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I went with the option to install Windows 7 & Mountain Lion on the same drive - a 120 GB Sandisk SSD.
Since I'm consistently running out of space on this drive, I bought a 512 GB Samsung 850 Evo Pro to replace it with. Is there a way that I can clone the entire drive - both Operating Systems and keeping the bootloader/MBR/etc in tact?
My goal was to be able to mirror what I have now onto the Samsung so that I could use that as my primary drive and keep my same setup.
However, if it would be easier/cleaner... Should I instead clone the Win partition separately, then set it up so that the Sandisk is the Windows drive and the Samsung is the Mac drive? I'm trying to avoid having to do a complete re-install.. I remember it being a struggle 2 years ago to get it fully working..
Thoughts?
Edit - also, should mention that I've been researching forums, looking at different software options and have been struggling with this for a few days. Trying to be as careful as I can before I attempt to bring in the new drive.. I rely heavily on this device and don't want to mess it up. Appreciate you taking the time to read this and any thoughts you have. Love this site and how helpful it has been in the past!
Since I'm consistently running out of space on this drive, I bought a 512 GB Samsung 850 Evo Pro to replace it with. Is there a way that I can clone the entire drive - both Operating Systems and keeping the bootloader/MBR/etc in tact?
My goal was to be able to mirror what I have now onto the Samsung so that I could use that as my primary drive and keep my same setup.
However, if it would be easier/cleaner... Should I instead clone the Win partition separately, then set it up so that the Sandisk is the Windows drive and the Samsung is the Mac drive? I'm trying to avoid having to do a complete re-install.. I remember it being a struggle 2 years ago to get it fully working..
Thoughts?
Edit - also, should mention that I've been researching forums, looking at different software options and have been struggling with this for a few days. Trying to be as careful as I can before I attempt to bring in the new drive.. I rely heavily on this device and don't want to mess it up. Appreciate you taking the time to read this and any thoughts you have. Love this site and how helpful it has been in the past!