Question What are the steps to replace SSD with OS and programs?

[Lemond2023]

I have SSD with OS (Win10) and programs. But this SSD is getting slow. So I want to replace this SSD with a new faster SSD. What are the steps to proceed?

 

[USAFRet]

I have SSD with OS (Win10) and programs. But this SSD is getting slow. So I want to replace this SSD with a new faster SSD. What are the steps to proceed?

What motherboard?
What SSD is the current one?
What are you considering changing to?


Answers to those questions may lead to a real cloning process.

 

[hotaru.hino]

The only way I can think of the SSD is getting slow is either:

• It's so old (like 7+ years) that you've managed to wear out the flash cells and the controller is having trouble finding good ones
• The SSD is over 90% full

See if cleaning things up improves its speed. Otherwise, if you just want to throw in a new SSD in the system:

• If you have an available port for the SSD
  • Buy something with the same capacity or larger
  • Plug the new SSD into one of the ports
  • Use a cloning software like Marcium Reflect or check if the manufacturer has a data migration tool
  • Uninstall the old SSD
  • Boot into the new one to verify things are good
  • If everything's good, you can install the old SSD back in and reformat it
• If you don't have an available port for the SSD, you can use a USB adapter to do the above

 

[geofelt]

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