Moving OS from 120GB Internal SSD to 480GB External SSD

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  Clear on 24/09/2018 - 12:19

  Desktop or laptop? Do you have the new SSD connected to the computer? E.g. SATA cable inside the desktop or a USB HDD Dock?

  If so you will need to use the Clone option in Acronis. Instructions are available here and it's a very easy process. I recommend using the Automatic transfer option in Step 2.

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    alz on 24/09/2018 - 14:13

    Thanks!
    Followed the instructions and booted to the SSD, it gave me a ''Windows has an error we will restart for you'' did that a few times. Went back to OS on old SSD until i figure what to do :(

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      Clear on 24/09/2018 - 14:14

      Sounds like the clone failed. Were you using the OS while the clone was happening?

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  [Deactivated] on 24/09/2018 - 12:38

  +1

  Perfect opportunity to do a fresh W10 install.
  Super easy. A little bit more work but your pc will be happy and so will you.

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    alz on 24/09/2018 - 14:12

    Thanks but to do a fresh install i will need to purchase a new copy as the PC came with W10 already. Any way around that?

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      [Deactivated] on 24/09/2018 - 14:27

      Yes. Log in or create a Microsoft account. When you install the fresh version log back into the account. There is an option to say you have modified your hardware and it will reactivate your original W10. Google for better detailed instructions. Very simple.

      Try this as a starter..

      https://m.windowscentral.com/how-re-activate-windows-10-afte…

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        Tnetennba on 29/09/2018 - 23:02

        +1

        Even better it will probably just read the OEM key from the motherboard and activate automatically.

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  hawkeye on 24/09/2018 - 14:55

  Did a sumsung 256 SSD to kingston 512 SSD.
  kingston told me to use aomei disk manager that I found somewhere on the net.
  I do remember having problems cloning but can't be sure if I ended up resizing the larger HDD partition to the same size installed then resized after windows did its thing.

  As others have said you'd be better off doing a fresh install if you have the time.

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  the Unforgiven on 25/09/2018 - 09:05

  I always use Acronis Disk Director
  if the new SSD is a Samsung, use their migration program

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  incipient on 28/09/2018 - 01:02

  Clonezilla is a fantastic free and oss option. Exceptional live CD environment to use if you like to use a GUI (like me!)

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  alz on 28/09/2018 - 17:41

  thanks everyine. None of the above seemed to work. I think I might need to take the tower to a local shop to get slugged.