Prepping for new drives.

[tinpanalley]

I'm about to receive a new HDD for my media storage (sits in the tower) and a SSD to replace the system drive. I have two questions...
1. I've got almost a TB of data to transfer from this 1TB 7200rpm drive to the new HDD. I use Teracopy now but is there maybe some other copying tool that's good for doing this job? The content is all photos, audio, and some video, if that matters.
2. Is there something I need to know at all about copying my current system drive to the new SSD? I've never done this before. When I've created new system drives in the past it's been on new systems.

Thanks!!

 

[denis280]

Before you replace your hdd.with the ssd.connect your new hdd and transfer everything to the new one.then when your finish.and when come time for the ssd.you go the the ssd site and they have tools for cloning.then reconnect your new hdd with your picture.

 

[tinpanalley]

Hey, thanks for the advice. I didnt know about the cloning tools. But what I was asking with the media HDDs was more about the program or method of copying and not the order of the workflow.

 

[smitbret]

Well, once I have the OS properly cloned, I boot up and use copy/paste.

Come back in 90 minutes and enjoy.

 

[Charlie98]

Well, once I have the OS properly cloned, I boot up and use copy/paste.

Come back in 90 minutes and enjoy.

That...^^^ I transferred 2TB of media last time (to a new 3TB drive) with no issues.

 

[tinpanalley]

Cool. I use TeraCopy for large copying jobs because I like the log info. Makes me feel more secure.
And for cloning my system drive there really isn't one in particular that people use? I'm so afraid of some kind of hidden system file not being transferred to the new drive.

 

[denis280]

What ssd do you have

 

[tinpanalley]

Samsung EVO 840.

 

[denis280]

http://www.samsung.com/global/busin...isite/SSD/global/html/about/whitepaper11.html