Brief notes on replacing the HD in an Asus M32CD with SSD

The goal: Clone the Windows 10 OS partition from the original 1TB hard disk to a new 480GB Crucial SSD

The ‘net said to use the Clone feature of Todo Backup Free 9.1. I tried. The clone didn’t work. Both the sector for sector copy and the SSD optimize options were selected. The problem symptom after switching cables was that the machine didn’t boot but instead loaded the Asus BIOS screen. (What may have been different for me: GPT instead of MBR, the particular arrangement of partitions on the 1TB source drive, user error, etc.)

The ‘net said to use AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard Edition. I tried. This free version does not support GPT partitions, so it wouldn’t do anything. I didn’t pay up to get the version that does.

The ‘net said to use Paragon Migrate OS to SSD 4.0. PC Magazine had a review that suggested that it would be easy to use for my situation. (That is not different than what I read before about other solutions.) I paid the $19.95. It just worked, no drama. Done.