Restoring to SATA SSD from TI 2019 Full Backup from SATA HDD
Currently I have a 1TB SATA HDD installed in a desktop running Windows 10 v1909. I backup with Acronis TI 2019. I was thinking of replacing the HDD with a SATA SSD 500GB drive to run the system. My question is : Can I do a full restore to a SATA SSD 500GB drive from a backup that was from the 1TB SATA HDD which only has about 110GB worth of data? These SSD drives are a new territory for me. I'm guessing the new SSD would be an MBR drive since it's less than 2GB as the SATA HDD is. Any help would be appreciate. Thanks


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Steve, Thank you for your quick response. That is good news! I will give that a try once I get the SSD and installed. I checked my BIOS and it's Legacy. I made it Legacy when I installed Windows 10 because that's what I'm use to. I'm just old school. Thanks again.
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500GB SATA SSD being delivered today. I also bought the mounting frame to fit in the SATA slot.
I'll let you know how things turn out.
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The 3.5 to 2.5 adapter arrived today and I installed the new Samsung 860EVO SSD drive and booted up using the USB I created. Did a full restore of the entire HDD to the new SSD and rebooted. As you can see, I am typing and everything worked OK after the reboot. I can notice a real difference in the speed of the drive compared to the HDD. This was installed on a new Dell XPS 8930 system. Steve, thanks for all your help. I hope I stay trouble free. Cheers!
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Mark, good to read your update, thanks for sharing and great that all is looking good!
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