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The thread discusses transitioning from MacOS to Windows and the challenge of upgrading to a larger SSD. Initially, the user seeks advice on cloning drives; one contributor recommends Clonezilla, but the user encounters boot issues, later resolving them by updating Clonezilla. Overall, the discussion highlights troubleshooting and the importance of using the latest software versions for successful disk cloning.
Hydrarchos

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Hi all,
I'm currently in the process of moving over from MacOS to Windows. While it has not been a problem-free experience (is there really no affordable and user-friendly ref manager for Windows?) I'm generally satisfied with my machine.

Thing is, though, that just now that I have everything set up to my liking I'm finding out my 480GB SSD is a tad too small. I'd like to move everything to a higher capacity drive.

On a Mac, that's a cinch: hook up a second, external drive, clone everything, swap drives. But I have no idea whether that concept will work on Windows 10 and if so, which software I should use to accomplish that. Any tips would be greatly appreciated!
 

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Thanks. I did try that to clone my Linux install a while back, but it wasn't exactly overly user-friendly. That was three years ago though, so I shall give it a go on Win10.
 

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I tried Clonezilla, but with an astounding lack of success, as it won't even boot properly. Back to square one.
 

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I use Acronis for cloning drives, works really well and very simple doing all the hard work for you.
 

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livix07 said:
I would go for Clonezilla Live because it's free and open source:
Clonezilla live

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Hi,

Apologies needed, turns out that the problems were caused by me not using the latest version of CloneZilla. I used it to clone the drive and that went swimmingly. Thanks!
 

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