It's been three years since I did my DAW build which means that it's time to replace my C: drive (samples and projects drives were already replaced in March).
 
I've yet to fill up my 500GB c:\ drive. Seagate ST3500413AS. 
 
I've been told that the best cloned drive is same model if you highest rate or auth'd software to work withiout re-authing.
 
Found the same model dive for $36 delivered.
 
So my plan is clone my C: drive to the new one when Win 10 is available. As wll take an image. Install Win 10 on the old drive. Verify that all works. If so, re-clone old drive (now Win 10) to new drive. Re-image old drive back to Win 7 (as a 30 day revert safety net). Destroy old drive after 60 days.
 
Good plan?
Flaws?
 

Brilliant! It's just what I used to do.
 
For years, each time a new OS came out, I'd get a new drive for the OS drive and just shift all the drives. I usually did clean installs rather than cloning, but the idea is the same.
 
I've done this long enough, that my C: Drive has become volatile. By this I mean I can wipe the OS and rebuild without touching my Data drive. I do back up the data drive first (it had been 6 months since I'd backed it up! Yikes!).
 
I'm surprised 1/2 TB takes care of you. I have 3 TB for data and I'm regularly having to purge projects because I don't have space.
 
I use this tool...
http://spacemonger.en.softonic.com/
to find space that isn't being used for what I want. This tool was free for years before they started selling licensed copies.

Samples drive is 4TB. projects drive is1TB.

bapu
Good plan?
Flaws?

 
Which do you want us to respond to?  The plan sounds solid, but we could be here a while discussing the second question... 

Sounds like a great plan. Beats closing your eyes and jumping.
 
I plan to do the same thing, but with an image on a removable drive. Your idea would be faster if I do have to backrev, possibly more reliable (because you already know you have a good image), and may be cheaper if my current removable drive has insufficient space and I have to buy another one.
 

Good plan.
Your steps are safer than mine but here is what I did:
 
I upgraded yesterday. 
I already had installed an SSD SATA root drive for Windows 7 and had all my music/sample files on my 1 TB drive.
I also have a 1 TB backup drive.
I used Acronis to make a disk and partition backup of my C drive.
I then let Windows 10 installer do its thing.

Drive arrived yesterday. Upgrading the DAW over the weekend.

It'll be like being in familiar surroundings with a new outlook.
 
I always enjoy doing upgrades on my PC........like giving it new life. 

I'm now on Windows 10...
 
Two new SSD's arrived at around 13:00 hrs and here I am, less than six hours later, sitting at my W10 laptop, listening to my current SPlat project.
 
That included upgrading from W8 to W8.1, on the new system SSD first.
 
I am surprised to say that I have had no glitches whatsoever (I guess I shouldn't have said that!!!)
 
My only disappointment so far is I'm going to have to dig out a MIDI cable because my old Edirol PCR-300 keyboard controller no longer works via USB. I'm hoping that using it as a MIDI controller will fix that problem. Else I'm going to have to "treat" myself to a new keyboard...

Mesh
It'll be like being in familiar surroundings with a new outlook.

 
So their email client changed too?