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From: Teddy Gage <teddygage@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 14:27:05 -0400
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Subject: Re: [AE] [OT] How do I clone an OS drive for replacement?
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Thanks folks! I used Acronis True Image and cloned the OS drive after
booting from a flash disk. The 100GB clone took five minutes. Swapped the
drives and now it boots up 20 s faster with no further optimization. Pretty
impressed with how easy that was. Now I can keep the original as a
hot-swappable backup if anything happens to my OS. Pretty cool.


On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 12:44 PM, Marco Domingues
<marcodomingues@gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi, you can clone to a bigger disk and clone also the partition and you
> will still have space left you can do whatever you want, the bios part you
> need to change the boot order to boot the other one. Acronis has that type
> of software.
>
>
> On 17 October 2013 17:21, Teddy Gage <teddygage@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello, I have a first gen 128 GB SSD for my OS drive (win 7 64 pro) and I
>> just got a samsung EVO 500 GB drive I want to replace it with. (520 MB/s
>> read / write. Yes!)
>>
>> - I want to clone the original drive. Do I need to make a partition on
>> the 500 that is exactly 128? I was hoping this was not the case because my
>> program files directory is huge and I wanted more room it.
>>
>> -- If cloned exactly and replaced on the same SATA cable bus, it will act
>> exactly as the other drive no? I won't need to change any BIOS settings?
>>
>> - Best software for this task? Will windows built in drive imaging tool
>> be ok?
>>
>> - Any other gotchas I should look for?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> -TG
>>
>>
>> VFX & Motion Graphic artist
>> NEW - teddygage.com <http://www.teddygage.com>
>>
>>
>


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<div dir=3D"ltr">Thanks folks! I used Acronis True Image and cloned the OS =
drive after booting from a flash disk. The 100GB clone took five minutes. S=
wapped the drives and now it boots up 20 s faster with no further optimizat=
ion. Pretty impressed with how easy that was. Now I can keep the original a=
s a hot-swappable backup if anything happens to my OS. Pretty cool. <br>

</div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Thu,=
 Oct 17, 2013 at 12:44 PM, Marco Domingues <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D=
"mailto:marcodomingues@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">marcodomingues@gmail.co=
m</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>

<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">Hi, you can clone to a bigg=
er disk and clone also the partition and you will still have space left you=
 can do whatever you want, the bios part you need to change the boot order =
to boot the other one. Acronis has that type of software.<br>


</div><div class=3D"HOEnZb"><div class=3D"h5"><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><b=
r><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 17 October 2013 17:21, Teddy Gage <span=
 dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:teddygage@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">t=
eddygage@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>

<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Hello, I have a first gen 128 GB SSD for my OS drive =
(win 7 64 pro) and I just got a samsung EVO 500 GB drive I want to replace =
it with. (520 MB/s read / write. Yes!)<br><br></div>- I want to clone the o=
riginal drive. Do I need to make a partition on the 500 that is exactly 128=
? I was hoping this was not the case because my program files directory is =
huge and I wanted more room it.<br clear=3D"all">




<div><div><div><br></div><div>-- If cloned exactly and replaced on the same=
 SATA cable bus, it will act exactly as the other drive no? I won&#39;t nee=
d to change any BIOS settings?<br><br></div><div>- Best software for this t=
ask? Will windows built in drive imaging tool be ok?<br>




</div><div><br></div><div>- Any other gotchas I should look for?<br></div><=
div><br></div><div>Thanks!<br></div><div>-TG<br></div><div><br><br><div dir=
=3D"ltr"><div>VFX &amp; Motion Graphic artist<span><br>

NEW - <a href=3D"http://www.teddygage.com" target=3D"_blank">teddygage.com<=
/a></span><br></div><br></div>
</div></div></div></div>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br><div dir=3D=
"ltr"><div>VFX &amp; Motion Graphic artist<span style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0)">=
<br>NEW - <a href=3D"http://www.teddygage.com" target=3D"_blank">teddygage.=
com</a></span><br style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0)">

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