I've been using one of these for a couple years. It so far has cloned everything I've attempted and also will resize data if replacement HDD is larger than original For system drives I usually replace with an identical model HDD but have done a few to different drive and not had issues so far
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003ZDLATE/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1 lopaka On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 5:40 PM, FORC5 <fuf...@cox.net> wrote: > myself been using Drive Clone 11 workstation > http://www.farstone.com/ > > for new drives and backup, one time new drive clone there is a setting > that transfers the old drives id so some sw does not get confused and need > re activation. > nice sw > fp > > At 03:14 PM 2/28/2017, Bino Gopal Poked the stick with: > >> Hey guys, so been randomly getting a lot of new laptops with say Win10 on >> them but with either too small SSDs or HDs. >> >> What's the best way to replace those with bigger/better SSDs or NVMe >> drives and get them up and running? >> >> 1) Clone the drive before replacing? Will that always just work? If so >> what's the best software for that-and I don't mind paying if it's quality >> stuff that will last... >> >> 2)|Or can I just get a new drive and somehow easily extract the Win10 >> license and then reinstall Windows. If so what's the best/fastest way to >> do that? >> >> Thanks for any help and tip guys and glad to see you're still here! :) >> >> >> BINO >> > > Date: Tuesday, February 28th, 2017 > > ***Caution Tagline Below*** > **Tallyho** > ******************************************* > Faith will not die while seed catalogs > are printed. > ******************************************* > > > > > > > > > > >