Check this guide and learn how to effectively clone your HDD onto a new SSD. Enjoy the fast bootups and quick launch apps from the SSD.

But how do you make the switch to an SSD without losing all of your data on the hard drive? If you follow along below, we’ll show you a couple of options for moving your HDD over to the SSD.

Put the SSD in it and clone to there, then swap the drives so that at the end of the process you have a new external drive (your old internal disk in the new enclosure) to use for backups etc.

To clone a hard drive or SSD on Windows, download Macrium Reflect Free, connect both drives, and click Clone this drive under the source disk.

The M2 SSD arrives tomorrow and I'd love to just clone the HDD to SSD and then reformat the spinner and keep it for bulk storage.

Migrating a Windows installation can be tricky. Thankfully, our guide will show you how to move Windows 10 to an SSD from your dusty old hard drive in no time.

There are few ways to make a laptop faster that are as easy and cost-effective as replacing your existing hard drive with a solid state drive (SSD).

There are few ways to make a laptop faster that are as easy and cost-effective as replacing your existing hard drive with a solid state drive (SSD).

A newer PCIe Gen 4 SSD, such as Samsung's 980 Pro, pushes 7,000 MB/s. For context, a 7200-rpm SATA HDD like the Seagate Barracuda manages around 200 MB/s.

A newer PCIe Gen 4 SSD, such as Samsung's 980 Pro, pushes 7,000 MB/s. For context, a 7200-rpm SATA HDD like the Seagate Barracuda manages around 200 MB/s.