[daniel1212]

My HDD C drive has been going strong since I built my gaming rig back in 2011, but it’s showing it’s age. I thought that if I got one of those dock things (Plugs an HDD next to a SSD) it would do it all for you. Something like this: https://www.amazon.com/10Gbps-Standalone-Duplicator-Dock-SATA/dp/B019Y4JE22/ref=sr_1_4?crid=37FTXJXVQ3P3M&keywords=hdd+to+ssd+clone+kit&qid=1668651321&sprefix=HDD+to+SSD%2Caps%2C105&sr=8-4 Wouldn’t this be all I’d need?

Plus a SSD. But why spend all that extra money to clone when you can open your case and plug in a new 240GB (plenty for the OS: maybe use the old HD for storage) for under $30, or a 500GB for about $40. Or even get a 240GB USB 3.1 Gen 1 Portable Solid State Drive (SSD) for $35. Or a $14 external SSD 2.5 inch Enclosure so that you do not need to open your case.

Then clone as instructed.

[RandallFlagg]

So, I could just plug a 2TB SSD into my motherboard and clone everything from my 2TB HDD onto it with appropriate software as recommended above in this thread?

[RandallFlagg]

So, I get this:

https://www.amazon.com/Crucial-MX500-NAND-SATA-Internal/dp/B003J5JB12/ref=sr_1_8?crid=17YWYTBVJFW72&keywords=2TB%2Bssd&qid=1668680612&s=electronics&sprefix=2tb%2Bssd%2Celectronics%2C96&sr=1-8&th=1

It comes with the software.
Just get it, turn off my PC, install the SSD and software, and it copies everything from the old HDD and I can use the new SSD for my new C drive?