Moving The OS To A Differnt SSD

[Jacob11991]

I have a 55gb SSD and just bought a brand new 256gb SSD. Can someone please tell what is needed to do to move the OS the the bigger SSD

Thanks,
Jacob

 

[onichikun]

I have a 55gb SSD and just bought a brand new 256gb SSD. Can someone please tell what is needed to do to move the OS the the bigger SSD

Thanks,
Jacob

if running linux on a different drive:
dd if=/dev/sdX of=/dev/sdY bs=512 conv=noerror,sync
where X and Y are your drive letters.

If not, download a linux live CD like: http://clonezilla.org/

 

[digitaldoc]

You have two options:

1- Clone the old drive over to the new one using software such as Clonezilla. Up front, this is simpler, and if your PC runs well you may get away with it.

2- Do a fresh install of Windows onto the new drive. You will need to separately bring your data over, and all your data.

While either can work, I would recommend option 2, which is what I did when I got an SSD some months back. You will end up with a fully updated and fresh install of Windows that will work better with less driver issues.