Transfer Data from External to new SSD

[mrpergo]

I picked up a new 256 Samsung 830 SSD and plan to install over the weekend.
My plan is to pull the HD's I have installed and install the new 830 do a clean Windows 7 install and then put the Old "C" drive in my external esata enclosure and transfer files & settings to the new drive using the old like it was an old pc and use Windows file transfer to transfer old to new.
Will that work ?
Then I just plan to reinstall the other software that was installed on the old.
Thanks for your time 🙂

 

[mrpergo]

Can anyone answer this question for me, I'd like to change drives over the weekend.
I guess the worse that could happen is I have to put the original drive back in 🙂

 

[ryderOCZ]

Yes, that will work just fine.

 

[mrpergo]

Thank you I appreciate your time, I thought it should work but it doesn't hurt to get a second opinion.
Thanks again

 

[Dessert Tears]

My plan is to pull the HD's I have installed and install the new 830 do a clean Windows 7 install and then put the Old "C" drive in my external esata enclosure and transfer files & settings to the new drive using the old like it was an old pc and use Windows file transfer to transfer old to new.

If you have enough SATA ports and power, it might be a little faster to connect your drives internally. (You mentioned hard drives, plural.)

Depending on how many files you're copying, you may want to use a dedicated program like robocopy, teracopy, or xxcopy. [thread=2259164]Old thread[/thread]