Right now, I have a 120GB SSD in my Thinkpad with only one W7 partition, but want to replace it with a bigger, 256GB one. I also have a 500GB external USB 3.0 hard drive at my disposal.
In order to retain all my data and apps, I would like to clone the partition from the old SSD to the new one, and thought about this workflow: First, I clone from the old SSD to my external hard drive. Then I swap the SSDs and clone back from the external hard drive to my new SSD. I don't want to buy an USB case for the SSD or something like this... And I don't want to use Acronis True Image as I am sure there are very good and, most importantly, free open source programs. What do you recommend and is my workflow possible?