Cloning a HD to a SSD

Hi all,

I have a pc with a C:-partition where Windows is installed (W7 32b,
partition size 97.7 GB). This is the 1st partition on the 1st HD, which
is bootable.
I recently purchased a pcie SSD-card (128 GB) which I want to use for
the Windows OS and which I want to be bootable. So I want to replace the
bootsector from the 1st HD and the content of the current C:-partition
to this new SSD, so I can use the current 1st HD for other purposes.
Ofcourse I can install Windows and all applications from scratch on the
new SSD, but I prefer to clone the current Windows OS and the boot
sector to this SSD. Can this be done? Which application do you advice?
Can I make this SSD bootable?

Thanks for your answers.

Fokke Nauta

Fokke Nauta wrote:
Hi all,

I have a pc with a C:-partition where Windows is installed (W7 32b,
partition size 97.7 GB). This is the 1st partition on the 1st HD, which
is bootable.
I recently purchased a pcie SSD-card (128 GB) which I want to use for
the Windows OS and which I want to be bootable. So I want to replace the
bootsector from the 1st HD and the content of the current C:-partition
to this new SSD, so I can use the current 1st HD for other purposes.
Ofcourse I can install Windows and all applications from scratch on the
new SSD, but I prefer to clone the current Windows OS and the boot
sector to this SSD. Can this be done? Which application do you advice?
Can I make this SSD bootable?

Thanks for your answers.

Fokke Nauta

I can think of a couple possibilities.

1) Macrium Reflect has a clone function. If it asks whether
you want the MBR copied, the answer would be "yes", plus you
want to clone the 97.7GB partition. I suppose it would
also depend on whether you have a one-partition or two-partition
Windows 7 installation. The two-partition kind, you must also
copy the SYSTEM RESERVED (no drive letter) partition.

2) The alternative, is to simply use "dd" to do it. Which is
the disk dump program available for Windows (as a port) and
available for Linux. By booting a Linux LiveCD in this case,
the other drives would be "not busy" and would be safe to
clone by doing a "dd" sector by sector copy operation.
I do stuff like this, for the fun of it :-)

I'd try the Macrium first, because it's a bit easier on the
brain. Both approaches use a boot CD. Macrium has a boot CD
(or you could clone while still in Windows for that matter -
Macrium uses VSS). Whereas, the Linux LiveCD is a boot CD, and
the "dd" included with every copy could do the job. The "dd"
method only makes good sense, if the partition(s) to be copied
are at the very beginning of the disk. It's easier that way.

sudo dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb bs=1048576 count=100000

My command there, would copy the first 104,857,600,000 bytes,
or slightly more than your 97.7GB. That's just a rough idea
of how much to copy. You can use the information at your
disposal, to figure out a more exact number if you want.
All you need to make sure, is you don't snip the end off
the 97.7GB partition by accident. I've done that once, with
some careless math, and left behind around 5MB or something :-)
It seemed funny at the time. When using dd, you can't be
too careful with the math.

*******

I'm surprised the PCIe SSD card didn't come with clone software.
Why not check the installer CD, for a software solution ?

Paul

On 21/07/2014 12:03, Paul wrote:
Fokke Nauta wrote:
Hi all,

I have a pc with a C:-partition where Windows is installed (W7 32b,
partition size 97.7 GB). This is the 1st partition on the 1st HD,
which is bootable.
I recently purchased a pcie SSD-card (128 GB) which I want to use for
the Windows OS and which I want to be bootable. So I want to replace
the bootsector from the 1st HD and the content of the current
C:-partition to this new SSD, so I can use the current 1st HD for
other purposes.
Ofcourse I can install Windows and all applications from scratch on
the new SSD, but I prefer to clone the current Windows OS and the boot
sector to this SSD. Can this be done? Which application do you advice?
Can I make this SSD bootable?

Thanks for your answers.

Fokke Nauta

I can think of a couple possibilities.

1) Macrium Reflect has a clone function. If it asks whether
you want the MBR copied, the answer would be "yes", plus you
want to clone the 97.7GB partition. I suppose it would
also depend on whether you have a one-partition or two-partition
Windows 7 installation. The two-partition kind, you must also
copy the SYSTEM RESERVED (no drive letter) partition.

2) The alternative, is to simply use "dd" to do it. Which is
the disk dump program available for Windows (as a port) and
available for Linux. By booting a Linux LiveCD in this case,
the other drives would be "not busy" and would be safe to
clone by doing a "dd" sector by sector copy operation.
I do stuff like this, for the fun of it :-)

I'd try the Macrium first, because it's a bit easier on the
brain. Both approaches use a boot CD. Macrium has a boot CD
(or you could clone while still in Windows for that matter -
Macrium uses VSS). Whereas, the Linux LiveCD is a boot CD, and
the "dd" included with every copy could do the job. The "dd"
method only makes good sense, if the partition(s) to be copied
are at the very beginning of the disk. It's easier that way.

sudo dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb bs=1048576 count=100000

My command there, would copy the first 104,857,600,000 bytes,
or slightly more than your 97.7GB. That's just a rough idea
of how much to copy. You can use the information at your
disposal, to figure out a more exact number if you want.
All you need to make sure, is you don't snip the end off
the 97.7GB partition by accident. I've done that once, with
some careless math, and left behind around 5MB or something :-)
It seemed funny at the time. When using dd, you can't be
too careful with the math.

*******

I'm surprised the PCIe SSD card didn't come with clone software.
Why not check the installer CD, for a software solution ?

Paul

Thanks, Paul.

The SSD card is not in my posession yet, I will collect it in the
afternoon. But I'll first check for the availability of a clone tool.
I do have a free copy of Macrium installed and use it for imaging the
C:-partition every month (in case of an hd failure).
I didn't see the cloning option. Perhaps I may need to purchase the full
version in case there is no clone tool with the SSD card.

I wasn't sure if this could be done, when comparing the different sector
structures on an hd and a SSD.

Fokke

Fokke Nauta said on 7/21/2014 6:50 AM:
On 21/07/2014 12:03, Paul wrote:
Fokke Nauta wrote:
Hi all,

I have a pc with a C:-partition where Windows is installed (W7 32b,
partition size 97.7 GB). This is the 1st partition on the 1st HD,
which is bootable.
I recently purchased a pcie SSD-card (128 GB) which I want to use for
the Windows OS and which I want to be bootable. So I want to replace
the bootsector from the 1st HD and the content of the current
C:-partition to this new SSD, so I can use the current 1st HD for
other purposes.
Ofcourse I can install Windows and all applications from scratch on
the new SSD, but I prefer to clone the current Windows OS and the boot
sector to this SSD. Can this be done? Which application do you advice?
Can I make this SSD bootable?

Thanks for your answers.

Fokke Nauta

I can think of a couple possibilities.

1) Macrium Reflect has a clone function. If it asks whether
you want the MBR copied, the answer would be "yes", plus you
want to clone the 97.7GB partition. I suppose it would
also depend on whether you have a one-partition or two-partition
Windows 7 installation. The two-partition kind, you must also
copy the SYSTEM RESERVED (no drive letter) partition.

2) The alternative, is to simply use "dd" to do it. Which is
the disk dump program available for Windows (as a port) and
available for Linux. By booting a Linux LiveCD in this case,
the other drives would be "not busy" and would be safe to
clone by doing a "dd" sector by sector copy operation.
I do stuff like this, for the fun of it :-)

I'd try the Macrium first, because it's a bit easier on the
brain. Both approaches use a boot CD. Macrium has a boot CD
(or you could clone while still in Windows for that matter -
Macrium uses VSS). Whereas, the Linux LiveCD is a boot CD, and
the "dd" included with every copy could do the job. The "dd"
method only makes good sense, if the partition(s) to be copied
are at the very beginning of the disk. It's easier that way.

sudo dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb bs=1048576 count=100000

My command there, would copy the first 104,857,600,000 bytes,
or slightly more than your 97.7GB. That's just a rough idea
of how much to copy. You can use the information at your
disposal, to figure out a more exact number if you want.
All you need to make sure, is you don't snip the end off
the 97.7GB partition by accident. I've done that once, with
some careless math, and left behind around 5MB or something :-)
It seemed funny at the time. When using dd, you can't be
too careful with the math.

*******

I'm surprised the PCIe SSD card didn't come with clone software.
Why not check the installer CD, for a software solution ?

Paul

Thanks, Paul.

The SSD card is not in my posession yet, I will collect it in the
afternoon. But I'll first check for the availability of a clone tool.
I do have a free copy of Macrium installed and use it for imaging the
C:-partition every month (in case of an hd failure).
I didn't see the cloning option. Perhaps I may need to purchase the full
version in case there is no clone tool with the SSD card.

I wasn't sure if this could be done, when comparing the different sector
structures on an hd and a SSD.

Fokke

I would note that you don't necessarily need a clone tool, even though
that IS what you want. You can use any image tool, make the image
someplace (and that's the biggest question) and then swap drives and put
the image back on the new drive. It's more steps but if you can't
clone, you can "reimage".

I like the clone personally, skips the "where do I store the image"
question.

Just trying to give you alternatives.

I've used Acronis True Image to do a lot of my images and clones.
I also found http://www.todo-backup.com/ EasUStodo Backup a very simple
imaging tool. Not much to look at but it does whole drive backups nice.

On 21/07/2014 16:03, Big Al wrote:

Fokke Nauta said on 7/21/2014 6:50 AM:
On 21/07/2014 12:03, Paul wrote:
Fokke Nauta wrote:
Hi all,

I have a pc with a C:-partition where Windows is installed (W7 32b,
partition size 97.7 GB). This is the 1st partition on the 1st HD,
which is bootable.
I recently purchased a pcie SSD-card (128 GB) which I want to use for
the Windows OS and which I want to be bootable. So I want to replace
the bootsector from the 1st HD and the content of the current
C:-partition to this new SSD, so I can use the current 1st HD for
other purposes.
Ofcourse I can install Windows and all applications from scratch on
the new SSD, but I prefer to clone the current Windows OS and the boot
sector to this SSD. Can this be done? Which application do you advice?
Can I make this SSD bootable?

Thanks for your answers.

Fokke Nauta

I can think of a couple possibilities.

1) Macrium Reflect has a clone function. If it asks whether
you want the MBR copied, the answer would be "yes", plus you
want to clone the 97.7GB partition. I suppose it would
also depend on whether you have a one-partition or two-partition
Windows 7 installation. The two-partition kind, you must also
copy the SYSTEM RESERVED (no drive letter) partition.

2) The alternative, is to simply use "dd" to do it. Which is
the disk dump program available for Windows (as a port) and
available for Linux. By booting a Linux LiveCD in this case,
the other drives would be "not busy" and would be safe to
clone by doing a "dd" sector by sector copy operation.
I do stuff like this, for the fun of it :-)

I'd try the Macrium first, because it's a bit easier on the
brain. Both approaches use a boot CD. Macrium has a boot CD
(or you could clone while still in Windows for that matter -
Macrium uses VSS). Whereas, the Linux LiveCD is a boot CD, and
the "dd" included with every copy could do the job. The "dd"
method only makes good sense, if the partition(s) to be copied
are at the very beginning of the disk. It's easier that way.

sudo dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb bs=1048576 count=100000

My command there, would copy the first 104,857,600,000 bytes,
or slightly more than your 97.7GB. That's just a rough idea
of how much to copy. You can use the information at your
disposal, to figure out a more exact number if you want.
All you need to make sure, is you don't snip the end off
the 97.7GB partition by accident. I've done that once, with
some careless math, and left behind around 5MB or something :-)
It seemed funny at the time. When using dd, you can't be
too careful with the math.

*******

I'm surprised the PCIe SSD card didn't come with clone software.
Why not check the installer CD, for a software solution ?

Paul

Thanks, Paul.

The SSD card is not in my posession yet, I will collect it in the
afternoon. But I'll first check for the availability of a clone tool.
I do have a free copy of Macrium installed and use it for imaging the
C:-partition every month (in case of an hd failure).
I didn't see the cloning option. Perhaps I may need to purchase the full
version in case there is no clone tool with the SSD card.

I wasn't sure if this could be done, when comparing the different sector
structures on an hd and a SSD.

Fokke

I would note that you don't necessarily need a clone tool, even though
that IS what you want. You can use any image tool, make the image
someplace (and that's the biggest question) and then swap drives and put
the image back on the new drive. It's more steps but if you can't
clone, you can "reimage".

I like the clone personally, skips the "where do I store the image"
question.

Just trying to give you alternatives.

I've used Acronis True Image to do a lot of my images and clones.
I also found http://www.todo-backup.com/ EasUStodo Backup a very simple
imaging tool. Not much to look at but it does whole drive backups nice.


I have installed Macrium Reflect anyway, and also noticed the "Clone
this disk" option. There was no software with the SSD card so I assume
the new drive will be present after inserting the card. It all looks
quite easy now ...

Did the mfr provide a clone disk tool? they do if Samsung SSD.
I bought the Samsung Kit $10 more). came with cable and CD to do the
clone. THen just swapped in the SSD.

On 21/07/2014 19:15, OldGuy wrote:
Did the mfr provide a clone disk tool? they do if Samsung SSD.
I bought the Samsung Kit $10 more). came with cable and CD to do the
clone. THen just swapped in the SSD.



No, it was a Plextor one. The only PCIe SSD card available in the online
store. Didn't provide anything but the card itself.

In article , says...

Did the mfr provide a clone disk tool? they do if Samsung SSD.
I bought the Samsung Kit $10 more). came with cable and CD to do the
clone. THen just swapped in the SSD.

Well I just went thru this, twice. The first was a Kingston drive came
with a copy of Acronis on disk to boot and clone with. The 2nd was a
Samsung drive. It came with some software you had to install into a
working Windows to clone the disk. I didn't think much of doing that so
I used the first disk (Acronis) on that oner also.

I'll also note the Kingston came with a mounting bracket (2.5 to 3.5),
power adapter plug, data cable and even a nice enclosure to put drive in
to do the cloning and afterwards to hold the old drive. The Samsung
didn't even have any screws in it, cheap cheap cheap!!! Oh and Staples
sells the Samsung but doesn't carry a converter to make it fit a 3.5
drive bay, argh! I had to "make" one out in the shop.

On 21/07/2014 20:58, pjp wrote:
In article , says...

Did the mfr provide a clone disk tool? they do if Samsung SSD.
I bought the Samsung Kit $10 more). came with cable and CD to do the
clone. THen just swapped in the SSD.

Well I just went thru this, twice. The first was a Kingston drive came
with a copy of Acronis on disk to boot and clone with. The 2nd was a
Samsung drive. It came with some software you had to install into a
working Windows to clone the disk. I didn't think much of doing that so
I used the first disk (Acronis) on that oner also.

I'll also note the Kingston came with a mounting bracket (2.5 to 3.5),
power adapter plug, data cable and even a nice enclosure to put drive in
to do the cloning and afterwards to hold the old drive. The Samsung
didn't even have any screws in it, cheap cheap cheap!!! Oh and Staples
sells the Samsung but doesn't carry a converter to make it fit a 3.5
drive bay, argh! I had to "make" one out in the shop.


Kingston has a reputation.
I ordered a SSD drive once, which came with a mounting bracket indeed
including the screws. No software included though. After installation it
worked flawlessly and it still works perfect today.
Samsung I don't know.

pjp wrote:
In article , says...
Did the mfr provide a clone disk tool? they do if Samsung SSD.
I bought the Samsung Kit $10 more). came with cable and CD to do the
clone. THen just swapped in the SSD.

Well I just went thru this, twice. The first was a Kingston drive came
with a copy of Acronis on disk to boot and clone with. The 2nd was a
Samsung drive. It came with some software you had to install into a
working Windows to clone the disk. I didn't think much of doing that so
I used the first disk (Acronis) on that oner also.

I'll also note the Kingston came with a mounting bracket (2.5 to 3.5),
power adapter plug, data cable and even a nice enclosure to put drive in
to do the cloning and afterwards to hold the old drive. The Samsung
didn't even have any screws in it, cheap cheap cheap!!! Oh and Staples
sells the Samsung but doesn't carry a converter to make it fit a 3.5
drive bay, argh! I had to "make" one out in the shop.

The two product types are "retail" versus "OEM".
The one with accessories was the "retail" one. Nobody
bothers to print that info on the box for you. You
need to read the "box contents" in the advert,
to see how you're about to be screwed.

Take the practice of selling ATX power supplies
without a power cable. Hilarious, when you get
the box open and find out it is not included.
Or, say, USB only devices, without a USB cable
(even a cheap, short, semi-functional cable).
Some USB devices come with USB cables which must
be replaced immediately due to error rate. The
included cable is a kind of shoddy place-holder.

If there's a scam to make a buck, someone
will find it.

Paul

In message , Fokke Nauta
writes
On 21/07/2014 16:03, Big Al wrote:

Fokke Nauta said on 7/21/2014 6:50 AM:
On 21/07/2014 12:03, Paul wrote:
Fokke Nauta wrote:
Hi all,

I have a pc with a C:-partition where Windows is installed (W7 32b,
partition size 97.7 GB). This is the 1st partition on the 1st HD,
which is bootable.
I recently purchased a pcie SSD-card (128 GB) which I want to use for
the Windows OS and which I want to be bootable. So I want to replace
the bootsector from the 1st HD and the content of the current
C:-partition to this new SSD, so I can use the current 1st HD for
other purposes.
Ofcourse I can install Windows and all applications from scratch on
the new SSD, but I prefer to clone the current Windows OS and the boot
sector to this SSD. Can this be done? Which application do you advice?
Can I make this SSD bootable?

Thanks for your answers.

Fokke Nauta

I can think of a couple possibilities.

1) Macrium Reflect has a clone function. If it asks whether
you want the MBR copied, the answer would be "yes", plus you
want to clone the 97.7GB partition. I suppose it would
also depend on whether you have a one-partition or two-partition
Windows 7 installation. The two-partition kind, you must also
copy the SYSTEM RESERVED (no drive letter) partition.

2) The alternative, is to simply use "dd" to do it. Which is
the disk dump program available for Windows (as a port) and
available for Linux. By booting a Linux LiveCD in this case,
the other drives would be "not busy" and would be safe to
clone by doing a "dd" sector by sector copy operation.
I do stuff like this, for the fun of it :-)

I'd try the Macrium first, because it's a bit easier on the
brain. Both approaches use a boot CD. Macrium has a boot CD
(or you could clone while still in Windows for that matter -
Macrium uses VSS). Whereas, the Linux LiveCD is a boot CD, and
the "dd" included with every copy could do the job. The "dd"
method only makes good sense, if the partition(s) to be copied
are at the very beginning of the disk. It's easier that way.

sudo dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb bs=1048576 count=100000

My command there, would copy the first 104,857,600,000 bytes,
or slightly more than your 97.7GB. That's just a rough idea
of how much to copy. You can use the information at your
disposal, to figure out a more exact number if you want.
All you need to make sure, is you don't snip the end off
the 97.7GB partition by accident. I've done that once, with
some careless math, and left behind around 5MB or something :-)
It seemed funny at the time. When using dd, you can't be
too careful with the math.

*******

I'm surprised the PCIe SSD card didn't come with clone software.
Why not check the installer CD, for a software solution ?

Paul

Thanks, Paul.

The SSD card is not in my posession yet, I will collect it in the
afternoon. But I'll first check for the availability of a clone tool.
I do have a free copy of Macrium installed and use it for imaging the
C:-partition every month (in case of an hd failure).
I didn't see the cloning option. Perhaps I may need to purchase the full
version in case there is no clone tool with the SSD card.

I wasn't sure if this could be done, when comparing the different sector
structures on an hd and a SSD.

Fokke

I would note that you don't necessarily need a clone tool, even though
that IS what you want. You can use any image tool, make the image
someplace (and that's the biggest question) and then swap drives and put
the image back on the new drive. It's more steps but if you can't
clone, you can "reimage".

I like the clone personally, skips the "where do I store the image"
question.

Just trying to give you alternatives.

I've used Acronis True Image to do a lot of my images and clones.
I also found http://www.todo-backup.com/ EasUStodo Backup a very simple
imaging tool. Not much to look at but it does whole drive backups nice.


I have installed Macrium Reflect anyway, and also noticed the "Clone
this disk" option. There was no software with the SSD card so I assume
the new drive will be present after inserting the card. It all looks
quite easy now ...

I'm at this very moment using EaseUS Todo Backup Free to clone an XP
C-drive to a larger and faster disk. It's not an SSD, but I think the
screen had an option to 'Optimise for SSD' (I selected 'Clone sector by
sector') - so presumably cloning programs do clone to SSDs OK.


--
Ian

Paul wrote:

[...]
If there's a scam to make a buck, someone
will find it.

Well, maybe it's my bad english or the fact that I'm getting old:

I don't call "scam", I call it BETRAY!

Yes, it's become difficult to get "informed" in this times ...

Unlucky (in this manner),
Peter

In ,
Fokke Nauta typed:
Hi all,

I have a pc with a C:-partition where Windows is installed (W7 32b,
partition size 97.7 GB). This is the 1st partition on the 1st HD,
which is bootable.
I recently purchased a pcie SSD-card (128 GB) which I want to use for
the Windows OS and which I want to be bootable. So I want to replace
the bootsector from the 1st HD and the content of the current
C:-partition to this new SSD, so I can use the current 1st HD for
other purposes. Ofcourse I can install Windows and all applications
from scratch on the new SSD, but I prefer to clone the current
Windows OS and the boot sector to this SSD. Can this be done? Which
application do you advice? Can I make this SSD bootable?

Thanks for your answers.

I don't know if you have cloned it or not yet (I did read the whole
thread). But I have been taking most of my hard drive machines and
converting them to SSD. Acronis 2011 failed (no surprise there), XXClone
failed (huge surprise there, as it never failed from HD to HD yet). What
worked flawlessly was Paragon Drive Copy. It got the drive alignment and
everything right. I used it on a number of XP, 7, and 8 machines so far.
They have both free and pay versions.

--
Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Kingston 120GB SSD - OE-QuoteFix v1.19.2
Centrino Core2 Duo T5600 1.83GHz - 4GB - Windows XP SP2

On 21/07/2014 23:35, BillW50 wrote:
In ,
Fokke Nauta typed:
Hi all,

I have a pc with a C:-partition where Windows is installed (W7 32b,
partition size 97.7 GB). This is the 1st partition on the 1st HD,
which is bootable.
I recently purchased a pcie SSD-card (128 GB) which I want to use for
the Windows OS and which I want to be bootable. So I want to replace
the bootsector from the 1st HD and the content of the current
C:-partition to this new SSD, so I can use the current 1st HD for
other purposes. Ofcourse I can install Windows and all applications
from scratch on the new SSD, but I prefer to clone the current
Windows OS and the boot sector to this SSD. Can this be done? Which
application do you advice? Can I make this SSD bootable?

Thanks for your answers.

I don't know if you have cloned it or not yet (I did read the whole
thread). But I have been taking most of my hard drive machines and
converting them to SSD. Acronis 2011 failed (no surprise there), XXClone
failed (huge surprise there, as it never failed from HD to HD yet). What
worked flawlessly was Paragon Drive Copy. It got the drive alignment and
everything right. I used it on a number of XP, 7, and 8 machines so far.
They have both free and pay versions.


Thanks.
Haven't cloned it yet.
I looked at Paragon drive copy but I saw only one version, Paragon drive
copy 14 Pro for $ 40. I couldn't find a free version of Paragon drive copy.
Drive alignment options are important, I assume. Perhaps I'll purchase that.

On 22/07/2014 09:18, Fokke Nauta wrote:
On 21/07/2014 23:35, BillW50 wrote:
In ,
Fokke Nauta typed:
Hi all,

I have a pc with a C:-partition where Windows is installed (W7 32b,
partition size 97.7 GB). This is the 1st partition on the 1st HD,
which is bootable.
I recently purchased a pcie SSD-card (128 GB) which I want to use for
the Windows OS and which I want to be bootable. So I want to replace
the bootsector from the 1st HD and the content of the current
C:-partition to this new SSD, so I can use the current 1st HD for
other purposes. Ofcourse I can install Windows and all applications
from scratch on the new SSD, but I prefer to clone the current
Windows OS and the boot sector to this SSD. Can this be done? Which
application do you advice? Can I make this SSD bootable?

Thanks for your answers.

I don't know if you have cloned it or not yet (I did read the whole
thread). But I have been taking most of my hard drive machines and
converting them to SSD. Acronis 2011 failed (no surprise there), XXClone
failed (huge surprise there, as it never failed from HD to HD yet). What
worked flawlessly was Paragon Drive Copy. It got the drive alignment and
everything right. I used it on a number of XP, 7, and 8 machines so far.
They have both free and pay versions.


Thanks.
Haven't cloned it yet.
I looked at Paragon drive copy but I saw only one version, Paragon drive
copy 14 Pro for $ 40. I couldn't find a free version of Paragon drive copy.
Drive alignment options are important, I assume. Perhaps I'll purchase
that.



I found Paragon Migrate OS to SSD 4.0 which costs only $ 20. I bought
it. That'll do the trick.