SSD question

[emexes]

3.5hrs to clone the disk

My first thought on reading that was: how many compiles is it going to take to get that 3.5 hours of your life back?

while windows was still running.

but then I was impressed by this (assuming the computer was still usable). What program did you use?

 

[rabbitBUSH]

but what I'm reading is:

Yup - reason seems to be obvious . . . if the destination is smaller than the source the liquid overflows . . . so not really a limitation but a reality . . .

 

[rabbitBUSH]

clone the disk while windows was still running.

like to live dangerously do you ????

 

[Daestrum]

What program did you use?

AOMEI Backupper (paid version)

like to live dangerously do you ????

Worst case if it had failed I would have just switched back to the original HDD and tried again. There was no chance of data loss as it never deleted anything from the HDD.

 

[Daestrum]

if the destination is smaller than the source the liquid overflows . . . so not really a limitation but a reality . . .

That software I used didn't do a bit copy it only copies actual used data size, probably why it had to read all the files and hence took so long. As long as the used size is less than the new SSD size it was happy. It also copied the 2 hidden recovery partitions too.l

 

[Reinaldo]

OK this may sound a noob question but not having installed an SSD before I need some reassurance I haven't wasted my money.

I purchased an SSD kit (a 500GB + all cables + carrier)
My used space on my current system drive is only ~360GB.
The SSD will be in addition to the existing drive.

Now the actual question
Do I just clone the existing drive (C) onto the SSD after it's been fitted and formatted, then change the boot disk in bios?

Acronis True Image, it's do you need it.