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New "migrate OS to SSD/HD" function in Partition Wizard 9
I was just doing some exploration of the latest Partition Wizard 9 that I recently upgraded to. I pay for the Professional version even though I really have no need for its additional features and could live with the free version, just as a way of supporting the vendor for this superb product.
Anyway, I noticed that there is a new "migrate OS to SSD/HD" function now present (via wizard) in all versions of PW (including the free version).
As with everything in PW, this new function seems infinitely easy to use, and is available while running currently operational Windows to prepare the new SSD/HD for becoming the new bootable drive. Both "active" boot partition and also "system" (C) partition are copied to the target drive, arranged exactly as you want and re-sized exactly as you want (and of course aligned as they should be for optimal SSD performance if that's the target drive type).
Of course you do still need to then re-boot and get to BIOS setup in order to change the boot sequence so as to boot from the new SSD/HD instead of from the current boot drive.
There are numerous other similar utilities available from other vendors and from the SSD hardware manufacturers, to accomplish a similar result. But as with everything from PW, this one looks wonderfully simple and flexible, and intuitive. I'm going to use it next week when I add a new SSD to my new Lenovo M93p desktop machine, and re-purpose the factory spinner drive to "data".