Question Upgrading existing SSD

[dirtydancin]

So I just bought a new ssd and I was wondering how would I switch out my old one with the new one without losing any information/files from the old ssd? Should i just try and move everything to my d drive and then move everything back or is that even possible or is there an easier way of doing this. Please let me know. Thank you.

 

[dirtydancin]

Is this a desktop?
Do you have some other drive...external or internal, with about 100GB free space?

i have an internal hdd thats a 1tb

 

[USAFRet]

i have an internal hdd thats a 1tb

So see and follow my steps above.

https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/upgrading-existing-ssd.3742285/#post-22563587

 

[dirtydancin]

Also, can you post a screencap of your Disk Management window.
Upload your pic to imgur.com and post the link here.

I ran the benchmark using userbenchmark and it said that my pc runs below expectations

 

[dirtydancin]

So see and follow my steps above.

https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/upgrading-existing-ssd.3742285/#post-22563587

I am confused by the steps because I dont know how to use macrium, is there any videos or visuals to help guide with this?

 

[dirtydancin]

So see and follow my steps above.

https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/upgrading-existing-ssd.3742285/#post-22563587

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElJJ5Sl4DoQ

Would this video work well?

 

[USAFRet]

I am confused by the steps because I dont know how to use macrium, is there any videos or visuals to help guide with this?

Have you installed that application and just walked through those steps?

I don't have a "video", but those steps are pretty basic.

 

[dirtydancin]

You can run this benchmark it will show everything including your exact motherboard.
Post a link to the results.

Home - UserBenchmark

So i did the userbenchmark and it stated that both my seagate barracuda 1tb, unknown ssd 128gb, and nvidia rtx 2060 are all running below their potential, is there anyway to fix this problem and increase their performance?

 

[USAFRet]

So i did the userbenchmark and it stated that both my seagate barracuda 1tb, unknown ssd 128gb, and nvidia rtx 2060 are all running below their potential, is there anyway to fix this problem and increase their performance?

Ignore that userbenchmark result.
That was just to possibly identify your hardware.

 

[USAFRet]

Would this video work well?

Describe, in your own words, what that video is telling you to do.

 

[dirtydancin]

Describe, in your own words, what that video is telling you to do.

From what I can remember from the video. You first have to put your new ssd in the enclosure and then download macrium
Then initialize the new ssd using disk management and make sure GPT is selected
Then do the entire cloning process where you move the old ssd information/c drive onto the newer external ssd within the enclosure.
After that you would have to remove the old ssd from your pc and then put in the new ssd.
Everything should work perfectly fine after doing all of this.
And to add the rest of the storage you could use macrium to do so.
Sorry Im not the best at explaining but the guy in the video made things very simple and I just wanted to make sure this was a correct way to transfer old ssd info onto a new one. Since my ssd contains all the important things such as windows.

 

[USAFRet]

Well...my steps above, you do not need an enclosure.
Click click, you could be done in a hour.


Or, you can order an enclosure, wait a couple of days for it to show up, and do it the way he suggests.

 

[dirtydancin]

Well...my steps above, you do not need an enclosure.
Click click, you could be done in a hour.


Or, you can order an enclosure, wait a couple of days for it to show up, and do it the way he suggests.

Okay I think ill end up doing it the way you explained to make things quick and easy, but thank you for the help I greatly appreciate it. Have a happy new years.

 

[Lafong]

If your internal 1 TB hard drive has at least 70 or 80 gb free space, you can use Macrium imaging if Macrium cloning fails. Use whichever works. If one fails,, use the other.

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