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louie_l23

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Hi All,

I have a 1 TB Hard drive. Partitioned in to 2 drives ( OS partition around 180 GB and second partition 240 GB). 1 with the OS installed and the other for games. planning to add a 240 GB SSD. Can I just clone the Partition with the OS installed?

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Yes. A bit trickier than normal, but OK.
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Download and install Macrium Reflect (or Samsung Data Migration)
Power off
Disconnect ALL drives except the current C and the new SSD
Power up
Run the Macrium Reflect (or Samsung Data Migration)
Select ALL the partitions on the existing C drive, except the second 240GB partition.
Click the 'Clone' button
Wait until it is done
When it finishes, power off
Disconnect ALL drives except for the...
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Boogieman_WD

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Hey there, louie_l23.

Basically - yes. However it depends on the cloning software. You should be able to clone just the partition you want to instead of the whole drive. So make sure that you select the other OS associated partitions (if any), like recovery or system reserved partitions as well.
You could check out this tutorial for more tips on how to migrate your OS from an HDD to an SSD: http://lifehacker.com/5837543/how-to-migrate-to-a-solid-state-drive-without-reinstalling-windows. Note that you can use whatever software you'd like. I'm just sending this for the step-by-step guide.

Hope that helps. Please let me know if you have any questions.
Boogieman_WD
 
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USAFRet

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Yes. A bit trickier than normal, but OK.
------------------------
Download and install Macrium Reflect (or Samsung Data Migration)
Power off
Disconnect ALL drives except the current C and the new SSD
Power up
Run the Macrium Reflect (or Samsung Data Migration)
Select ALL the partitions on the existing C drive, except the second 240GB partition.
Click the 'Clone' button
Wait until it is done
When it finishes, power off
Disconnect ALL drives except for the new SSD
Swap the SATA cables around so that the new drive is connected to the same SATA port as the old drive
Power up, and verify the BIOS boot order
If good, continue the power up

It should boot from the new drive, just as like the old drive.
Maybe reboot a time or two, just to make sure.

If it works, and it should, all is good.

Later, reconnect the old drive and wipe as necessary.
 
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