Question: Moving dual boot (W7 & W10) to ssd

[mattman1968]

Hi,

I currently dual boot W7 & W10 on a HDD. W7 is the default OS, and was also the first OS installed on the PC. I am planning to upgrade to a SSD. I make weekly images with Macrium Reflect, and have restored images multiple times without incident. However, after reading several tutorials about migrating a dual boot system to an SSD, I am feeling less than confident.

It makes sense to me that I should be able to:
1. Remove the old HDD
2. Install/partition the SSD
3. Restore W7
4. Restore W10
5. Set the BIOS to boot from the new SSD.

Please let me know if it's as simple as I've described, or if I need to do anything else.

Thanks!

[mattman1968]

So...I'll answer my own question. I'm sure the above steps would work, however, an easier method is:
1. Power off PC, connect SSD, power on PC
2. In Macrium Reflect select the desired OS/partitions
3. Select "Clone" and let process run
4. When cloning is complete, turn off PC and disconnect old HDD
5. Reboot PC (ensure SSD is selected as boot drive in BIOS)
6. Reboot to both OS, making sure they load correctly.

Hope this helps someone else in the future.