A technician is tasked with replacing an older 500 GB mechanical storage device in a laptop with a newer 500 GB state-of-the-art storage unit. Which approach is the most effective for transferring the system and user data while ensuring operability and data integrity on the new device?
Migrate the system data over a local network from the old storage to the new storage.
Employ cloning software to duplicate the existing drive's contents to the new storage.
Execute a full image backup of the existing drive and then restore it onto the new storage.
Copy files directly through the operating system's file manager to the new storage.
Using dedicated disk-cloning software is the most direct and reliable way to migrate a laptop's existing 500 GB OS drive to a new 500 GB SSD. A clone copies all partitions bit-for-bit-including hidden recovery and EFI/MBR boot sectors-so the target drive is immediately bootable with the same operating system, applications, and user data. Alternatives such as manually copying files or transferring over the network would leave the operating system and installed programs behind. A full image backup followed by a restore can also work, but it involves two extra steps (creating the image and then restoring it) and typically takes longer than a single-pass clone.
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