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Create VHD image of T540p HDD to keep on 1 TB HDD for prosperity in case anything goes sideways. Detach T540p HDD in external enclosure and put to the side Complete cloning sequence from T540p OEM HDD (in external enclosure) onto SSD with Paragon software. Boot T540p from Paragon boot disk again Put empty wiped SSD into T540p machine as internal HDD. Take out T540p OEM HDD from machine put into external HDD enclosure Test this boot disk actually can boot T540p with Paragon functioning before proceeding Make a Paragon boot CD disk for copying cloning T540p HDD onto SSD Go to boot sequence of T540p and make sure boot from CD / DVD is top of list

Clone the T540p HDD onto SSD steps (safe process) Wipe that SSD now totally clean ready for clone from T540P HDDĨ.

(VirtualBox has a very low transfer rate from and to USB2 devices)ħ. Copy all data and any program installers from SSD individually by hand onto 1TB external HDD. Use Belarc Advisor (free) to get information about what was installed, including software serial numbers and license keys. Gather info on old programs by running their Help About screen to get serial number information & check provisions for exporting those settingsĥ. Now mount image of T61 under Oracle's Virtual Box on T540pĤ. I assume I can use Paragon Rescue Kit (free version) maybe for this? https /2. I will keep Image on an external HDD 1TB so that I can also mount VHD later (in case there is anything I forgot that I needed on it). Image into a format that is compatible with virtual machines and Windows. Create a VHD diskimage from that dead Lenovo T61 PC's harddrive which can be used to access the programs and files also later. I am not sure if I could use something like Laplink, but am considering it, but not sure about it: http /Here is what I want to do:ġ. I don't want to use a tool like Zinstall for $169 - that is crazy out of my budget as an individual personal home user. The obvious thing to do is to clone the existing T540p HDD onto my existing SDD, but first I also want to get all programs and files from that old system off so I can reinstall them onto the new system. I have an external HDD enclosure and another external HDD 1TB USB 3.0 I tried the X61 SDD in an external drive enclosure and I can access the files on it  I also have the full version of Win 8.1 with install discs at hand. I have removed the 500GB SDD from my now defunct Thinkpad X61 (also ran Win 8.1 64bit) I have bought a new T540p (lenovo) with Win 8.1 64bit OEM installed on a 500GB HDD. I am writing to ask for any advice but hope this might be helpful to others as well.