Cloning from HDD to SSD

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I currently have HDD (500GB) with only 35GB used space. I want to clone the existing HDD to a new empty SSD (256GB). What's the easiest way to do that??

The easiest way is to copy all files by cp -a. – Pilot6 Sep 19 '19 at 15:16 — Pilot6, Sep 19 '19 at 15:16

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 19 '19 at 15:31

I always use the Clonezilla live dvd when changing hard drives. It takes a little more effort when moving to a smaller disk but I know I have done it and assume I did something like the technique found at the following post
https://superuser.com/questions/1361361/clonezilla-wont-clone-to-a-smaller-disk

Cloning from HDD to SSD

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