run as Admin option, select every box except for "Downloads" and click OK to wipe. Do this once a month, or after you've installed Windows Updates and rebooted. DO NOT run this tool or wipe anything if any Windows Updates are currently in progress. And if any are applying, make you reboot at least twice afterwards to ensure its all done before running such cleanup tool. This tool will allow user to rid the C Drive of any extra left-overs from "Windows.old" folder structure as well as all of the download cache from Windows Updates.

> Set a size for System Restore on C Drive. For other Drives, disable it. About once every 3 months or as you deem needed, dump all the system restore points (you can do that via Disk Cleanup tool). Once all restore points are dumped, manually make a new one yourself so you have a known working restore point to fall back on if need-be.

> Before doing a Windows Feature Update, download the latest version of DDU and run that, enter Safe Mode, then wipe all Drivers that it allows you to wipe. Then reboot and perform the WFU to get Win10 updated to latest version/build. Once that is done and no further WU are available that are to do with Hotfix, Critical, or Security. Then download all the latest Drivers for everything to do with your Motherboard and GPU and install them all. Reboot when done and/or as needed until all done.

Linux is not some magic wand. It has its ups and downs. And many times you do reach a certain point with any Linux distro where it simply refuses to update to the latest version, and thus may require a clean install of the latest build in order to keep your PC on the latest version.

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Titanium Nutsack lähetti viestin:

you should just reinstall it. windows gets bloated every time it updates anyway. download new ISO from microsoft website and make a bootable usb stick... why wouldnt you do that? its always the better option with windows at least....... Or you can switch to linux and be a happy man.

Can't be asked since it is a hassle to install everything again and get it set up.

[R3dAlert93]

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Bring3rOfPain495 lähetti viestin:

Larger one meaning bigger space or size of drive???

yea, yea windows 10 will be cloned 1:1 but the hdd partition will be reduced to 500GB and 500GB


::: Larger one meaning bigger space or size of drive???::: the target must be larger in capacity

Sorry, is this one alright to buy or does it have to be a specific one for my 2 samsung SSD's???

https://www.amazon.co.uk/FIDECO-Docking-Station-Aluminum-External/dp/B075TZJMWW/ref=sr_1_7?dchild=1&keywords=USB+3.0+SATA+HDD+Docking+Station&qid=1610021372&s=computers&sr=1-7

Also... these are the ssd models i own just to be sure.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-MZ-76E500B-EU-Solid-State/dp/B078WQT6S6/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=samsung+ssd&qid=1610021155&s=computers&sr=1-1

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Bring3rOfPain495 lähetti viestin:

Titanium Nutsack lähetti viestin:

you should just reinstall it. windows gets bloated every time it updates anyway. download new ISO from microsoft website and make a bootable usb stick... why wouldnt you do that? its always the better option with windows at least....... Or you can switch to linux and be a happy man.

Can't be asked since it is a hassle to install everything again and get it set up.

How so? Unless you have a very slow ISP, redoing any PC with clean OS and latest Drivers and reinstalling all your Apps shouldn't take more then a day to complete.

Once you have your various Game Clients installed back onto C Drive, the games you have on other Drives can be seen again and verified or repaired just to double-check them before launching again.

You'll also want to install all of the following if using Windows OS...
> DirectX Redist June 2010 Runtimes
> Visual C++ Runtimes; 2005, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2019; both X86 and X64 versions of each.
> NET Framework; and if needed ASP and XNA Frameworks. NET and ASP Frameworks are installed onto a Win10 PC by going to the classic Control Panel > Programs and Features > Turn Windows Features On/Off. Tick the needed boxes, click OK and then click "Get via Windows Updates"
> Latest available Vulkan Runtime

[R3dAlert93]

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Bring3rOfPain495 lähetti viestin:

Can't be asked since it is a hassle to install everything again and get it set up.

How so? Unless you have a very slow ISP, redoing any PC with clean OS and latest Drivers and reinstalling all your Apps shouldn't take more then a day to complete.

Once you have your various Game Clients installed back onto C Drive, the games you have on other Drives can be seen again and verified or repaired just to double-check them before launching again.

You'll also want to install all of the following if using Windows OS...
> DirectX Redist June 2010 Runtimes
> Visual C++ Runtimes; 2005, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2019; both X86 and X64 versions of each.
> NET Framework; and if needed ASP and XNA Frameworks. NET and ASP Frameworks are installed onto a Win10 PC by going to the classic Control Panel > Programs and Features > Turn Windows Features On/Off. Tick the needed boxes, click OK and then click "Get via Windows Updates"
> Latest available Vulkan Runtime

No worries, I just brought myself a cloning station. Now i will just need to know how to frigging use it and get it all set up and how to make my clone version of windows 10 work on my 1TB ssd.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Clone station? Explain what you mean?

Unless it is a 3.5 inch drive, all you need for any 2.5 inch drive is a simple adapter cable; if needing to do the transfer to the new drive externally.

Then use free clone software that allows "Entire Disk Clone" not just partition cloning, as this will not work if using that method for an OS Drive, as it won't include the boot sector and such. Free clone software is offer by all the major drive makers. Best is to just use the one offered by the maker of whatever your new drive is, as most of them only allow limited function while being free-ware, and usually only allow you to clone Old OS Drive to New Drive.

Once an entire disk clone has been completed, shutdown the PC, unhook the old OS Drive, hookup the new drive. If you still need to use what was the old OS drive, then hook this up, but after SATA-0 port. Put the OS Drive on SATA-0 if we are talking about a SATA Drive. If it's an M2 drive then install this into the top-most M2 slot closest to the CPU. Soon as you power the system back on again, enter the BIOS and ensure that the drive model that is now your new OS Drive, is the only boot device.

[R3dAlert93]

Bad 💀 Motha lähetti viestin:

Clone station? Explain what you mean?

Unless it is a 3.5 inch drive, all you need for any 2.5 inch drive is a simple adapter cable; if needing to do the transfer to the new drive externally.

Then use free clone software that allows "Entire Disk Clone" not just partition cloning, as this will not work if using that method for an OS Drive, as it won't include the boot sector and such. Free clone software is offer by all the major drive makers. Best is to just use the one offered by the maker of whatever your new drive is, as most of them only allow limited function while being free-ware, and usually only allow you to clone Old OS Drive to New Drive.

Once an entire disk clone has been completed, shutdown the PC, unhook the old OS Drive, hookup the new drive. If you still need to use what was the old OS drive, then hook this up, but after SATA-0 port. Put the OS Drive on SATA-0 if we are talking about a SATA Drive. If it's an M2 drive then install this into the top-most M2 slot closest to the CPU. Soon as you power the system back on again, enter the BIOS and ensure that the drive model that is now your new OS Drive, is the only boot device.

Sorry docking station that clones windows 10 from my current ssd 500GB to my 1TB ssd

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Well I hoped it wasn't more then maybe $10.
But regardless of what dock, enclosure or adapter cable you use to connect your drive, you will still require Cloning Software to actually do anything.