Recommendation for a good hard drive mirroring program?
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Solution
Install the application.
Create the Rescue CD or USB.
Put that away for safe keeping
Then, you Image the C drive to your external.
Power off.
Remove the HDD and install the SSD
Power up, booting from the Rescue CD or USB
Follow the prompts as to what you want to do.
Its in the "Other Tasks" menu
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I use Macrium Reflect.
I use it daily.
In this case, what you want to do is create a Macrium Reflect Rescue CD or USB
Then, create an Image of your current drive to the temp drive.
Then, when you get the new SSD, boot from the Rescue USB, and apply that Image to the new SSD>
Is this a desktop or laptop?
If a desktop, the easiest way is to just wait until you get the new drive, and do a direct clone from old to neww. Assuming the space requirements are met.
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Yes, an external USB connected drive would work perfectly.
In the imaging function, be sure to select ALL the partitions.
You'll end up with a file called 1D494FF04A6DCFDA-00-00.mrimg or similar. (that is from my full C drive image taken last night.)
The Image will be a little smaller than your reported C drive consumption. It leaves off things like the pagefile and hibernation file. And does a teeny bit of compression.
When ready, boot from the Macrium Rescue USB you created.
Tell it the source image, and the target drive.
Go.
So the process will be:
-Connect external hard drive
-run Macrium Reflect (free version)
-select all the partitions of my laptop hard drive that I want to mirror
-Reflect will create a somethingsomething.mrimg in the default drive location on my external drive
-once I have removed the current HDD and installed my new SSD, hook up the external drive and boot from the .mrimg, and that's it.
Is that correct?
-Connect external hard drive
-run Macrium Reflect (free version)
-select all the partitions of my laptop hard drive that I want to mirror
-Reflect will create a somethingsomething.mrimg in the default drive location on my external drive
-once I have removed the current HDD and installed my new SSD, hook up the external drive and boot from the .mrimg, and that's it.
Is that correct?
- Mar 16, 2013
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Install the application.
Create the Rescue CD or USB.
Put that away for safe keeping
Then, you Image the C drive to your external.
Power off.
Remove the HDD and install the SSD
Power up, booting from the Rescue CD or USB
Follow the prompts as to what you want to do.
Its in the "Other Tasks" menu
Thank you for your help thus far. You've been very clear and explained the instructions in a way I can understand, even though I've never done this before.
One last question: my mirror mrimg file is 394 gigs, and the total used space on my HDD was 404 gigs.
Is that difference expected via the compression, or did I inadvertently miss something?
One last question: my mirror mrimg file is 394 gigs, and the total used space on my HDD was 404 gigs.
Is that difference expected via the compression, or did I inadvertently miss something?
I'm about to do the changing of the drives, but I noticed one last thing.
The folder that contains only the full drive image is listed at 375 gigs, the file in the folder is listed at 394-ish gigs (via 'details' display), and right-clicking and selecting properties gives me this:
375 GB (403,694,721,497 bytes)
Which is those figures is the accurate one?
The folder that contains only the full drive image is listed at 375 gigs, the file in the folder is listed at 394-ish gigs (via 'details' display), and right-clicking and selecting properties gives me this:
375 GB (403,694,721,497 bytes)
Which is those figures is the accurate one?
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