Software for copying hard drive to SSD

[Grandpa's Spells]

Looking to copy my current HDD over to SSD (including OS). It's been a while since I've done something like this, and I imagine solutions have evolved quite a bit.

Anybody know of a good solution? This is a laptop, so I will not be able to install both in a single PC, if that matters.

[j-cubed]

http://www.maximumpc.com/how_clone_hard ... r_ssd_2014

I used Samsung software, but I had a samsung SSD

[j-cubed]

oops - stupid me, missed your part about it being a laptop. Does your laptop have an eSata port? If so, you will need an eSata enclosure to hook a drive to it for the transfer process.

[nafod]

What OS?

When I built my new computer, I used this process to migrate the HDD to the new one from the old one.

http://www.oxhow.com/transfer-installed ... -computer/

When I replaced the HDD with an SDD, I went ahead and did a clean OS install. I keep all the data on a separate drive, just the apps on the SDD. But this is the process I was going to use.

http://apcmag.com/how-to-transfer-your- ... -drive.htm

[Grandpa's Spells]

What OS?

Win7

When I replaced the HDD with an SDD, I went ahead and did a clean OS install. I keep all the data on a separate drive, just the apps on the SDD. But this is the process I was going to use.

Several hours of downloads/installs if I go that route. I'd prefer not, given it's not an old installation.

[nafod]

I knew I posted on this before.

http://irongarmx.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.p ... 74bcd25459

[TerryB]

What browser are you using?

[Grandpa's Spells]

oops - stupid me, missed your part about it being a laptop. Does your laptop have an eSata port? If so, you will need an eSata enclosure to hook a drive to it for the transfer process.

Yes it does.

[Wild Bill]

May be this http://www.paragon-software.com/home/br-free/
Paragon Backup & Recovery 2014 Free

Disk backup to save not only all on-disk information but also the system service structures. It is ideal for making a backup image of an entire hard disk (including GPT-discs) or system partitions to guarantee the operating system’s working capability