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"ghosting" a drive (SSD to SSD)

#1 Post by GeneL » Wed Aug 25, 2021 6:32 pm

I want to ghost my existing C drive to my other drive presently installed in the caddy.
I'm running the factory standard Win7 and the drive is partitioned. The reason is my C drive is smaller, the new drive is larger. I could re-install my system on the new drive, but I think it would be better to transfer everything over.

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Re: "ghosting" a drive (SSD to SSD)

#2 Post by TheForgottenKing » Wed Aug 25, 2021 6:34 pm

Personally I've used this: https://www.macrium.com/reflectfree

Works well for simple transfers.
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Re: "ghosting" a drive (SSD to SSD)

#3 Post by axur-delmeria » Wed Aug 25, 2021 9:09 pm

Agree on Macrium Reflect Free version. Have used it while cloning drives of different capacities.
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Re: "ghosting" a drive (SSD to SSD)

#4 Post by TPFanatic » Wed Aug 25, 2021 10:26 pm

I've been using MiniTool Partition Wizard 9 for awhile. The newer versions paywall various features.

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Re: "ghosting" a drive (SSD to SSD)

#5 Post by axur-delmeria » Thu Aug 26, 2021 1:07 am

An open-source option would be Clonezilla, then resizing the partitions afterward with gparted.
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