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Having unallocated space to the right of the old drive, that accounts for the difference of sizes of the old (HDD) vs new drive (SSD), continue with: If you have Windows, it is not recommended to move the C: partition (start) to the left, or if you do, try using a Windows bootable USB to accomplish that, instead of gparted. Linux partitions when Dual Boot (old) unit. In gparted (bootable USB) shrink the right most partitions, i.e. (some details correspond to Dual Boot systems, the example uses an HDD as old drive (internal) and SSD as new drive connected by USB in a beginning, and a linux bootable USB as above): r, -retry-passes= exit after retry passes (-1=infinity) n, -no-scrape skip the scraping phase (preventing the utilityįrom spending too much time attempting to recreate heavily f, -force overwrite output device or partition (3) Then, install ddrescue and ddrescue-gui in ddrescue gui, select the option "do a soft run" (skips bad sectors) in "Settings", selecting the input and output units, which you can know with gparted orĪlternatively, you could use a gparted live USB, which already comes with gsmartcontrol (GUI) and ddrescue, (1) run sudo gsmartcontrol - long analysis of old drive -, and then: sudo ddrescue -f -n -r0 /dev/ /dev/ /root/recovery.log

Most programs really just give you a hard time with the licenses if you change multiple aspects of your hardware at once.Ĭurrently I would (1) make a bootable linux USB and boot from it, (2) install gsmartcontrol and make the long analysis of the old hard disk ( sudo gsmartcontrol opens the GUI). Supports packet writing to DVD DL media with Windows Vista.Ĭreate a clone of your harddrive, use the Rescue CD to copy the backup to a new drive.Įverything will be copied 1:1.

Built in CD/DVD packet writing engine.

Linux based Rescue CD with Network access and full GUI.

Industry leading compression levels and speed.

Image to Network, USB, FireWire drives and DVD.

Create a disk image whilst running Windows using Microsoft Volume Shadow copy Service (VSS).

The only free XP, Vista and Windows 7 compatible disk imaging software with BartPE and Linux based recovery options. Or if you're looking for a free alternative: Macrium Reflect You can simply use a backup software like Acronis TrueImageĪcronis True Image Home 2011 assures that all your important data, including photos, videos, music, documents and applications, are fully protected and can be recovered quickly in the event of any disaster.

Did I understand you correctly, that you want to use the same PC but just change the harddrive? In this case, you shouldn't get "crazy software activation issues".