How to transfer C drive with Windows 8 OS to a new hard drive

Question

I have an OCZ Agility 3 SSD capacity 64GB, i bought a new SSD Vertex 4 capacity 128GB, how can i move all my C: drive contents including files \ windows 8 \ mbr \ boot basically everything to the new SSD \ Hard drive without reinstalling windows 8, and copying all my settings and files?

Answer 1

This can be easily (and very fast) done with CloneZilla. I suggest cloning the entire disk, than resizing the partition to fill the ssd (or make another partition there, whatever you want)

Answer 2

There are dozens of solutions.

Acronis has been the go-to for years for many people. There is also Easus (they have a free version http://www.easeus.com/disk-copy/), CloneZilla (as mentioned) and more.

Acronis and Easus are both great, and I have heard good things about Clonezilla too, although I never used it.

Answer 3

I usually use Acronis True Image, it's easy and fast. (true image is not free)

However, there's a lot of software doing exactly what you need:

• ghost (ex norton ghost)
• easis drive cloning
• easus disk copy
• ping
• clonezilla

I always suggest you to do the cloning process using a live cd (all of those software have a live cd).

for reference, just take a look here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_disk_cloning_software