The simplest way to upgrade from a smaller SSD (or HDD) to a larger one is to pull the old drive, install your new drive, load your OS image and all associated software, and reinstall everything ...

2. Add the new larger SSD then in windows volumes or whatever its called, just merge it in to combine it with my current 128gb drive (which is almost full, hence why I'm upgrading).

All failed to clone smaller disk to bigger disk. Furthermore, I add more value to the video with my custom coded .net software to verify files were copied or not.

These smaller files are frequently used compared to larger files. The SSD is many times quicker when compared to a hard disk in reading and writing these files.

The simplest way to upgrade from a smaller SSD (or HDD) to a larger one is to pull the old drive, install your new drive, and then install your version of Windows from scratch onto the empty drive.

The simplest way to upgrade from a smaller SSD (or HDD) to a larger one is to pull the old drive, install your new drive, and then install your version of Windows from scratch onto the empty drive.