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Paragon has a tool specifically built for migrating OS's from conventional disks to SSD's:<br />
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<a href="http://www.paragon-software.com/technologies/components/migrate-OS-to-SSD/" rel="ugc">http://www.paragon-software.com/technologies/components/migrate-OS-to-SSD/</a>
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Paragon has a tool specifically built for migrating OS's from conventional disks to SSD's:

http://www.paragon-software.com/technologies/components/migrate-OS-to-SSD/ [http://www.paragon-software.com/technologies/components/migrate-OS-to-SSD/]

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I have to agree with Joe. Acronis is by far the best I have ever used (for many years), AND it's super EASY to use too.
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I have to agree with Joe. Acronis is by far the best I have ever used (for many years), AND it's super EASY to use too.

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And I have to agree with rindi, Migrate OS to SSD is the simplest and easiest tool for exactly the OS migration to SSD drive.
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And I have to agree with rindi, Migrate OS to SSD is the simplest and easiest tool for exactly the OS migration to SSD drive.

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Just create a system image on a ssd. No need to use anything else. Or do a system restore from an image into ssd disk.
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Just create a system image on a ssd. No need to use anything else. Or do a system restore from an image into ssd disk.

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what is the occupied space on your drive?<br />
if it is near 500 Gb - you best use the paragon tool, since it also allows cloning to a smaller drive (don't forget the other partitions too)
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what is the occupied space on your drive?
if it is near 500 Gb - you best use the paragon tool, since it also allows cloning to a smaller drive (don't forget the other partitions too)

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Samsung offers cloning software, so if you happen to have a samsung ssd to clone to, you can use the tool that ships with their drive. For other brands, clonezilla has not been mentioned yet which is free and does the job.
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Samsung offers cloning software, so if you happen to have a samsung ssd to clone to, you can use the tool that ships with their drive. For other brands, clonezilla has not been mentioned yet which is free and does the job.

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Thanks for the help. &nbsp;Much appreciated.<br />
capreol
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Thanks for the help.  Much appreciated.
capreol

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You're very welcome. Happy to help. Good luck with the new SSD! Regards, Joe
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You're very welcome. Happy to help. Good luck with the new SSD! Regards, Joe

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I have completed a system image and now would like to clone my IDE drive to a 500 GB SSD. &nbsp;What software would you recommend that I use to do this project? &nbsp;Also, any advice would also be appreciated.<br />
thanks,<br />
capreol
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I have completed a system image and now would like to clone my IDE drive to a 500 GB SSD.  What software would you recommend that I use to do this project?  Also, any advice would also be appreciated.
thanks,
capreol

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