migration from system SSD to bigger system SSD: howto
Hello
I'm running Windows 10 on my PC, and my 128GB SSD is almost full. I hacve ATI 2016
Is there any particular caution to save and restore it on a bigger SSD?
What I have in mind is straightforward: backup the SSD with ATI and restore the image on the new SSD, to be installed on the same disk port on the PC? Do I miss something?


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I prefer Steve's option 1 above. It has always worked for me.
However, I just did a clone on my mother-in-laws system for the first time and had no issues with it either. I actually cloned from a 500Gb 5400RPM drive (180GB in use) to a 250Gb SSD and it worked flawlessly as well.
Just make sure to use the offline bootable recovery media to start the process (in either case - it tends to be more reliable and cause less trouble in the long run). If cloning, it's important that you don't boot the system with both drives attached as they will appear to be the same drive to the bios and OS and will cause issues. That's why it's recommended you put the new drive where the original is/was and move the original to an external and then clone from the original to the new one. Once the clone is done, shutdown completely, remove the "original" from the external and boot into Windows on the new drive - should go fine.
I still prefer the top option though as having a backup (the most current possible) before somethign like this is the safe way to go and really doesn't take any more time to complete.
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