The old HDD is on it's last legs..

[Pedwar]

Hey guys, basically my 500 GB HDD is starting to clog up with all my stuff and is slowing down day by day. What I want to know is, if I buy an SSD, will I be able to simply transfer the OS from the old HDD to the SSD? (I'd obviously make sure to backup all my important files and make sure I wouldn't be transferring to much stuff.)

So yeah, Is it possible? How do I do it?

It'd also be nice if you could recommend a decent SSD for a £100 (160 Canadian Dollars).

Thanks for any help.

[ZZLEE]

Buy a back up drive like a Western Didigital esensials or better Live 2 TB or Seagate equivalant. Back evthing up n to the storge drive fists.

Going SSD means tha you will have best results by relaoding the OS from a CD and strting new and fresh.

Go fore a 64 bit OS if you dont already have one installed. 32 bit Windows only can use propperly use 4 GB of RAM

Intel 520 / 120 GB SSD has the highest reviews on this site fore SSD

going fore a 120 GB or larger SSD is better than smaller. I am having some problems with my 60 GB SSD and all the standerd stuff I like to have avalble.

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For under $160CAD, you'd be looking at a 128GB SSD. I think the best all-around drive for reliability/performance/price/support is the Samsung 830, but unfortunately they are not widely sold in Canada. TigerDirect.ca currently has it on sale for $129.99. There is also a desktop upgrade version which includes Norton Ghost cloning software to transfer your existing OS installation for $149.99.

There are free cloning programs available, but I've only ever used Acronis True Image.

[Galcobar]

I doubt someone pricing in pounds is in Canada. The UK availability of the 830 seems solid. Limited but free cloning programs are available from Western Digital and Seagate -- they're both Acronis-based, but with regular backup capability removed. You can clone or manually back up, however.

What I might recommend is a fresh install of your OS onto the SSD, then transferring over your settings. Windows Easy Transfer, which you can do in seperate steps -- create the file with your current setup in place, save the file it creates to a USB key, remove your existing hard drive, install Windows, then run WET to transfer your settings, and then reinstall your old hard drive.

[KaptCrunch]

arconis is the best option to transfer hdd image to a new drive thats bigger

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Originally Posted by Galcobar

I doubt someone pricing in pounds is in Canada

Hehe. I immediately assumed he was in Canada visiting or something.

Well, there's a Norton Ghost-bundled version that's even cheaper in the UK at £79.99 with free shipping. This version is the notebook upgrade kit that includes additional mounting hardware.

The desktop basic version (drive only) without Norton Ghost is the same price.

Edit: You may need to purchase a 3.5" to 2.5" adapter to mount the drive in your case.