- Jun 23, 2018
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I need to replace a prematurely failing 1 TB HDD (of which I use only around 100 GB) with a 256 GB SSD. I have a 1-year license for AOMEI Backupper Pro, but I also have a copy of Macrium Reflect Free and Acronis True Image. I have never imaged or cloned a boot drive before. Reading the manuals, Macrium seems like it would the easiest for a newbie, but the SSD maker recommends Acronis.
For those of you who are more experienced, which software would you recommend for this particular task? I'm not familiar with manually resizing partitions. Also, would it be best to clone the HDD to the SSD before installing the SSD, or should I install the SSD first, boot from a rescue USB, then clone the HDD to the SSD (as recommended in the Acronis manual)?
I use Windows 10 Home 64-bit on an Acer Aspire i3 Skylake with Secure Boot enabled and only the standard factory-installed partitions.
Thank you.
For those of you who are more experienced, which software would you recommend for this particular task? I'm not familiar with manually resizing partitions. Also, would it be best to clone the HDD to the SSD before installing the SSD, or should I install the SSD first, boot from a rescue USB, then clone the HDD to the SSD (as recommended in the Acronis manual)?
I use Windows 10 Home 64-bit on an Acer Aspire i3 Skylake with Secure Boot enabled and only the standard factory-installed partitions.
Thank you.