HELP - How to Migrate from old SSD to new SSD?

[AdelaisAer]

I have the Intel Migration Software. But the thing is, Iunno how to migrate exactly.

I mean, I have the standard SSD that's supplied with the G74SX, but there's also the HDD that's connected. Do I remove the HDD and put the new SSD in, and then do a direct migration, and then remove the old SSD and put the HDD back?

Or can I just create an image on a DVD or a virtual mount, and then put that on the SSD?

[BrodyBoy]

So you just want to move your Windows installation from one SSD to a different one? Are they the same size?

[fuzon1337]

@AdelaisAer did you go for the Intel SSD 520 180GB ?

[AdelaisAer]

Yes. I want to migrate EVERYTHING from the old SSD to the new one.

And yes, I went with the Intel SSD 520 180GB.

Old one is 160GB, albeit only 128GB of it is usable. The new one is 180GB.

[BrodyBoy]

Okay, that's pretty easy then. You can just use Windows' own built-in utilities:

• Use Windows Backup & Restore to make a system image. Save it onto your 2nd HDD, an external HDD, or some DVDs. Select the option to also create a Windows Repair disk. (So you will need at least one blank DVD.)
• Power down and physically swap the old SSD with the new one.
• Power up and press ESC immediately to access the boot menu. Place the Windows Repair Disk in your optical drive, and select the optical drive option from boot menu.
• Select the option "Restore your computer using a system image you created earlier."
• You'll be asked locate the image, and where you want to install it. Restore to your new SSD.

[AdelaisAer]

Okay, that's pretty easy then. You can just use Windows' own built-in utilities:

• Use Windows Backup & Restore to make a system image. Save it onto your 2nd HDD, an external HDD, or some DVDs. Select the option to also create a Windows Repair disk. (So you will need at least one blank DVD.)
• Power down and physically swap the old SSD with the new one.
• Power up and press ESC immediately to access the boot menu. Place the Windows Repair Disk in your optical drive, and select the optical drive option from boot menu.
• Select the option "Restore your computer using a system image you created earlier."
• You'll be asked locate the image, and where you want to install it. Restore to your new SSD.

For the Windows Repair Disc, does it have to be a DVD/Blu-Ray, or can I create the Windows Repair Disc on my HDD? As stupid as that question sounds....lol.

[BrodyBoy]

For the Windows Repair Disc, does it have to be a DVD/Blu-Ray, or can I create the Windows Repair Disc on my HDD? As stupid as that question sounds....lol.

It has to be a CD or DVD optical disk. (Hey....there aren't any stupid questions! )

EDIT: I bet it could also work on a USB thumbdrive....but I've never tried so I don't know if that requires any special tricks.

[AdelaisAer]

It has to be a CD or DVD optical disk. (Hey....there aren't any stupid questions! )

Alright. So, Windows Backup & Restore -> Create image of SSD, -> Save to HDD -> Create Windows Repair Disc -> Shut Down -> Swap SSD's -> Turn On -> Boot Menu -> Boot from Disc -> Restore using Image -> Done.

OH, and I have a couple of DVDs, they are 4.7GB each. Will that be enough?

[BrodyBoy]

Oh yeah....the Repair Disk just takes one.

(It's a good idea to have one of these around for emergencies anyway, so just store it somewhere when you're done with it.)

[AdelaisAer]

Oh yeah....the Repair Disk just takes one.

(It's a good idea to have one of these around for emergencies anyway, so just store it somewhere when you're done with it.)

Alright. Thank you SO much! I'll brb in however long this takes. If I don't, I failed miserably. xD