In Disk Management window, find the SSD which will be shown as Disk 1 (or Disk 2 etc. At the command prompt window, type in diskmgmt then press Enter. Screenshot by Dong Ngo/CNETĪnd here's how to make sure the SSD has the same drive format type:Ģ. It's easy to convert a drive from MBR to GPT and vice versa. Note that for a desktop, as an option, you can skip this adapter and install the SSD as a secondary internal drive for the cloning process, which works much faster than connecting via USB. If you have a Seagate GoFlex external hard drive (a portable or desktop version), you can use the adapter part of the drive for the job. These adapters can be found online for around $15 or so. The third thing you need is a USB-to-SATA adapter. ![]() ![]() It also supports all types of hard drive formats. This software allows you to clone the existing drive to a new one without even restarting the computer. ![]() There are many of them on the market and most of them work well (some SSDs come with this software installed) but my favorite for the job is the free version of Macrium Reflect. The second thing you need is cloning software. It never hurts to get a large SSD of the same or even larger capacity as the existing hard drive, though, if you can afford it. That means, for example, if your computer's main hard drive's capacity is 1TB but you have just used up about 200GB, then you just need an SSD that's 240GB. One important thing to keep in mind: make sure you get an SSD with a higher capacity than the total amount of data you currently have on the hard drive you're replacing.
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