SSD storage options - Acer po3-620

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Hi, I currently have the Acer po3-620, and I was thinking of upgrading my SSD . However I believe my PC only has one SSD slot, and I was wondering what is the easiest way to transfer my files on my old SSD over to my new ssd

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billsey

Your best bet is to start with the new SSD plus an external case with USB interface. Put the new drive in the case and connect to your system. You can verify it's recognized using Disk Management, but don't bother formatting it. Then use disk cloning software (I used Macrium Reflect last time) to clone the internal drive to the external. Make sure it only resizes the C: partition if the two drives are different sizes. Once down use Disk Management to verify they all got copied correctly. You will typically have four partitions, a 100MB EFI partition formatted FAT32, a 500MB recovery partition holding recovery software, a 1-10GB recovery partition holding the recovery image, and the C: partition which uses the whole rest of the drive. Shut down, remove the old SSD, install the new SSD, power it back up. If everything goes as expected you should just boot up on the new drive. Once you are satisfied everything works as expected, put the old drive in the case, plug it in and use Disk Management to wipe everything off and create a single data partition.

billsey

Your best bet is to start with the new SSD plus an external case with USB interface. Put the new drive in the case and connect to your system. You can verify it's recognized using Disk Management, but don't bother formatting it. Then use disk cloning software (I used Macrium Reflect last time) to clone the internal drive to the external. Make sure it only resizes the C: partition if the two drives are different sizes. Once down use Disk Management to verify they all got copied correctly. You will typically have four partitions, a 100MB EFI partition formatted FAT32, a 500MB recovery partition holding recovery software, a 1-10GB recovery partition holding the recovery image, and the C: partition which uses the whole rest of the drive. Shut down, remove the old SSD, install the new SSD, power it back up. If everything goes as expected you should just boot up on the new drive. Once you are satisfied everything works as expected, put the old drive in the case, plug it in and use Disk Management to wipe everything off and create a single data partition.