Disk Clone question - Please help a noob

[flub]

Hi all,

I was wondering if someone could help me.

I have a Vista 32Bit PC with an existing Hard Disk of 120GB (only 40GB used). I have just purchased a new SSD 64GB disk and I want to "clone" the exisiting disk onto the new faster disk, and then to use the new disk as my primary boot disk and use the old 120GB as just another drive.

So my questions are

1) What is the best way to clone the old disk onto the new one?
2) Is there any free software to do this
3) Are there any pitfalls or issues that I might encounter?

Thanks in advance

 

[MrLinux]

Try something like Acronis, I beleive the free trial version allows you to clone, not certain how it handles cloning to a smaller drive... Make sure you keep the original drive safe, unless you bought a top on the range SSD, you'll probably want to swap it back in a few weeks.

 

[flub]

Thanks, yes I've got a nice 64GD Samsung SSD, seems crazy fast