Ghosting a bootable 500GB Drive to a 2TB Solid State Hybrid Drive(SSHD)
Hi Guys,
I have been using an old Windows 7 white-box PC with a 500GB Hard Drive.
As the drive is getting Full, I am planning to replace the drive with a 2TB drive and possibly a solid state seagate hybrid drive - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01IEKG2HM
Now the questions I have is -
1. Will a solid state hybrid drive work in my scenario?? I understand that the bootable partition in SSHD drives is like 8TB which makes boots faster but how do I image drive such that the new drive is bootable. I do not want to start from scratch with new drives as it is too much work and finding the motherboard drivers etc. is no easy job for this white-box which I inherited. Plus the PC is loaded with lots of software which will now take me hours to track down.
2. What software can you recommend for this purpose?? I would prefer a free software as I only intend to use this one time only.
3. Please tell me exact process of how I ghost the drive and replace it with this new drive?
4. If SSHD is not an option then pls recommend what should I do?
I have been using an old Windows 7 white-box PC with a 500GB Hard Drive.
As the drive is getting Full, I am planning to replace the drive with a 2TB drive and possibly a solid state seagate hybrid drive - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01IEKG2HM
Now the questions I have is -
1. Will a solid state hybrid drive work in my scenario?? I understand that the bootable partition in SSHD drives is like 8TB which makes boots faster but how do I image drive such that the new drive is bootable. I do not want to start from scratch with new drives as it is too much work and finding the motherboard drivers etc. is no easy job for this white-box which I inherited. Plus the PC is loaded with lots of software which will now take me hours to track down.
2. What software can you recommend for this purpose?? I would prefer a free software as I only intend to use this one time only.
3. Please tell me exact process of how I ghost the drive and replace it with this new drive?
4. If SSHD is not an option then pls recommend what should I do?
John
If the drive will work in your machine (be sure of that) then Ghost, Acronis or like product can happily clone your system to work on a larger drive in the same computer. Should not be an issue.
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@garycase: Where do you see SSD 1TB for $250 or less.. I see them in the 400-500 range
The Crucial MX300's are under $300, and are often on sale for ~ $250.
Currently $279.99 at Newegg: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16820156152
The SanDisk 960GB units (not quite 1TB, but certainly close) are currently $254.99 at Newegg: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIACVB57Z0307
... I've seen "no name" units for under $200, but don't recommend them.
Currently $279.99 at Newegg: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16820156152
The SanDisk 960GB units (not quite 1TB, but certainly close) are currently $254.99 at Newegg: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIACVB57Z0307
... I've seen "no name" units for under $200, but don't recommend them.
i recommend the free Paragon soft; fast, and very easy to use : http://www.paragon-software.com/home/br-free/download.html
dee the screenshots on their site, for how it works
dee the screenshots on their site, for how it works
Manav08, cloning the system to a pure SSD drive and cloning it to a hybrid drive is normally not the same.
If you install OS new onto it you can get the full advantage of the drive.
Or get yourself a 500GB SSD drive and move the system to it. The old 500GB drive can be used as data drive then.
If you install OS new onto it you can get the full advantage of the drive.
Or get yourself a 500GB SSD drive and move the system to it. The old 500GB drive can be used as data drive then.
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Thanks everyone. I have just ordered the SSHD hard-drive. I will then test the softwares you have proposed and give my response. Pls wait 1 week for me to close the question. Cheers.
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Thanks guys.
I am sure a lot of solutions would have worked but we went with AOMEI here and it worked well.
Imaged disk and there was no need to re-activate windows, office software or any other software installed on disk. Worked like magic!!
Thanks Tom for your recommendation
I am sure a lot of solutions would have worked but we went with AOMEI here and it worked well.
Imaged disk and there was no need to re-activate windows, office software or any other software installed on disk. Worked like magic!!
Thanks Tom for your recommendation