road-runner Posted December 15, 2014 Posted December 15, 2014 (edited) What is the easiest way/best way to move my working win 7 main rigs drive from existing Seagate Momentus XT ST95005620AS 500GB to a 480 GB SSD? Edited December 15, 2014 by road-runner Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
El_Capitan Posted December 15, 2014 Posted December 15, 2014 I use Acronis Home True Image, but there's also a good amount of other cloning software out there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted December 15, 2014 Posted December 15, 2014 ^what he said, and you can use it for free under the guise "Seagate Diskwizard" due to your momentus Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanTheGamer11 Posted December 15, 2014 Posted December 15, 2014 ^ and ^^ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
road-runner Posted December 16, 2014 Posted December 16, 2014 (edited) I have acronis somewhere got to find it I guess. I was gonna use the seagate disk wizard instead but got this.. doing a sfc /scannow Edited December 16, 2014 by road-runner Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Posted December 16, 2014 Posted December 16, 2014 http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8215143/the-program-cant-start-because-msvcp80-dll-is-missing Although if you have a Linux box laying around - resize the 500 GB partition to something smaller (say, 450 if you can), then simply dd the entire HDD over to the SSD. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
road-runner Posted December 16, 2014 Posted December 16, 2014 (edited) http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8215143/the-program-cant-start-because-msvcp80-dll-is-missing Although if you have a Linux box laying around - resize the 500 GB partition to something smaller (say, 450 if you can), then simply dd the entire HDD over to the SSD. Yea I got a machine or two with ubuntu on them from folding. gonna try that download see what happens.. 193 gb free of 465 Edited December 16, 2014 by road-runner Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Posted December 16, 2014 Posted December 16, 2014 The partition itself needs to be smaller too - if it's not resized before copying it'll screw it up. Using a real tool is less error-prone though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
road-runner Posted December 16, 2014 Posted December 16, 2014 The partition itself needs to be smaller too - if it's not resized before copying it'll screw it up. Using a real tool is less error-prone though. Thats a lot of trouble to go upstairs taking drives or bring the computer down... Looks like the seagate thing is working now. I copied the operating system from a raptor to this hybrid drive long ago worked fine.. Gonna copy to a SSD I just got a cheapy caught it for 179.99 sandisk during the cyber sales.. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820173012 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
road-runner Posted December 16, 2014 Posted December 16, 2014 I dont know what it was I rebooted got that same error message missing file. I uninstalled seagate disc wizard reinstalled it worked then. Already cloned the drive I am using it now... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarWeeny Posted December 16, 2014 Posted December 16, 2014 I always wondered, why doesn't it work when you just blatantly copy it from one disk to the other? Like ctrl c and ctrl v xD Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted December 16, 2014 Posted December 16, 2014 I dont know what it was I rebooted got that same error message missing file. I uninstalled seagate disc wizard reinstalled it worked then. Already cloned the drive I am using it now... Weird, I never got that one but maybe it's just an anomaly with the newer version. Glad you got it working, Acronis is a great program. They're the only one I use because of how small their backup files can be! I always wondered, why doesn't it work when you just blatantly copy it from one disk to the other? Like ctrl c and ctrl v xD Only in our wildest dreams, I can imagine if any OS could do it...perhaps Linux could? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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