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System image larger than new drive?
Hello,
I am in the process of upgrading to an SSD. My original HDD showed about 165GB, but the best I can tell in the Windows 7 backup image there was a file that is 289GB. I only bought a 250GB SSD, so I did not attempt to use the image for the new drive.
My questions
TIA for your help!
- Is it normal for the system image to be much larger than the total contents of the original drive?
- If I tried to use that system image on my 250GB SSD would it have installed back to the original drive size of about 165GB or would it fail because it is too large for the SSD?
- Is there different software I should use so I don't run in to this problem in the future?