Moving from a 1TB HDD to a 500GB SSD, how well does the Samsung migration software work?

[Johnny12]

I am looking to purchase a 500GB Samsung 850 EVO drive to speed up my gaming pc. I currently have a 1TB drive which only has around 200GB used but I definitely plan on using more. I was wondering IF the Samsung Migration software will be able to clone all of my data onto this SSD. I am only asking because I once had a problem while using Windows 7 to clone data from a 2TB drive to a 1TB drive because the partitions were not the same size. In the end I hope to then use my 1TB drive to backup everything. Thanks for reading the post!

TL;DR - Can I copy all of the contents of my 1TB drive which is only 200GB full to a 500GB SSD using the samsung migration software without running into problems with partition sizings.

Edit: I found on a few unofficial websites that this is possible, but do not have a confirmation, can anyone confirm that you can change to a smaller drive?

 

[celtic_warrior99]

I did this. But from a 320gb had to a 120gb ssd. But I used EaseUS Todo backup program. I can confirm it worked 100% perfectly.

 

[ClickityTip]

I can confirm that the Samsung Program is the best IMO, it worked to recover files and then when I swapped the drives, since all index files were copied perfectly, it turned on and started up the same.

 

[celtic_warrior99]

OK cool. Glad it was resolved!

 

[ClickityTip]

Sorry that came off as an answer but in fact, I am NOT the OP, I was only posting my experience down this street.

 

[celtic_warrior99]

Haha oh OK. I misread. Well I'm surr to open would have fixed his problem by now.

 

[celtic_warrior99]

Hopefully he's fixed his problem by now. disregard by last post auto-correct messed it up.