It worked like a charm! Thanks ! Important thig was to plug the new disk on the eSata USB port. The disk was not recognized n other USB port!
I then reinstalled a clean Windows and repartionned the disk. My new disk was smaller than original one and I prefered reformating and readjusting the partition nicely!
Believe it or not the toughest part of the disk change was undoing the screws on the disk caddy. This was a proper nightmare.and I stripped 2 screws :(.
recently, i plan to upgrade my present hdd to SSD to get fast speed. then i search on google and visit some forums and i find a free disk cloning software. it allows me to clone my present hdd to ssd without any error.in addition, this software can clone hard disk from a larger one to a smaller one. as for me, this is a fantastic function. hope my share can give next guys more choice.
Dan-H
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March 22nd, 2015 16:00
I have used easeus http://www.easeus.com/disk-copy/ succesfully keeping the OEM and recovery partitions intact.
I've used it to squeeze a 750GB HDD that had alot of free space onto a 250GB SDD while preserving the OEM partition with the diagnostics.
I leveraged a USB to Sata adapter and it was really, easy.
it should go without saying but ... BACKUP ANY DATA YOU CARE ABOUT FIRST ...
phguisset
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March 25th, 2015 06:00
It worked like a charm! Thanks ! Important thig was to plug the new disk on the eSata USB port. The disk was not recognized n other USB port!
I then reinstalled a clean Windows and repartionned the disk. My new disk was smaller than original one and I prefered reformating and readjusting the partition nicely!
Believe it or not the toughest part of the disk change was undoing the screws on the disk caddy. This was a proper nightmare.and I stripped 2 screws :(.
abfifg
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April 16th, 2015 03:00
recently, i plan to upgrade my present hdd to SSD to get fast speed. then i search on google and visit some forums and i find a free disk cloning software. it allows me to clone my present hdd to ssd without any error.in addition, this software can clone hard disk from a larger one to a smaller one. as for me, this is a fantastic function. hope my share can give next guys more choice.
http://www.backup-utility.com/disk-clone-software.html
joe442
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March 10th, 2016 11:00
I have same situation. 750hd to a 250 ssd. Did you have to shrink the partition on the 750hd before cloning?
Thanks
Dan-H
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March 10th, 2016 18:00
I did not have to shrink the partition on the 750 before cloning.
One of the times I used easeus it was to clone about 150GB of data on a 750GB partition, and EaseUS sorted out the partitioning for me.
Another time i had about 400GB on a 1TB partition and also did not shrink the partition before.
joe442
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March 11th, 2016 03:00
I did it last night no problems. Except the sizes it made.
Started with a 750gb with 3 partitions. 102mb (oem) 19gb (recovery) and 679 gb (os). Only 110gb of data.
Went to 250gb ssd and it made the 3 partitions but at 4gb, 60gb, and 168gb. 110 on the 168gb part leaves me with only 58gb.
Why did it do this?