Transferrinng old HD data to new SSD

JohnBoanerges · 22. Aug 2014, 08:04 PM

I have a Samsung SSD sitting here gathering dust and my laptop is soooooo slow, I figure that I ought to transfer everything to the SSD. I have the SSD set as an external, I just need the best free software to image the old so that I can do a painless swap. The laptop is a Dell Inspiron 1525 which I just a couple of months ago swapped for a previous same model which went south on me. I bought the same model thinking I could just put the old HD into the replacement laptop but it didn't work that way. I forget what I had to do to do THAT swap but I eventually did get it to work. There was no imaging involved, I remember that well enough. I'm an old fogy, so, instruction would be most helpful in basic terms. Thanks.

JohnBoanerges · 26. Aug 2014, 05:53 PM

4 days and nobody of the 57 people that have view my request has my answer? If I wasn't clear, I wish to clone my standard 250 Gig HD onto my 250 Gig SSD and need the freeware solution to accomplish that.

Anupam · 26. Aug 2014, 06:51 PM

You probably did not get an answer because, might be no one cloned a hard drive to a SSD.

Anyways, did you take a look at this review?

http://www.techsupportalert.com/best...g-software.htm

Any of the software which you like from the list, should do the job.

Sope · 27. Aug 2014, 11:24 AM

As with most HDD/SSD manufacturers, Samsung provide their own free software specifically for this purpose.
This may be a good place to start. - Samsung Data Migration Software

22. Aug 2014, 08:04 PM	#1 (permalink)
JohnBoanerges Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 2	Transferrinng old HD data to new SSD I have a Samsung SSD sitting here gathering dust and my laptop is soooooo slow, I figure that I ought to transfer everything to the SSD. I have the SSD set as an external, I just need the best free software to image the old so that I can do a painless swap. The laptop is a Dell Inspiron 1525 which I just a couple of months ago swapped for a previous same model which went south on me. I bought the same model thinking I could just put the old HD into the replacement laptop but it didn't work that way. I forget what I had to do to do THAT swap but I eventually did get it to work. There was no imaging involved, I remember that well enough. I'm an old fogy, so, instruction would be most helpful in basic terms. Thanks.

26. Aug 2014, 06:51 PM	#3 (permalink)
Anupam Super Moderator Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: India Posts: 14,756	You probably did not get an answer because, might be no one cloned a hard drive to a SSD. Anyways, did you take a look at this review? http://www.techsupportalert.com/best...g-software.htm Any of the software which you like from the list, should do the job. __________________ Anupam

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26. Aug 2014, 05:53 PM	#2 (permalink)
JohnBoanerges Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 2	4 days and nobody of the 57 people that have view my request has my answer? If I wasn't clear, I wish to clone my standard 250 Gig HD onto my 250 Gig SSD and need the freeware solution to accomplish that.

27. Aug 2014, 11:24 AM	#4 (permalink)
Sope Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Wales, UK Posts: 1,108	As with most HDD/SSD manufacturers, Samsung provide their own free software specifically for this purpose. This may be a good place to start. - Samsung Data Migration Software