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Thanks everyone. All excellent advice!
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You're welcome. Happy to help. Good luck with the clone! Regards, Joe
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You're welcome. Happy to help. Good luck with the clone! Regards, Joe

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Hi, <br />
I have windows 8 running on a PC I built for my son a while ago. The SSD that is being used as his C drive is pretty much full - it was only 120GB and at the time it seemed enough. <br />
I'm amazing at how inexpensive SSD drives are now. I want to get a larger SSD but would like to avoid reinstalling the OS and all applications. <br />
Is it possible (and easy) to clone my boot drive 120 GB SSD to a new larger SSD drive and then boot from that?<br />
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Thanks -- suggestions and software recommendations to do this are very welcome. <br />
<br />
Mike
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Hi, 
I have windows 8 running on a PC I built for my son a while ago. The SSD that is being used as his C drive is pretty much full - it was only 120GB and at the time it seemed enough. 
I'm amazing at how inexpensive SSD drives are now. I want to get a larger SSD but would like to avoid reinstalling the OS and all applications. 
Is it possible (and easy) to clone my boot drive 120 GB SSD to a new larger SSD drive and then boot from that?

Thanks -- suggestions and software recommendations to do this are very welcome. 

Mike

Clone boot drive question

Windows 8 is a personal computer operating system developed by Microsoft as part of the Windows NT family of operating systems, with an emphasis on improving its user experience on tablets. In particular, these changes included a touch-optimized Windows shell based on Microsoft's "Metro" design language, the Start screen, a new platform for developing apps with an emphasis on touchscreen input, integration with online services, support for USB 3.0, Advanced Format hard drives, near field communications, and cloud computing. Additional security features were introduced, such as built-in antivirus software, integration with Microsoft SmartScreen phishing filtering service and support for UEFI Secure Boot on supported devices with UEFI firmware.

Windows 8

This topic area includes legacy versions of Windows prior to Windows 2000: Windows 3/3.1, Windows 95 and Windows 98, plus any other Windows-related versions including Windows Mobile.

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Components are those devices that are internal to a computer -- the PC boards, the central processor (CPU), the memory (RAM), disk and video controllers and so on.

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