How to transfer os from HDD to SSD in same laptop?

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EagleStrikeB

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I'm buying an Asus N56jn laptop that has windows 8.1 installed on the hdd. I'm going to take the cd drive out and use that SATA port for a quicker SSD. Now i want to put my Windows 8.1 os on my SSD so that it boots up faster. How do I go about doing this?

EDIT: Also, how reliable is disk cloning/migrating? I dont have an issue with going to the microsoft page (http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/create-reset-refresh-media) and making a windows 8.1 bootable media with a usb and downloading windows 8.1 onto my SSD. I know cloning would be faster, but would reinstalling be more reliable?
 
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While this guide is for Win7, I see no reason it would be any different for Win8: http://www.howtogeek.com/97242/how-to-migrate-windows-7-to-a-solid-state-drive/
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The Original Ralph

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EaseUS ToDo Backup has the easiest to use, that i've tried, cloning or backup software and i've been using their free version for about 6 yrs now

windows, Seagate's, Acronis, samsung's etc, all are extremely slow, as in 4-8 hours. EaseUS, on my older computer, thru a usb 2.0 connection, took 1.5 hours for a regular clone (complete copy) and 3-4 for a sector by sector copy (more accurate, but slower).

Now, with a backup SSD on a sata 6 port, same as the OS drive, a sector by sector clone (178 GB) takes about 16-22 minutes, 10-14 minutes if i only do the C drive clone (75 GB) - i've got my doc files, etc on a separate partition.

Only reason i do a sector by sector clone of the C drive, is that i found, the regular backup does not allow me to simply swap in the backup'd drive in the event i want to swap them out (in case i'm hit with malware, or whatever virus) - it will require me to use the "windows repair disk" to re-install some missing startup files. Going sector by sector, i can clone the backup drive back to the OS drive or physically swap them out, and the only thing is when it first boots, i'll get that DOS screen telling me windows didn't shut down normally, do i want to start in safe mode or start normally, and i'll just select normally.

The other advantage to EaseUS over the others, the others put the backup into a single file that you can't open, read or change. EaseUS puts them into the same computer directory tree as your computer, it is a true clone - if you want to change or update a single file in the backup disk, it's not issue to drag and paste it, or copy a file from the backup

if going from HDD to SSD, after you've selected your "target" drive, be sure to select the "optimize for SSD" option at the bottom of the page
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