4.6 Migration Scenarios
Before starting the program, you have to know for sure, what you can expect
from it. Below we describe the details of each of possible work scenarios.
Here we will list only the main scenarios and their outcomes.
4.6.1 Auto Upgrade
The results of auto upgrade scenario are as follows:
1. An exact copy of the source disk is created on the destination disk. It
means that literally everything is copied:
• Disk partitions, file system types, volume labels;
• All folders and files, installed operating systems and applications.
If the capacity of the new disk is larger than that of the old one,
partitions from the old disk are transferred to the new one with
proportional increase in size.
2. Destination disk is made bootable (if of course the source disk was
bootable in the first place) and active.
3. All data remains intact on the source disk!
4.6.2 Manual Upgrade
Manual upgrade provides you with more flexibility. You can choose how to use the
new disk and what to do with data on the old hard disk drive.
1. First you can choose from one of two main ways to configure the new
hard disk:
• The disk is installed as a boot disk;
• The disk is installed as additional data storage.
2. Next you have to define the way to transfer partitions and data.
MigrateEasy offers you the following options:
• Partitions and data are transferred «as is»;
• Disk space on the new disk is distributed proportionally among the
partitions that are transferred from the old disk;
• Manual.
3. You can also choose what to do with the old disk:
• Leave partitions (and data) on the old disk;
• Delete partitions (and data) from the old disk.
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