Changing hard disk with ssd, can I migrate contents so that I can switch drives without a hassle?

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Published on 2010-04-26T18:19:52Z Indexed on 2010/04/26 18:23 UTC
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Changing hard disk with ssd, can I migrate contents so that I can switch drives without a hassle?

For instance, keep my Windows configuration and installed programs and documents

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