Windows HDD to SSD (Cloning)

Discussion in 'Software' started by Sni9er, 30 Nov 2012.

  1. Sni9er

    Sni9er Ermmmm 42 ???

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    Hey guys I recently bought the Samsung 840 pro, and was hopping to use the bundled software to clone my drive, sadly Samsung in their wisdom have decided to ship me a blank CD, so i thought hey no problem, I'll just download Norton-G from their site.. no keycode .. oh wheres the keycode somewhere in my pack ? ... no on the CD.. the blank CD


    so has anyone got any good alternative solutions, I'd prefer not to use Norton anything, if it can be helped :)

    my second option is of course to just re-install, but i had that planned along side a larger upgrade early 2013
     
  2. azrael-

    azrael- I'm special...

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    You can download a trial version of Acronis True Image from their website.

    Preferably you use the Boot Media Creator to create a bootable USB drive with True Image on it.

    Also, when cloning make sure you do NOT copy the disk sector by sector.
     
  3. RichCreedy

    RichCreedy Hey What Who

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    or hdclone from miray it comes in different flavours, free to enterprise, I use it all time.
     
  4. Sni9er

    Sni9er Ermmmm 42 ???

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    cheers fellas will check em out
     
  5. Teelzebub

    Teelzebub Up yours GOD,Whats best served cold

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    If your other HDD is a seagate download their free Discwizard that is Acronis
     
  6. Tichinde

    Tichinde Minimodder

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    Clonezilla is totally free and works well off a boot CD (just to throw another option into the mix :) )
     
  7. azrael-

    azrael- I'm special...

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    Same with Western Digital. :)
     
  8. law99

    law99 Custom User Title

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    Yeah... I used Clonezilla for my work lappy after I got fed up with waiting for spindle drives to DO something
     

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