Ok, I want an "easy" solution to this as I would have thought its not going to be that hard to do, but is there any software that will copy my current "C" drive SSD to a new larger capacity SSD drive?
I have the windows disc etc but its a pita to do it all from scratch

Thanks

 

Isn't there stand alone hard drive copiers, or am I confusing

 

What you're looking at doing is complex, technically. However there's lots of free tools to help that gloss over the guts of the details!

But the type of thing you're after is:

1. Boot off a cd or DVD into an app
2. With both ssd drives attached, copy everything from small to large
3. Boot from large and you're off

Have a look at this:

http://hddguru.com/software/HDD-Raw-Copy-Tool/

Before you start make sure you have backup of all your data!!!!!

To back up your data try this:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/s.../ee656415.aspx

It's a tool that can take a clone of your hard drive and turn it into a virtual hard drive file (VHD). You can then mount this as a drive or boot from it.

 

I haven't used it for years but http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php

 

You need to use a disc cloning/imaging software. I've used Symantec Ghost in the past. It will create a clone of your entire hard drive sector by sector. Then you can dump this image into any larger hard drive. Just google disk cloning.

 

I did this recently..

Used 'ghost' to image the drive ; swopped drives over ; put 'image' on new drive ; then used the 'disk management' utility in windows to extend the smaller image to occupy the whole drive...

Having said that -- it is probably the 'wrong' way to do it !!

 

Imaging as mentioned is the best bet. But why not use the built in Win7/8 imaging tool. You don't need a 3rd party tool like ghost. Then you can expand the partition with a free partitioning tool. You can achieve all of this in a couple hours/depending on the size of your backup image.

 

Clonezilla or Acronis

 

I have made use of a HDD upgrade kit by a company called Apricorn: http://www.apricorn.com/products.html
I have the USB3 EZ upgrade kit for notebooks, which is really easy, put drive in caddy run software, swap drives. job done.
the software needs their caddy to run for windows, but for macs use sooperdooper and any standard caddy.
I have done all manner of systems including mixing consoles using that kit.

HTH
Liam