Acronis to clone a small SSD to a larger SSD

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Has anyone use Acronis backup to clone a smaller SSD to a larger SSD? I just bought a intel 330 (maple crest) 180gb to replace a Kingston 96gb ssd as my boot drive. I know that Acronis has a clone utility that clone drives. I got my system all configure exactly the way i want and did not want to re-install everything I figure the best way to do this would be to clone the drive and then swap them. If you have use Acronis to clone what was your experience and do you recommend doing so. tia.
 
Sir_Poop_Alot said:
Has anyone use Acronis backup to clone a smaller SSD to a larger SSD? I just bought a intel 330 (maple crest) 180gb to replace a Kingston 96gb ssd as my boot drive. I know that Acronis has a clone utility that clone drives. I got my system all configure exactly the way i want and did not want to re-install everything I figure the best way to do this would be to clone the drive and then swap them. If you have use Acronis to clone what was your experience and do you recommend doing so. tia.
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Intel actually has a free data migration app (which is rebadged acronis) for you to use http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=19324 It just requires that an Intel drive be one of the two.
 
If you have another drive, you can also just create an image using Win 7s built-in backup tool, and then restore it to the new drive. If you use Acronis, make sure it is a newer version that is SSD aware so it doesn't mess up the alignment.
 
Forceman said:
If you have another drive, you can also just create an image using Win 7s built-in backup tool, and then restore it to the new drive. If you use Acronis, make sure it is a newer version that is SSD aware so it doesn't mess up the alignment.
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Or format the new SSD before the format. I've used older Acronis versions to migrate from HDD to SSD using backup-restore and as long as I formatted the SSD first (off a Win 7 machine) I had no alignment issues as a result of the restore.
 
Thanks guys for all the advice. I ended up just using Acronis 2012 home edition and use the clone tool. As process was completely painless. I was able to get my system upgraded to the new intel ssd 180gb in about 40 minutes. The part that took the most time actually was swapping the SSDs :) I didn't use the intel migration tool as suggested by mwroobel and as he says it's only a re-branded acronis tool.
 
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