how do i replace a 500GB HDD into a 500GB SSD?

[striiker]

All tutorials i find are of moving a 500gb or something HDD into a smaller ssd. and it confuses me.

i have a 500gb ssd which i just want to move everyhting over and use that as my main C: drive. whats the process i do and how can i make sure its seen as the C drive ?


any links to a tutorial for this or video or anything really is helpful, thanks.

 

[GhislainG]

That's even easier since the complete hard disk can be cloned to the SSD. What tool is available from the SSD manufacturer? http://www.maximumpc.com/how_clone_hard_drive_or_ssd_2014

 

[striiker]

I dont think any software comes with the corsair ssd i got.

But its the problem after having this drive cloned knowing.what to do and make sure the ssd is c drive and not a later one and how to boot from it.

 

[GhislainG]

Once cloned you need to set the SSD as the boot drive instead of the HDD (presuming you'll keep the HDD). Using Acronis http://www.acronis.com/en-us/personal/pc-backup/ (Free Trial) is easier than Clonezilla.

Edit: You could also download "Corsair SSD Toolbox" from http://www.corsair.com/en-us/support/downloads and use the Clone option.

 

[a3ilson]

There is a variety of free (open source) tools. I have utilized TRK (Trinity Resource Disk) to clone over ethernet - if you have a spare computer this would be a option. Another would be Hiren's Boot CD which contains a variety of cloning tools. Finally, this could be accomplished utilizing the DD command with linux/unix.

If it were me; I would do a clean/fresh install.

 

[striiker]

my bad, its actually a crucial. im about to try cloning using one of these free tools and use my bios to change to boot drive

 

[GhislainG]

Crucial provide info on cloning using Acronis True Image: http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/support-ssd