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Transfer OS on HDD to SSD & Swap-Out Drives, BUT Save OS on Old HDD??
I have my OS (Win7 Pro) on a 80GB HHD... That I want to upgrade to an 120GB SSD.
After the Transfer, I will Upgrade the OS to Win8 Pro. (for which I need Win7 installed first???)
I saw threads on "Migrating" the OS using 'Paragon Migrate OS to SSD 3.0', but I want to KEEP Win7 on my old HHD, in case I don't Like Win8 and want to move back later. To migrate, means 'to move', as apposed to Copy/clone... If my English is correct.
Will Paragon Migrate leave the Original copy of the OS on the HHD after the Migration to the new SSD????
I read that Using a program like Acronis will Clone the drive, but not make it Bootable. (The Bootmanager partition is not cloned???)
Is there an Easy & uncomplicated way for me to clone the whole OS to a New 'C' SSD, with the Bootsector,.... while retaining a Bootable OS copy on the Old 'C' HHD so I can swap back if needed?
I initialized the new SSD as drive 'S' in my Hot-Swap Dock... But now I'm stymimed about how to make the OS Transfer, with the New SSD as 'C' while keeping a Full copy on the old 'C' drive. I will replace the Old 'C' HHD from the Computer... The Only OS 'C' drive will be the new SSD.
A little knowledge makes me confused & paranoid and unable to make a correct decision.
Thanks in Advance for any advice you can provide!!!