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[Resolved] Intel Data Migration: Do I need to boot from CD? [NO]

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aceO07

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Do I need to burn the data migration software to a CD and boot laptop with it in order to clone to SSD?

I saw a youtube video where the presenter just has the software running under Windows 7 and does the cloning on there with the Data Migration software. Windows 7 did have to reboot into safe mode(?).

Can anybody confirm?

The laptop does not have CD drive. I will have to clone from internal drive to external USB SSD (Intel G3).
 
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I highly recommend learning how to use ddrescue in Linux.

Essentially you do the following:

1. Boot up a Linux live cd
2. Open up a terminal and type "sudo apt-get install gddrescue"
3. Type "sudo fdisk-l" in the terminal. This will tell you which drive is which.
4. Type "sudo mount /dev/sdX /media/X" (with X being your drive name from fdisk)
5. Type "sudo ddrescue /dev/sdX /media/X/backup.img
6. Type "sudo ddrescue /media/X/backup.img /dev/sdX"

That method will create an image of your hard drive. If you want to just do a straight copy, instead of doing steps 4-6, just type "sudo ddrescue /dev/sdX /dev/sdY", with X being your source and Y being your destination.

This method has been fast and reliable for me, and it's a great way to keep backup images of your SSD periodically.
 
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