However, if you’re going to be replacing your old HDD with a fancy new SSD, you’re going to need to transfer the data. One of said options is a Solid State Drive ( SSD) which boasts incredible speed improvements over traditional HDDs as well as being seriously compact. Note: this will probably also require a Windows restart to complete the changes.Gone are the days of solely using a Hard Disk Drive (HDD) for PC storage with a number of other options entering the market. Click on the Apply button to make the changes when done.

If you see any unallocated space on the new drive after booting into Windows, then download a copy of the free MiniTool Partition Wizard software, install this in Windows, then use it to move the Recovery partition(s) to the end of the unallocated space on the drive, then resize the Windows partition to use the now available space.

The further advantage is that the new SSD is connected to the correct hardware location & cables and thus avoids Acronis modifying any device drivers if it was connected externally. The key difference in using the above method is that the original HDD can be safely stored away from the PC in a cupboard - away from any change etc.

Check all was successful, then remove the external drive and rescue media.

Recover the full disk backup image from the external drive to the new SSD.

Note: the boot mode should always match that of the Windows OS, i.e.

Boot the PC from the Acronis rescue media with the external backup drive connected.

Remove the original HDD and replace it by the new SSD in the same location / cable connections.

Shutdown the PC (press & hold a Shift key when clicking on Shutdown).

If you make a full disk backup of the original HDD to an external backup drive, and have created the Acronis bootable rescue media (on DVD or USB stick etc), then you can do the following: However, it is more important to make a full disk backup before this type of migration and my own personal preference would be not to use cloning at all! Leonidas, it is always a good idea to check all drives before doing any clone operation to ensure that there are no issues latent that would cause errors.

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