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One of the problems that can rediscount the user is having to migrate to Windows and all programs in the new SSD drive without doing a new installation, which is not always nice if you have lots of important data to be transferred. Unfortunately, not enough to clone the hard disk with the usual programs such as Acronis because an SSD will never have the same capacity of a hard disk normal (at least for now) and will inevitably have a much more limited space capacity. Instead of upgrading to a larger unit, you want to do a migration to a smaller disk, which means that many can not enter data on the SSD.
In summary: In this guide we will make a backup of the operating system harp and programs, excluding all files (documents, movies, photos and music) in order to reduce the space occupied by Windows and finally clone the hard disk drive on the SSD. The end result will be a PC snappy and fast (as we could see from our test), while leaving the normal data in the old hard drive that will act as a secondary disk.
Note: If you're using a Windows laptop move on SSDs will be more difficult, as there are very few models on which you can install more than one disk inside. You will then need to sacrifice a little 'space and maybe use an external hard drive to contain personal data (photos, mp3, videos, and documents). Prerequisites
To move Windows on SSD that is needed is therefore a PC with internal hard drive and installed Windows of course, a solid-state disk SSD like this where we will make the migration and a backup disk for our personal harp files, harp which can be a distinction external USB drive or a USB flash drive is large enough.
The SSD must be at least capacious HDD space minus the space occupied by the user folder; so we have to procure global space of C: (system folder and partition) and the space occupied by the Users folder harp (Users in the Italian versions of Windows) that contains the personal files of all users of the PC.
To discover these values right click on the folder C: \ Users \ (or C: \ Users \) and read in the property, how much space its contents; we will do the same from My Computer to see the space on the C:
Subtract the space of the Users folder to C: and get the space occupied harp by the operating system and programs. The SSD that we have chosen to be a bit 'larger than the result obtained for future updates and new programs.
If we got 60 GB (or less) a SSD 128 GB is more than enough for our purposes. If instead we got a value of around 100 GB or you plan to install many games and programs after the upgrade should bet on a disk of 256 GB. Personally harp I always recommend buying the cut 256GB, harp now available at affordable prices.
How to migrate the program will use EASEUS Todo Backup harp Free, free, and among the best software to clone the disk and create a backup as an image of the system. It is also among the best to copy system images on smaller units as precisely harp the migration to an SSD.
If you have a computer that is configured in dual boot with GNU / Linux, OS X, or another version of Windows on the same drive, the process is a bit 'more complicated but nothing impossible, there's just an extra step to take: in step three must choose the Windows partition and clone only the SSD instead of the entire hard disk.
To restore the boot loader will use the recovery disc or DVD installation of the operating harp system. If the vendor has not provided us any PC disk we use the voice of the system to create a recovery disc (here and here guides Microsoft)
Before you begin, deframmentiamo the disk: click on the Start menu or in the sidebar of Windows harp 8 and type "defrag" to open the Disk Defragmenter; we start the disk defragmenter C:
To minimize the amount of data to be transferred must do a backup of your personal data to another drive or external drive to save all your personal data: documents, music, pictures, photos, videos harp or anything else contained in that folder.
Patiently await the end of the transfer procedure (in case of a lot of data may also take hours depending on the speed of the devices involved.) Step Two: delete personal files from the main unit and reduce the space
To do this, just delete all the music, movies, documents and photos without deleting the folders themselves, only their contents; then we enter into any personal folder and make a clean sweep of n