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    Need help on SSD upgrade

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by new2computer, Oct 20, 2015.

  1. new2computer

    new2computer Newbie

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    My Acer Aspire V15 Nitro laptop has got a 60GB SSD ( M.2 interface ) for the C: drive in which the OS ( Windows 10 ) and all applications are installed. As the SSD is running very close to it’s capacity limit, I am planning to upgrade to a bigger one - a Samsung 850 EVO 250 GB . Upon trying to clone the SSD using EaseUS, the software seems to be unable to use the full capacity of the new SSD as it’s user interface is showing 177.63 GB of unallocated storage for the new SSD :


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    What I want is just a bigger C: drive having all the content of the original one. May I know how it can be done ?
     
    new2computer, Oct 20, 2015
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  2. superparamagnetic

    superparamagnetic Notebook Consultant

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    What happened was you cloned your original partitions to the new drive, including the partition tables. Since the allocated space on the original drive only goes up to 60 GB, the cloning software has no way to fill the drive beyond that. So you end up with an exact copy of your original disk including partition sizes. 250 GB - 60 GB = 190 GB = 177 GiB

    Fortunately you can resize your partition within the OS and in most cases increasing your partition size is a simply and safe operation. Google search for change partition size for whatever OS you use.
     
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