What to do if your SSD does not have enough space for all HDD content

Now let's see what can be done when the occupied space on your old hard disk exceeds the size of your SSD.

In this case, you need to move your data files from the old hard disk to another location, for example, to another hard disk drive.

If your notebook has space only for a single disk, your options are limited. You can move the data files you rarely use to an external hard disk. Alternatively, you can create zip archives of such files and then delete the original files. In addition, you can clean up the hard disk. Choose to delete the System Restore points on the More Options tab of the Disk Cleanup window.

After freeing up space on the old hard disk, check whether the occupied space is less than the SSD size. If so, perform the migration procedure described earlier. Take note that for stable operation, Windows needs to have several GB of free space on the system partition.

After you migrate the system, you can try to tweak some of the Windows settings. This will reduce the disk space required for Windows. In most cases you can safely perform the following:

• Turn off System Restore. You don't need it, because you have Acronis True Image 2014 for restoring your system.
• Disable Indexing Service.
• Turn off the hibernation mode.