my hard drive is partitioned into a C drive (my operating system) and a D drive for data. Can I use the migration software to copy only the C drive?
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Francis, this is a total yes. Are you on a split partition on one hard drive? Does not matter. The kit clones the C drive only. All settings will remain. After you clone the partition. You will reap the benefits of a ssd with minimal difficulties.
1501843
Yes, but you will not gain the benefits of the larger drive. The size available used by the computer it is placed in is only going to be the size you are copying.
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No. This product requires the source drive to be smaller than the destination. There is a high chance of failure if you would try using a smaller destination since the product is not designed to pull certain partitions or sectors on the disk.
221787
I've used "windows explorer" or "my computer" just like the regular C-drive. This way, you can just transfer the files just like it were on your computer... drag-n-drop or cut/copy+paste. I've never used the backup software because I don't have much sensitive data on it. Hope this helps.
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Yes you can download the Migration software from Samsung, or copy from a USB onto the HD
1936115
The short answer is yes. My C drive shows 95.3 GB and the D drive shows 121 GB.
1103242
If you just want to copy files to another disk you can drag and drop from one disk to another. If you want to "clone" an existing hard drive so it can be use to replace the old hard drive, you need cloning software. You may be able to find a free trial version by Googling "Free Cloning software"
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Yes that's the purpose of the migration software. You don't need to purchase another windows liscence.
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I do believe you can. I'm a Mac user so I use Carbon Copy Cloner to clone my drives and it worked with that. I do use PCs as well, and there are several cloning programs that can do the same thing, I just can't remember them as I'm here at work. I did use one of them to clone my desktop drive to an SSD drive and it worked perfectly.
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A handy guide. http://lifehacker.com/5837543/how-to-migrate-to-a-solid+state-drive-without-reinstalling-windows
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The 'target' (new drive) has to be at least as large as the 'source' (original) drive as this is a sector by sector mirror image copy. After copying simply pop the new drive in and reboot and you should be good to go. If the new drive is larger, you can go into disk management (windows) and tack the additional space onto the existing C: drive or create a new drive partition and assign it a drive letter.
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I think the easiest thing to do would be to install one of the 750gb drives and let WHS incorporate it into your array. Then tell WHS that you want to remove the original 500gb drive. It *should* transfer all of your data from that drive to your new one, allowing you to remove it and then install the remaining new drives.
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I have done this very thing with both of these pieces of software. This is really just a hard drive and will allow normal hard drive work.
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If you copied anything or backed up to the drive, you can copy them back to the new computer. If you backed up in Windows, you can restore to the new computer in Windows.
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Need to install on a back up hard drive, or a partitioned drive off the C: drive. The key is to install from that drive. It does not like being installed just to the C: Drive I have a Toshiba backup drive. I copied all the programs from the D: drive the DVD or CD to the backup drive. Then I installed from that drive. As long as I have that backup dive attached to the USB port, I do not need the DVD/CD to run the game
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Yes you can. Just create the partition using the disc utility. (Applications/Utilities/Disc Utility) Hope this helps!
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No. Best to move everything you need to a third drive and install your new drive clean. Then move anything you need back. Anything that has to do with the operating system would have to be reinstalled on the new drive. Ie programs, the operating system itself, etc. you can use program specific saved files once the program is reinstalled.