TC-705-EB53 SSD boot drive install

I'm looking at installing an SSD as a boot drive, and am considering whether to do a fresh install of Windows and then re-install my programs, or clone my current C: drive to the new SSD.

I'm leaning towards cloning to avoid having to re-install and re-configure all my programs. Any advice on how to carry out the cloning process would be welcome. I have Acronis True Image 2016. Is this a good option for cloning, or are there better ones?

My OS is Windows 10 Home; my C: drive has about 90 GB of files (all OS and programs, my data is on a separate hard drive); and the destination drive is a 240GB Kingston SSD Plus.

Thanks.

Tom

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IronFly

you can use Acronis but keep in mind that windows boot manager will probably still boot from the HDD; so you will need to disconnect it to boot from the SSD and then wipe the HDD.

tkavan

Instead of erasing it can I set the SSD as the boot drive in BIOS, and then leave the original boot drive as it is as a sort of backup in case of SSD problems?