If you aren't doing image backups on a regular basis, get something like and use one of the drives to hold the image backups. If it does, you can then connect the HDD again, go into the Bios/UEFI and change the SSD to the first boot drive, then load into windows and do what you want with the HDD, format it or keep it as a backup.

Once you have cloned, make sure to test the SSD will load by disconnecting your HDD, then startup and see if it boots into windows. I had issues cloning so had to go a little longer route and backup my main drive and System reserved and then restore it to the SSD I bought. Then google 'How to enable Trim' this is important, because sometimes it's not enabled when you clone from a HDD to SSD, but for me I think Macrium Reflect enabled it on the SSD. Make sure to clone the main drive and the System Reserved partition when cloning.

It's the easiest free program to clone your operating system drive onto an SSD. Note, you will need to have the same amount of space (or the amount of data that is on the HDD space free) on the SSD.Ĭloning the drive will wipe any data off the drive your cloning to. Tell them to fuck off and pay their bills or get into another crooked business.Īnyway, if you decide to go with cloning I like Macrium Reflect. Depending on the software their database system may not work with it though.Ī final thought: My pharmacy literally killed people through negligence and bad practices (not dispensing drugs, but with their automated drug dispensing system that got setup for people incapable of using it), you really don't want to fuck around with pirating something in a situation where someone could die or HIPAA violations could occur. If they are having problems paying for the software, which costs a fraction of what a pharmacist does, then they are doing something very very wrong as a business.Īnyway, if you are going to go for it anyway I suggest setting up a remote server with instanced logins using the same seat.

You don't wanna be where the buck stops if they get busted. Very likely any pirated pharmacy/EMR etc software is going to be at least somewhat out-of-date. Two of my clients had their licenses audited by Microsoft in the past 5 years and its a giant hassle. You really don't want to fuck around with pirating stuff for actual businesses in general.

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