Storage Cloning a big drive to a smaller SSD

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  1. TheGreatSatan

    TheGreatSatan Dark Lord of BT!

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    Are there going to be any issues when cloning my wife's 500GB drive to a smaller 128GB SSD? She has maybe 70GB of data on the drive is all, so it'll all fit. I'm just not sure if the software will have any problems when the drives aren't the same size

    Has anyone done it?
     
  2. Big Elf

    Big Elf Oh no! Not another f----ing elf!

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    I've done it recently using Acronis True Image 2010 without a problem from a 300GB Velociraptor to a 128GB Crucial M4.
     
  3. Burnout21

    Burnout21 Is the daddy!

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    Personally i would use the resizing tool within most OS these days to shrink the volume, then mirror it.

    Gparted can to 'on the fly' resize and mirror buts it has its risks
     
  4. BennieboyUK

    BennieboyUK CPC Folder of the Month Sep 2011

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    I've not done this myself (always clean install tbh), but isn't it possible to shrink the drive in disk manager or Gpart to say 100gb. Then take a full backup to an external USB, boot from the windows disc and do a full restore of the volume to the SSD.

    This way you are not touching the old OS drive outside of the shrink, which within windows is quite low risk.

    Just an idea.
     
  5. Burnout21

    Burnout21 Is the daddy!

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    just boot a live CD or USB of Gparted, saves the pain and hassle
     
  6. David

    David μoʍ ɼouმ qᴉq λon ƨbԍuq ϝʁλᴉuმ ϝo ʁԍɑq ϝμᴉƨ

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    HDClone Pro resizes as it goes, it isn't free though.
     

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