SSD Upgrade

[Ventorus]

So I just got my new Sandisk 120GB Ultra SSD and USB 2.5" HDD enclosure And i'm all set to clone my old Hard Drive except for one thing... Okay, so i have been trying to clone my HDD with Macrium Reflect (4-5 times) and Seagate Disk Wizard (1 time) but both of them have failed. So, what i'm wondering is if I need to do anything else to my SSD other than partition it which I have already done. I can't think of anything else to try, but I'm sure somebody else can.

Ventorus

[Apoptosis]

I've always used Acronis for my cloning needs: www.acronis.com/

[FZ1]

Yes, use Acronis...it works perfect. I've imaged SSD's with it many, many times.

[Ventorus]

I tried the trial version of Acronis True Image but the demo doesn't let you clone drives.

[Ventorus]

I'm going to try Migrate Easy 7.0. See if that works.

[kenc51]

Try XXClone
http://www.xxclone.com/index.htm

or PING
http://ping.windowsdream.com/

[Ventorus]

Okay, XXCLONE seems to be working "crossing finger"

Thanks Kenc

[Ventorus]

Okay, the Esimated remaining time is around three hours (and it just keeps going up)... how long does this normally take with XXCLONE?

[pwcmed]

Windows has a built in imaging utility that works like a champ. As long as the new drive is as big or bigger it will work.

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/4241/how ... windows-7/

[Ventorus]

okay, I gave up on XXCLONE and am now trying the built in utility... wow, so much faster :D thanks pwcmed

[Ventorus]

Uhm... is the windows Utility bootable?

[pwcmed]

no you have to create a bootable CD, stupid IMO. It should prompt you and the end of the creation process. You can use a regular cd and than create a bootable thumb drive.

[Ventorus]

Okay, I just used Migrate Easy and everything was smooth as butter. Thanks for the help guys. (or gals)