- Jan 9, 2000
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HI
My daughter gave me her old Asus laptop.
It was running so slow and behind on Windows updates.
It took 3 days of just letting it run and downloading updates to get it caught up.
Now that it up to date on Windows downloads, I found that the battery needs to be replaced.
Once the the battery is replaced, I want to replace the hard drive with a ssd. A couple of years ago I bought 3 Samsung ssd drives and will use one of those.
The drive on the laptop is 500 gig. My ssd's are 250 gig. Storage used on the old hard drive is less then 250 gig. and I "think" I can clone the old hdd to the new ssd.
BUT When I look at the way the old drive is partitioned it shows. (going from memory) the D portion is 280 gig and the C where the programs, etc are stored is about 150 gig or so.
My first thought is to re-partition the old drive then clone it to the new ssd.
If I make the D partition smaller,, will the unused space automatically go over to the C partition?
It has been way too long since I have done anything like this and I do need help and advice.
If I had to I will buy a new 500 gig ssd to replace the older hdd. But that doesn't solve what happens when I clone the old to the new ssd.
Once updated the laptop will be used as a "spare" or second one for my wife to use.
Thanks
Bob
My daughter gave me her old Asus laptop.
It was running so slow and behind on Windows updates.
It took 3 days of just letting it run and downloading updates to get it caught up.
Now that it up to date on Windows downloads, I found that the battery needs to be replaced.
Once the the battery is replaced, I want to replace the hard drive with a ssd. A couple of years ago I bought 3 Samsung ssd drives and will use one of those.
The drive on the laptop is 500 gig. My ssd's are 250 gig. Storage used on the old hard drive is less then 250 gig. and I "think" I can clone the old hdd to the new ssd.
BUT When I look at the way the old drive is partitioned it shows. (going from memory) the D portion is 280 gig and the C where the programs, etc are stored is about 150 gig or so.
My first thought is to re-partition the old drive then clone it to the new ssd.
If I make the D partition smaller,, will the unused space automatically go over to the C partition?
It has been way too long since I have done anything like this and I do need help and advice.
If I had to I will buy a new 500 gig ssd to replace the older hdd. But that doesn't solve what happens when I clone the old to the new ssd.
Once updated the laptop will be used as a "spare" or second one for my wife to use.
Thanks
Bob