Solved How do I go about upgrading my hard drive on a Samsung lap

[Tarka Dal]

In summary then:
I copied HDD drive to Slave disc. Using Macrium reflect!
I then compressed C: on slave to 54GB size. Using Minitool Partition wizard!
I then filled my SSD with zeros. Using Minitool Partition wizard!
Then I compressed MBR and C: into a Macrium reflect image. Using Macrium reflect!
Then I put that image onto my SSD. Using Macrium reflect!
And voila! Up and running. Pip pip!

 

[whs]

For space saving do 2 things;

1. get rid of the hiberfile. The command is powercfg -h off
2. reduce your pagefile to 1 or 2 GBs

If you have e.g. 4GB of RAM, that will save you 6 or 7 GB on the SSD.

The SSD should have at least 10% of free space for garbage collection. Else it might degrade in performance.

 

[Tarka Dal]

What and where is the pagefile..

 

[labeeman]

Try this link.

Understanding the Windows Pagefile and Why You Shouldn't Disable It

 

[whs]

Press Start and write pagefile. Then hit Enter. It will tell you everything.

 

[Tarka Dal]

Ok done that!
Anything else guys!

Thanks for your help guys...I'm off to bed now...