Quick question when moving OS to new SSD

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Hey guys I'm using mini partition to move my OS from one SSD to another one. I'm using the wizard to do it, and I came to a choice where I have to pick from these three options..

A bit of information you should know is my new ssd is 250gb where as my old ssd was 120gb.


1.) Fit Partitions to entire disk.
2.) Copy Partitions without resize.
3.) Edit partitions on this disk.

and then I can either check or uncheck this option..

Force to align paritions to 1mb (It could improve performance for Advanced Format disk & SSD)

That last option was checked by default, so I assume it's recommended.



When I select one of the three options above, it shows me a picture with bars depicting what my new SSD will be come. I draw it but I can write it out kind of.

For the first one, "Fit Partitions to entire disk", it shows.

Recovery (NTF 877MB Used: ) ((i think the letter S from NTFS was cut off))
(FAT 32) 195MB (Used: )
(Other) 16MB
(NTFS) 231.GB (Used 35%)

((seems like the other ones that say "used" were also cut off since they're each in small blocks))


The second one, Copy Partitions without resize.

Recovery (NTF 449 Used: )
(FAT 32) 100 MB (Used)
(Other) 16MB
(NTFS) 118.7GB (Used 68%)
(UNnallocated) 113.6GB

and the third, I can kind of make it how i want by editing it.



I think a lot of information, like the % each of those blocks use are cut off for some reason. It's in a small box I can't maximize.

I THINK I should be doing the first one, but I wanted to double check. Probably gave you guys way more info than was needed, but as it has my OS on it, I wanted to be sure. :D

Thanks for any and all help!
 
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what is the question?
first option will basically clone the drive but add any free space to the main partition, saving you from expanding it later, other partitions are increased in size proportionally as needed, hence the 100Mb becoming the 195Mb.
second option is to clone the drive exactly. same sizes, same everything. you will have a large un-partitioned area on the drive that you can use as secondary storage. you could also manually merge the unused free space into the main partition - see first option.
third option (Thar be dragons here) is something entirely different and unless you know specifically why and what you are doing choose from the first two.
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what is the question?
first option will basically clone the drive but add any free space to the main partition, saving you from expanding it later, other partitions are increased in size proportionally as needed, hence the 100Mb becoming the 195Mb.
second option is to clone the drive exactly. same sizes, same everything. you will have a large un-partitioned area on the drive that you can use as secondary storage. you could also manually merge the unused free space into the main partition - see first option.
third option (Thar be dragons here) is something entirely different and unless you know specifically why and what you are doing choose from the first two.
 
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Sorry, I'm trying to move my operating system over to the new drive, but i didn't know which option to pick. Wanted to have the os on it and then the normal free space that comes after. After that, I'd format the old drive and use it as secondary storage.
(Old drive needs to be formatted to have its firmware upgraded so it'll stop skipping and pausing, or else i wouldn't have bothered moving the os)
 
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You want the third option. Take the 118.7GB NTFS partition and expand it to take up all the unallocated space on the new drive.

The first option is the quick and easy way, but it'll expand your recovery and boot partitions to take a portion of the increased space on the new drive. Those partitions are as big as they need to be, and increasing their size is just a waste of space.
 
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