I am sorry to be a pain, but what I thought would be a straightforward process seems to be highly confusing and I do not know what I am supposed to do. The instructions in the User Guide supplied on the Ghost 15 CD seem irrelevant to my situation and I am terribly lost. If someone could kindly step me through what I am supposed to do I would be immensely grateful.
Situation: I currently have a 64GB SSD which is close to full. I use this as my C: drive which boots to Windows 7 64-bit and contains my applications and a few games. My data is on a HDD. The setup works well.
As my current SSD is running out of space, I have now bought a Samsung 256GB SSD which came with Ghost. What I want to do is 'clone' my current C: drive so that I get exactly what I have now (ie. Windows 7 and all my applications) onto the new SSD. It is my understanding that this is what Ghost is for.
I have connected the new SSD to the computer using a SATA cable. Disk Management sees it as "Disk 2", containing a single unallocated partitiion. Disk Management shows that the current SSD has two partitions - one of 100MB called "System Management" and another of around 55GB called "Corsair F60".
Intended Result: My anticipated outcome is that I use Ghost's "Copy My Hard Drive" feature to clone the current SSD. When Ghost is done, the PC should reboot and the new SSD is now my C: drive (complete with Windows 7 and all my applications), and the old SSD is ready for me to remove or format and use however I like.
Is that how Ghost works - does it take care of all of that for me? If not, what do I do next to achieve this please?
From what I have read, I need to copy the two partitions seprately. How does that work? What options should I use? Do I check the box "Set drive active" for the System Management partition or the Corsair F60 partition? Which partitiion do I check the "Copy MBR" box for? What happens when I have done copied one partition? Does the PC reboot or does it do the second one straight after?
I have also read I need to change the settings in the BIOS. I have also read I need to remove the old SSD before booting up with the new SSD for the first time. As I said, it's all very confusing and the Wizard doesn't really explain things.
So, what do I need to do now?
Thanks in anticipation of any help you can offer.