Acronis True Image 2018 for Crucial SSD installation
I recently had a hard drive begin to fail, with Windows 10 Pro 64 bit running. It began to show sector failures, with repair attempts unsuccessful so I knew it was about to crash. I luckily had already purchased a Crucial MX500 1 TB SSD, and quickly began to set up a cloning session. The Crucial site led me to using Acronis True Image. I had attempted to use another cloning software (Easeus Todo Backup) but it failed after repeatedly attempting to use it. After downloading & installing Acronis True Image from the link that Crucial provided, I ran it to use the automatic cloning option, with the MX500 SSD attached as a temporary USB drive. I started the cloning tool, & set it to ignore all errors from the bad sectors on the old hard drive (still running Windows 10 at that time). After it completed the cloning (took about 3 hours, from the old hard drive with same capacity as the new Crucial SSD = 1 TB) I shut down the PC, removed the old hard drive & attached the freshly cloned SSD as the primary drive internally via primary drive position on SATA motherboard slot, exactly like the old hard drive. I reattached the PC to the peripherals & power cord, held my breath & hit the power button. To my utter shock & pleasant surprise, the PC booted Windows 10 with everything as it was on the old hard drive, about 3 times faster! Even better, since Windows 10 doesn't require reactivating Windows since it was attached to the same motherboard/system. It is by far the easiest and most trouble-free experience I've ever had, after a cloning session, having done them on occasion since my very first computer building attempts over 20 years ago. Acronis will be my go-to #1 choice for any cloning work in my future.


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