Hello All,
Purchased a new Samsung 840 Pro to replace my 3 year old 128 SSD because I found out I have only 6 GB left. I use the SSD to run all of my programs and I use a Black Caviar HD for storage and one for Backup of everything. All of this sits on a ASUS P67 Sabertooth with a I72600K processor. My question is, I was really thinking of trying to clone between the SSD's simple because it would take nearly all day to install Window's 7 Pro again and all of my software with all of the required updates. I have a crapload of programs installed because the one vendor requires that you basically keep the previous 2 years versions loaded on your hard drive to work with people who are slow to upgrade.
However, many people recommend a fresh windows install with my system just now reaching 3 years. Anyway, still not crazy about the whole fresh install unless someone says it is almost a must, so could someone please recommend the best way to clone the one SSD to the new SSD? Since I am not a very knowledgeable computer guy, I need some pretty clear steps or at least a link to make a good reference. I have gathered some good info from Samsung and a youtube video but none of them deal with trying to clone an SSD to another SSD, specifically, how and where I would make my connections and set up/ do this cloning.
Also, would you update your bios to current version prior to doing this?
Thanks!
Purchased a new Samsung 840 Pro to replace my 3 year old 128 SSD because I found out I have only 6 GB left. I use the SSD to run all of my programs and I use a Black Caviar HD for storage and one for Backup of everything. All of this sits on a ASUS P67 Sabertooth with a I72600K processor. My question is, I was really thinking of trying to clone between the SSD's simple because it would take nearly all day to install Window's 7 Pro again and all of my software with all of the required updates. I have a crapload of programs installed because the one vendor requires that you basically keep the previous 2 years versions loaded on your hard drive to work with people who are slow to upgrade.
However, many people recommend a fresh windows install with my system just now reaching 3 years. Anyway, still not crazy about the whole fresh install unless someone says it is almost a must, so could someone please recommend the best way to clone the one SSD to the new SSD? Since I am not a very knowledgeable computer guy, I need some pretty clear steps or at least a link to make a good reference. I have gathered some good info from Samsung and a youtube video but none of them deal with trying to clone an SSD to another SSD, specifically, how and where I would make my connections and set up/ do this cloning.
Also, would you update your bios to current version prior to doing this?
Thanks!
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