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1. #BEST SATA CABLES FOR HDD INSTALL#
2. #BEST SATA CABLES FOR HDD UPGRADE#
3. #BEST SATA CABLES FOR HDD SOFTWARE#

Then, which one is the easiest way to clone HDD to SSD without cable? The answer is absolutely to directly clone a hard drive to SSD if your laptop has two drive bays. And this process requires an installation disc.

#BEST SATA CABLES FOR HDD INSTALL#

Method 3: Clean install OS on SSD. If your laptop is a new one or does not have many installed programs and store any important data, you can directly install Windows 10 to SSD. And this process requires a bootable USB to start your computer. Method 2: Use indirect clone method. If you do have a system image of the entire system on an external drive or other devices, you can choose to replace laptop HDD with SSD and then restore system image to new SSD.

#BEST SATA CABLES FOR HDD SOFTWARE#

All you need is to find a reliable disk cloning software for cloning. Method 1: Directly use SSD as secondary disk. Nowadays, laptops already have two drive bays built-in and it’s easy for you to add an SSD as a secondary disk so that you can directly clone HDD to SSD without SATA cable. If you are in this situation, you must be wondering now what we should do? Below are 3 helpful methods you can use, please read them carefully and pick up one from them.

#BEST SATA CABLES FOR HDD UPGRADE#

However, what if the newly purchased SSD does not comes along with SATA to USB cable? How do I clone HDD to SSD without SATA to USB cable?Ĭloning HDD to SSD but without SATA to USB cable is a very common question for users who want to upgrade HDD to an SSD. The SATA to USB cable is very useful if your laptop only contains one drive bay, because it allows you to clone HDD to SSD via USB by connecting a drive to your PC externally. Thus, I was wondering if it is possible to clone HDD to SSD without SATA to USB cable? Or is there any other feasible ways to copy everything from the HDD including system, installed apps, personal data etc. ‘’Hello, I bought an SSD and to my shock, it didn't come with a USB to SATA cable and the directions clearly say I need one to get my laptop to recognize the new drive before I take out the old one (a 5400 HDD that came with the laptop). No SATA to USB cable with newly purchased SSD In sum, SSD is much lighter, quieter, more durable, produce less heat and consume less power. It stores data on its memory chips so that there is no platter spinning while the data read or written on SSD. Unlike HDD, SSD (solid state drive) is made by solid state electronic storage chip and without moving parts. When it spinning, the data can be read and written. It’s a metal platter with the magnetic coating. Generally speaking, HDD (hard disk drive) is the most basic storage disk of computer.