[SOLVED] Whats the best way to migrate data from HDD to SSD

[Mr.Maggot]

I am soon upgrading from a WD Blue 7200RPM HDD to a Samsung 970 Pro NVME SSD and was wondering what is the best way to migrate all my data my old boot drive (HDD) to my new drive (SSD). Is there a program that can do this?

Thanks to anyone who can help

Edit: Both of the drives are 1tb

 

[USAFRet]

How much space is consumed on your current drive?
If under 800GB, mostly, just like this:

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Specific steps for a successful clone operation:
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Verify the actual used space on the current drive is significantly below the size of the new SSD
Download and install Macrium Reflect (or Samsung Data Migration, if a Samsung SSD)
Power off
Disconnect ALL drives except the current C and the new SSD
Power up
Run the Macrium Reflect (or Samsung Data Migration)
Select ALL the partitions on the existing C drive
Click the 'Clone' button
Wait until it is done
When it finishes, power off
Disconnect ALL drives except for the new SSD
This is to allow the system to try to boot from ONLY the SSD
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Power up, and verify the BIOS boot order
If good, continue the power up

It should boot from the new drive, just like the old drive.
Maybe reboot a time or two, just to make sure.

If it works, and it should, all is good.

Later, reconnect the old drive and wipe all partitions on it.
This will probably require the commandline diskpart function, and the clean command.

Ask questions if anything is unclear.
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Also, read this for issues with going from a SATA drive to an NVMe drive:

Cloned to an NVMe M2 SSD and won't boot forum.macrium.com

 

[Mr.Maggot]

THANK YOU SO MUCH! Just got done with the data migration and after a few boot tests it all seems to be working fine!

 

[popatim]

Excellent news.
Thank you for letting us know.