* * * * * * * * NEW VIDEO is up! * * * * * * * * th-cam.com/video/CHCENfs87F4/w-d-xo.html It has been updated to include the entire start-to-finish process of installing Macrium Reflect, cloning the hard drive to the SSD, changing the boot order in the BIOS, and finally, wiping and formatting the hard drive to use as secondary storage. The updated video also includes details on cloning from a smaller hard drive to a larger SSD. THANK YOU! Much obliged 🎩 to all my viewers. Like. Share. Subscribe. Enjoy. Support links ☕ BuyMeACoffee: buymeacoff.ee/accessrandom 🐦 Twitter: twitter.com/accessrand0m ► Subscribe: th-cam.com/users/accessrandom
Could you please make a video on how to use a m.2 SSD as boot drive and hdd for storage. Would be much appreciated. P.s.- If possible please do it using a Asus ROG laptop. Please help!!!!🥺🥺
@@accessrandom help me, I only want to clone windows (c) drive which is 360GB In m.2 nvme SSD WD blue 500GB In HP laptop di15000tx series i3 7th gen I clone c drive but not found nvme in BIOS
Quite the opposite, it is working the way it is intended to: Nonsensical junk pushed down our throats and anything useful and tasteful is tucked in somewhere you can't easily access...
Many thanks 🙏👍 If you'd like, I have an updated version of this video where I go into more detail with the latest version of Macrium Reflect Free (link in description).
I don't normally comment on tutorial videos, but man.. This guide was super straight forward and precise. Usually I'll have to either make a comment or scroll down to the comment section for clarity, but you've literally answered every question I could possibly have. Keep up the great work!
@@accessrandom i have a dell 7567, already have an m2 ssd "120gb" and slow 1t hdd, i wanna replace the ssd but i don't wanna re install windows and all othe softwars, will this work too ? How can i do that!
As long as the used portion of the 1TB HDD (in all partitions) is smaller than 120GB, the procedure will work without modification. You'll want to have a buffer of 20 to 30GB for Windows updates, swap files, etc. With that said, it might be difficult to make it fit in 120GB, especially if you've accumulated a lot. You'll want to uninstall programs or move data onto an external harddrive if it doesn't fit. You may want to consider just starting with a fresh install of Windows 10 on the SSD. Newer laptops have the Windows product code embedded in the BIOS so Windows 10 should automatically pick it up during an install. If in doubt, you can always find your product key by starting Powershell and typing the following: (Get-WmiObject -query 'select * from SoftwareLicensingService').OA3xOriginalProductKey
From an IT professional: Tutorials like this are perfect! Even for expert users like myself I like to see what other software options are available and how other techs are performing these tasks. This was very thorough, included all the steps as if I was going through it on my computer and even included an awesome find on that Macrium software. Well done! I did put some Pizza in the toaster too... as instructed. :)
This is definitely one of the best tutorial video I have ever seen. The quality of the video and sound are superb, the narration are clear, well written and very easy to follow and understand. congratulation to all those who work on producing the video, you did a great job guys.
You're welcome, and thank you 🙏. Glad you found the video useful. I do have an updated version of this tutorial (in the description and pinned comment) which is basically the same, but goes more in-depth into the process.
was struggling with this following 3-4 different guides before. Gave up and as a last try i tried this and it worked perfectly, thanks alot, still a perfect guide 4 years later
You're welcome, and thank you 🙏. You may want to visit an updated version of my video (in the description and pinned comment), where I go further into the process.
This is excellent, laying out the whole process. Great to see the dell bios changes, the detailed use of macrium software to clone to a smaller SSD, the disabling of the old drive and the caution to keep the old drive around until the ssd is working reliably. Thanks.
You're welcome, and many thanks 🙏 I'm planning to update the video with the latest version of Macrium, and cover additional topics about the boot drive.
Watching many window clone videos. Apparently Macrium Reflect is the one. This video is top number one. I doubt it is for beginners who still need to know many things. But for those amateur computer builders and take care of their computers, this video is number one. Especially explain the software well.
If i have a voice like yours, I am set for life. Hire an agent for that voice, pronto!. Do audio books or commercials or anything that involves that voice. And the tutorial is helpful as well. Good luck with that voice.
Looked at many sites, even Crucial, for advice, but most were either rubbish or not reliable. This site was excellent in helping me clone 2TB HDD to 500GB SSD. Many thanks.
These comments are correct. The amazing detail and order and tone of voice and pace were extremely professional. I think you need to look into the tricks to elevate your videos, because you should be doing this for a living. It is your gift to mankind and we NEED you!
@@accessrandom I looked over the subject matter after I made this comment and found most of it a bit too exact for ost audiences. There were things I'd never heard of. I'll watch a few more of your videos, but I suspect the topics are of things I won't need. So, I understand now why your ratings aren't higher. You know some people make $200K+ a year from YT, right? Given different subject matter (a bit broader, maybe), you could make that. You are very thorough and that is where most of these YT videos fail.
@@genkiferal7178 Thanks again for the kind words. I've focused on solving specific problems (problems that I've encountered myself) but I'll definitely need to consider a more general audience. 👍
Finished cloning but my Pc won’t boot from the clone. And I can’t find it in bios. It shows up when I boot from the original source ssd. Any help with that?
I'm a little confused - are you cloning from an SSD to an M.2 SSD? And you are seeing the M.2 SSD in both the BIOS as well as Windows if you boot from the original SSD? Let me know if I've misunderstood.
@@accessrandom Im having the same issue. I cloned a 225 ssd to a 1gb nvme ssd. The process worked but when I go into the bios setup to change the boot sequence the new nvme is not listed. If i go into disk management or file explorer I can pull up the drive. I disconnected the power to the original ssd (225) and tried to boot and i get a "No Bootable device found message with just the nvme drive operating
Well, I cloned from a 500GB HDD to a 320GB HDD, and it gives an error in blue screen that says "A required device isn't connected or can't be accessed", which neither using a Windows 10 copy to repair nor re-cloning the disk works. Funny thing is, it shows in the Boot Sequence, the copy doesn't work for a reason and I cannot find the solution.
Thank you. It worked like a charm. Went from a 223 SSD to a 1T M.2. Your explanation was exact what I needed. I will keep looking on your channel for more tips--do all sorts of things with the computer!! You have a fan in me!
HUGE THANKS TO THIS AMAZING VIDEO! Incredibly detailed and well produced! My pc now takes 10 seconds to boot complete running all on boot apps :) super grateful of this video
Much obliged 🎩🙏 Glad that you found the video helpful. I'm planning to update the video to the newest version of Macrium Reflect and I'll go in depth on the boot manager. Thanks again.
I don't usually feel the need to express just how useful a tutorial was but I feel like in this case pushing the like button wasn't enough. Seriously, such a great explanation!! Bonus points for a soothing voice!
I tried like 20 other guides for sata ssd to m.2 nvme clone but always got inaccessible when trying to boot..so 20 attempts and half the life of my new m.2 already gone..I found your video..It works. Flawlessly I might add. Thank you so much!
Really got through each step, glad I found your video super fast! Amazing explanation and step by step process, you're a big time saver! God bless you sir :)
This was by faaaar the best guide I found in the last hour or so looking for a new free program to clone with. (Since in the last two or three days a bunch has taken OS cloning out of their free versions.) Thank you very much. Great stuff.
@@accessrandom I think that's a great idea. Just a heads up in the time I was searching; Minitool, AOMEI and EaseUS have all removed OS Cloning from the free versions of their programs. Very recently too. One as early as yesterday. You'll probably find a lot of people looking from this point forward for a good free solution. It maybe be worth doing this for more than just M.2 though. I used this tutorial for a normal SSD, but just the cloning section. Perhaps include each type but title the video more general for more traffic? I Dunno, not a youtuber, just my thoughts. Hope you have a great day.
Thanks for the suggestion. I actually have a video that clones from a hard drive to a regular 2.5" SSD here: th-cam.com/video/mKSmwyPXH2I/w-d-xo.html but I'm afraid it doesn't get as much traffic.
This worked. I have a Dell 3847 and the only tricky part (aside from physically mounting the drive) was changing the boot order in BIOS, which was quite different. UEFI mode, I had to change the HDD drivers order, and the two disks had identical names in the list. I switched them even though I could see no visible change in the menu (since the names were the same) and voila. What a relief. Thanks for a great video. EDIT: I forgot to mention my destination drive is 4 Tb but I was able to resize the big partition in Macrium prior to the clone, although it wasn't automatic like the example in the video where the destination drive was smaller.
@@accessrandom The type of pizza oven that makes that ding is a fire hazard! The very first time my son and I used one, he set a loaf of bread on the top surface (which is metal), and it melted the bread wrapper - permanently sticking plastic to it! lol. It gets terribly hot on the top, and the dial that you turn seems like it merely uses a spring for tension - which I'd imagine is quite unreliable over time. The door gets dirty easy, and does not come off for cleaning. The heating elements inside are fairly loose and shake when you slam the door closed. Oh - and that dial - it continues to count down, and will ding when finished, as if your food is cooking / cooked, even if the oven is unplugged from the wall. It's that stupid!
I went from a small SSD to a larger M.2, everything went off with out a hitch. I did have to extend the volume on the new drive to get it show the full size.
Thanks for sharing the tip and the success story. I'll be updating the video with the latest version of Macrium Reflect, and touch upon the use case of going from a smaller to a larger drive.
I wish I saw this before cloning my drive. I got into trouble when I saw different cloning videos from TH-cam. Thanks for the thorough step by step directions.
You're welcome, and thank you 🙏. If you need to clone in the future, you may want to bookmark an updated version of this video (in the description and pinned comment), where I go further in-depth.
If you successfully clone the disk but find yourself not being able to boot to it for whatever reason, the rescue disk will have the tools to rebuild the GPT if necessary. If there's anything wrong with the boot sector, it should fix it. You would simply boot to the rescue disk (you would need to change the boot order in the BIOS to make it the first boot device). After booting to it, it will automatically run the rescue program. From there, there will be an option to repair the disk. Remember that when cloning the disk, it is just a copy of the original, so you can always make your original hard drive the boot disk to get back to where you were before the clone. Please note that the rescue does not back up an image of the entire hard disk itself. If you want to do that, you'll want to use the "Image this disk" command right next to the Clone command.
That's strange. Can you confirm that this is an SSD replacing an HDD in the same laptop? Did you make any changes to any hardware other than the HDD? Normally, you won't need to re-activate the license with a simple HDD-SSD swap.
Thank you for makeing this video. I wish that any TH-camr who wants to upload any sort of tutorial, use yours as a guide. There are many listed that should be trashed. I owe you a beer Sir...
I just want to be sure: Once I successfully boot up from the SSD, can I safely delete these files from the slower HDD? Thanks for the video btw, it was really helpful and fun
Thank you. Yes - you can delete files or format the slower HDD. Make sure that you can repeatedly and reliably boot from the SSD, and create a rescue disk using Macrium Reflect just in case you run into problems in the future.
2 "potential" problems: 1- If the M.2 is NvME and not Sata it will not have the NvMe drivers on it and will not boot. (see ** below adding drivers to WinPE or fix boot problems). Below shows how to do it with fix boot problems or ; instead of using Reflect Clone, use Reflect Disk Image because you are switching to a new and unlike, hard disk in this case. Smart of him to create the rescue media. :) He did not even know that he could have shot himself in the foot if he installed the much faster NvMe M.2 SSD. (Note NvMe controller was built for the speeds of a solid state drive, sata, etc. was built to only keep ahead of the plattered mechanical drives.) If you M.2 slot supports NvME you want to get a NvMe M.2 SSD and not sata. 2- problem is now you have the M.2 as your second disk in the chain and it is your boot drive, when in all likely hood in the bios it is the Hdo with your sata HDD being Hd1. In many of your software programs in windows this could be kinda confusing. (Including in Reflect and if you are using your HDD as the backup disk clone you might get confused and backup your boot drive from the backup !) So, go into Device Manager, double click on Disk drives, (be sure not to remove the root !), click on the HDD, then right click on it and click "Uninstall Device". (This removes it from being first in Windows hard drive ranking which does not necessarily follow how the hardware and bios see the drives as they will generally see the M.2 first in the hardware boot sequence.). Next, simply reboot and windows will automatically reinstall the drive (still intact just as it was.) Then it will be in the correct order, the second listed of the 2 drives in your windows programs. (M.2 will be HD0, HDD will be HD1 or M.2 will be HD1 and HDD will be HD2.) **From Macrium: I would recommend removing the source disk at least temporarily even if want to keep both disks later. Try booting your system. If it works, you're done. If not, boot your system into your Rescue Media and run Fix Boot Problems. And lastly, if your source disk was SATA and the new SSD is M.2 NVMe (rather than M.2 SATA), then depending on your system configuration you may also need to run ReDeploy from the Rescue Media environment to get Windows to boot from the new SSD. Once you get the system booting properly, you can reintroduce the old disk if you want to keep using it for some other purpose going forward. Good luck! knowledgebase.macrium.com/display/KNOW72/Adding+device+drivers+to+Windows+PE
Thanks much for such a detailed, informative post - I think this will help many people. Another option for NVMe is to actually install the NVMe driver before performing the clone, since it will then exist after the switching the boot device to the NVMe. This has worked for one viewer who had this problem.
I got it done, thanks to your video. Version 8 seems more streamlined than the version in your video. The worst part was getting into the bios and changing the boot order. As a non-IT guy, I've always avoided the bios like the plague for fear of blowing up the computer. After searching a lot of videos, I finally found one that was close to the same as mine. Thanks again!
You're welcome, and thank you for the feedback 🙏. You may want to visit an updated video in the description and pinned comment (though it is still version 7). I'll need to consider an updated, updated video for the new version.
access random did the name of the drive automatically change like you had it as the F: drive then when you restarted the computer it became the C: drive
Many thanks 🙏 You may want to visit an updated version of this video (link in the description). It's longer, but I go into more detail and complete the process of wiping the hard drive.
Fantastic video. Followed your directions and used Macrium Reflect (version 7.2.4797) which was a little different than the version you used in the video. Was able to figure it out and all went well. Thanks again.
Did it !! Being a newbie, I've watched countless videos to try doing it myself. None of them was as informative and straightforward as yours. Will use it for few days then wipe the HDD for storage as you said. You've earn my respect! Liked and Subbed!
Much obliged 🎩 happy to have you here 👍. Please make sure to create a rescue disk before wiping the HDD as a few viewers ran into problems. The rescue disk has solved any problems in those cases.
So far I find you presentation the best in this area of topic. You are very clear and concise. Your presentations makes it easier to follow and understand what your are presenting. Kudos!!
Many thanks 🙏 - I appreciate it very much. You may want to visit an updated version of this video (in the description/pinned comment) where I go a little bit more in-depth into the process.
I used a software that came with my new crucial mx500 drive. The clone I made would not boot and crucial customer service was a joke and actually hung up on me just for saying it is a new drive. I found this video and watch it and downloaded the software recommended and my pc loaded on the first try after changing the boot sequence. Great video and tutorial. Thank you so much, may the Lord Jesus bless you for your kindness and support.
This video has been a success with me upgrading my Dell laptop after hard drive repairs from Dell. Your follow up video on file transfer was as helpful. Thanks
Many thanks 🙏. If you're interested, I have an updated version of this video (link in the description) using the latest Macrium Reflect Free, where I go further in the process to wipe the original hard drive.
@@accessrandom Thank you I will take a look, I have a Dell Inspiron 7570 with a 250gb M.2 drive and an empty SSD bay, I have a 500gb M.2 drive and bought a 1Tb SSD. I have Windows 10. Think I'm going to have to install the 1Tb SSD and copy my system to that, then pull the 250gb M.2, replace with the 500 gb and move my system from the SSD to the new M.2. Not sure if there is an easier way to to do it but that is my plan. Waiting for the SSD to arrive but I have the M.2 500gb already.
@@Rondjrocket If possible, you may want to consider an external M.2 to USB adapter or enclosure (like they make for the 2.5" drives). You could then follow a similar process as in one of my other videos here: th-cam.com/video/mKSmwyPXH2I/w-d-xo.html , except it would be M.2 rather than 2.5".
@@accessrandom I bought a Sabrent NVMe to USB3 caddy and installed the Crucial Crucial P2 CT500P2SSD8 500 GB but kept getting error 9 CRC error ? Eventually I made an image on another external drive, made a Macrium boot stick, removed the original M.2 and replaced with the new one and loaded the image on it using Macrium, no errors but It would not boot to Windows 10 once I disconnected the external HDD and boot stick? I then plugged in a Windows recovery stick and hey presto! it booted to the new M.2, but I'm not sure if it was anything to do with installing the recovery stick (it did not halt at a menu) it could have just been the power down and restart that fixed it. In any case the new M.2 working well now and I am typing this note on it :-). Thanks again for your tutorial, I could not have done it without it!
Great work. Well done! Been through several pieces of "free software" this afternoon, all of them trying to force me to upgrade to their paid versions before it would clone. So much time wasted, wish I'd seen this video first! Excellent walk through.
Much obliged 🎩 I'll be re-doing this video with the latest version of Macrium Reflect Free and I'll see if there are other free tools out there to evaluate.
This tutorial is so far the best! I was not able to see my new SSD in my BIOS but was working with F12. I did a windows restore from the ssd disk and everything is now perfect! Thanks
This method still works the cloning software is little bit outdated than what they have now but it's still free and it works! Saved me $100 to take my ssd to get windows installed.
Glad to hear you found the video useful. You may want to visit an updated version of this video (in the description and the pinned comment) to go further into the process of wiping the original drive.
Thank you so much for this tutorial! I've successfully cloned my older Samsung 840 120GB Sata SSD to my new Samsung 970 250GB M.2 SSD. This was very easy to follow and very thorough!
Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU! Making a boot rescue disc was the best advice. Cloned my HDD to SSD but wouldn’t boot up. Used the boot rescue disc (USB) and fixed all issues. Now working perfectly.
You're welcome, and thank you for sharing the success story 🙏. You may want to visit an updated version of this video (in the description and pinned comment), where I go further into the process.
After researching quite a bit on m.2 replacements for the 1 TB Hybrid HDD (2.5") on my Alienware m17, I settled on the Samsung 970. I saw that it had great reviews with excellent read/write speeds. Even though I had space for the original 1TB Hybrid HDD and two (2) m.2 drives, I wanted only to have the m.2 drive in there for now. I wanted all the contents to transfer over to the m.2 including the OS so that it can boot from that drive. After watching a few migration/cloning tutorials, I decided on using the Macrium Relfect Free software as opposed to the Samsung Migration software. The Macrium was free, simple and reliable. I installed the Samsung m.2 in the m.2 slot and it was immediately recognized by the pc. (as an unallocated drive) At this point, there is no need to format the m.2 drive as Macrium will format it later during the cloning process. I used the Macrium Reflect software to clone the ENTIRE 1 TB Hybrid HDD's contents onto the Samsung m.2. FYI: drag over the C; drive last as it will autofit the available space to the new drive. (Took about 1.5 hours since this was a fairly new pc and I don't have much on there - maybe about 100 GB). After the clone was complete, I shut down the laptop and physically removed the 1 TB Hybrid HDD. I restarted the laptop and it recognized and booted up from the Samsung m.2 without me having to adjust/interfere with the BIOS settings. I was a little unsure about messing around the BIOS settings so I was glad that I didn't have to fiddle around the boot order/options. I restarted it a few times since without any issues. The m.2 is partitioned just as the prior Hybrid HDD was. I would highly recommend this m.2 drive. Speeds are super fast and install was easy. Just make sure your pc's motherboard is compatible. For example, the m.2 slot on my PC was marked "...M.2 2280 NVMe PCIE3x4 only".
You're welcome, and thank you 🙏👍If you'd like to wait a bit, I will be releasing a new, updated video within the next week (using the latest version of Macrium Reflect Free and completing the process of erasing the hard drive).
Depending on how many programs and how much data you've accumulated, it may be easier to backup the data, install a fresh copy of Windows, then reinstall your programs and backed up data. I did it this way using a common USB drive for the backup. I saved a few bucks by not having to buy a special cable for cloning the system. I also got a fresh system with no worries about whether the cloning process aligned the system correctly. The only downside is that you may have to apply some Windows updates, but I used the latest version of Windows 10 and only had two restarts to deal with.
Such a beautiful tutorial with that good voice keep it up man ...in my whole you tube history I never came accross such clean tutorials....this video supposed to have views in Million.. great work
Sir the program mentioned by you is fantastic and more fantastic is your explanation. Please keep posting these types of Technical information, very help to us. Thanks once again Sir.
You're welcome, and thank you 🙏. You may want to visit an updated version of this video (link is in the description and pinned comment) where I use the latest version of Macrium Reflect Free and explain things more in-depth.
Probably the most informative and pleasurable video to watch and listen to that I have ever come across. Now subscribed, of course! P.S. "Cutting edge technology of blank CDs" - ha ha ha, good one!
You're the best man! Just bought a new m.2 nvme ssd to upgrade my Asus rog strix gl503ge and I was able this easily! And, btw, that voice of yours is *smooth af* 👌
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It has been updated to include the entire start-to-finish process of installing Macrium Reflect, cloning the hard drive to the SSD, changing the boot order in the BIOS, and finally, wiping and formatting the hard drive to use as secondary storage. The updated video also includes details on cloning from a smaller hard drive to a larger SSD.
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Much obliged 🎩 to all my viewers. Like. Share. Subscribe. Enjoy.
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Thank you! Much appreciated.
Congratz on 1k :)
Thanks man :) That reminds me, I need to eventually change out that comment on all my videos...
Could you please make a video on how to use a m.2 SSD as boot drive and hdd for storage. Would be much appreciated.
P.s.- If possible please do it using a Asus ROG laptop.
Please help!!!!🥺🥺
@@accessrandom help me,
I only want to clone windows (c) drive which is 360GB
In m.2 nvme SSD WD blue 500GB
In HP laptop di15000tx series i3 7th gen
I clone c drive but not found nvme in BIOS
TH-cam is broken, because this video should be at the very top.
LOL - much appreciated :)
@@accessrandom it's at the top now
Thanks for letting me know. Excited and grateful!
Quite the opposite, it is working the way it is intended to: Nonsensical junk pushed down our throats and anything useful and tasteful is tucked in somewhere you can't easily access...
Indeed! This is the only video that I need after 2 days of searching! Haha
This is like the gold-standard of tutorials. Crisp, to-the-point and comprehensive.
Many thanks 🙏👍 If you'd like, I have an updated version of this video where I go into more detail with the latest version of Macrium Reflect Free (link in description).
I Agree, the best tutorial I have ever followed, thank you for the clear explanition !!
Totally!
Tutorials of lesser quality should not be allowed on TH-cam
Your attention to detail is what makes you stand out from the rest!!
Much appreciated!
I don't normally comment on tutorial videos, but man.. This guide was super straight forward and precise. Usually I'll have to either make a comment or scroll down to the comment section for clarity, but you've literally answered every question I could possibly have. Keep up the great work!
Thanks for the kind words. For some reason, sometimes TH-cam doesn't notify me of comments so I miss a few here and there :)
Most detailed video on cloning and upgrading to an SSD i've seen so far!
Thank you - I hope you found it helpful.
@@accessrandom, would a M.2 process be the same?
Do you mean cloning an M.2 SSD to another M.2 SSD?
@@accessrandom i have a dell 7567, already have an m2 ssd "120gb" and slow 1t hdd, i wanna replace the ssd but i don't wanna re install windows and all othe softwars, will this work too ? How can i do that!
As long as the used portion of the 1TB HDD (in all partitions) is smaller than 120GB, the procedure will work without modification. You'll want to have a buffer of 20 to 30GB for Windows updates, swap files, etc. With that said, it might be difficult to make it fit in 120GB, especially if you've accumulated a lot. You'll want to uninstall programs or move data onto an external harddrive if it doesn't fit.
You may want to consider just starting with a fresh install of Windows 10 on the SSD. Newer laptops have the Windows product code embedded in the BIOS so Windows 10 should automatically pick it up during an install. If in doubt, you can always find your product key by starting Powershell and typing the following:
(Get-WmiObject -query 'select * from SoftwareLicensingService').OA3xOriginalProductKey
From an IT professional: Tutorials like this are perfect! Even for expert users like myself I like to see what other software options are available and how other techs are performing these tasks. This was very thorough, included all the steps as if I was going through it on my computer and even included an awesome find on that Macrium software. Well done! I did put some Pizza in the toaster too... as instructed. :)
Thanks so much! 🍻😀
I've seen like 10 videos about ssd instalation. But this, this is WAAAAAAAAAY better than the others. Thanks, sir!
Thanks so much - you made my day :)
Your video made mine too! 20 mins after(migration time) i saw ur video i could enjoy my 15 sec's boot :D
Starting with this video I've created a private playlist on youtube, when I will store great videotutorial as this
This is definitely one of the best tutorial video I have ever seen. The quality of the video and sound are superb, the narration are clear, well written and very easy to follow and understand. congratulation to all those who work on producing the video, you did a great job guys.
Much obliged 🎩 I appreciate the kind words. I'm actually a one-man show 🙂
I used this video to put an M.2 SSD in my Acer Aspire E5-576-392H. I followed the instructions to the letter. It worked perfectly! Thank you so much.
And this is the way to make a tutorial right, great job, it's been really useful!
Thank you! I'm glad to hear you found it useful.
Three years later this tutorial still holds up! Thank you very much! It was incredibly easy to do
You're welcome, and thank you 🙏. Glad you found the video useful. I do have an updated version of this tutorial (in the description and pinned comment) which is basically the same, but goes more in-depth into the process.
@@accessrandom Oh! I didn't see the pinned comment haha. But I'll watch your newer video anyway. Good content, man
was struggling with this following 3-4 different guides before. Gave up and as a last try i tried this and it worked perfectly, thanks alot, still a perfect guide 4 years later
You're welcome, and thank you 🙏. You may want to visit an updated version of my video (in the description and pinned comment), where I go further into the process.
His is the voice that we never knew we needed.
Wow! This tutorial is so clear that even my mom can actually do this!
This is excellent, laying out the whole process. Great to see the dell bios changes, the detailed use of macrium software to clone to a smaller SSD, the disabling of the old drive and the caution to keep the old drive around until the ssd is working reliably. Thanks.
You're welcome, and many thanks 🙏 I'm planning to update the video with the latest version of Macrium, and cover additional topics about the boot drive.
Watching many window clone videos. Apparently Macrium Reflect is the one. This video is top number one. I doubt it is for beginners who still need to know many things. But for those amateur computer builders and take care of their computers, this video is number one. Especially explain the software well.
If i have a voice like yours, I am set for life. Hire an agent for that voice, pronto!. Do audio books or commercials or anything that involves that voice. And the tutorial is helpful as well. Good luck with that voice.
Hi Anne, you are getting my hopes up! Seriously, thank you for the compliment. I guess I need to find another line of work :)
No, seriously, what voice software did you use?
I could absolutely hear this voice doing a Star Wars audio book. Better than some readers that I have heard.
@@CLoSC No special software - just a standard vocal Shure microphone recorded directly into Magix Vegas.
@@NJP76 Thank you!
Looked at many sites, even Crucial, for advice, but most were either rubbish or not reliable. This site was excellent in helping me clone 2TB HDD to 500GB SSD. Many thanks.
Thanks! - I'm glad to hear you found it useful.
Alienware r17 x
i thought you were trying to scam me at first with how beautiful your voice is
These comments are correct. The amazing detail and order and tone of voice and pace were extremely professional. I think you need to look into the tricks to elevate your videos, because you should be doing this for a living. It is your gift to mankind and we NEED you!
Much obliged 🎩 Thanks a million! Hopefully my videos are improving over time :)
@@accessrandom I looked over the subject matter after I made this comment and found most of it a bit too exact for ost audiences. There were things I'd never heard of. I'll watch a few more of your videos, but I suspect the topics are of things I won't need. So, I understand now why your ratings aren't higher. You know some people make $200K+ a year from YT, right? Given different subject matter (a bit broader, maybe), you could make that. You are very thorough and that is where most of these YT videos fail.
@@genkiferal7178 Thanks again for the kind words. I've focused on solving specific problems (problems that I've encountered myself) but I'll definitely need to consider a more general audience. 👍
Excellent tutorial! Was able to clone my 6 year old 1TB HDD to a NVME ssd without a single problem!
Fantastic 👍👍👍 - thanks much for sharing the success story.
Finished cloning but my Pc won’t boot from the clone. And I can’t find it in bios. It shows up when I boot from the original source ssd. Any help with that?
I'm a little confused - are you cloning from an SSD to an M.2 SSD? And you are seeing the M.2 SSD in both the BIOS as well as Windows if you boot from the original SSD? Let me know if I've misunderstood.
@@accessrandom Im having the same issue. I cloned a 225 ssd to a 1gb nvme ssd. The process worked but when I go into the bios setup to change the boot sequence the new nvme is not listed. If i go into disk management or file explorer I can pull up the drive. I disconnected the power to the original ssd (225) and tried to boot and i get a "No Bootable device found message with just the nvme drive operating
is your laptop compatible with it? How did you fix it?
Well, I cloned from a 500GB HDD to a 320GB HDD, and it gives an error in blue screen that says "A required device isn't connected or can't be accessed", which neither using a Windows 10 copy to repair nor re-cloning the disk works. Funny thing is, it shows in the Boot Sequence, the copy doesn't work for a reason and I cannot find the solution.
@@TEMUCHINYONGA ;d
No one has made a tutorial like this.
Thank you. It worked like a charm. Went from a 223 SSD to a 1T M.2. Your explanation was exact what I needed. I will keep looking on your channel for more tips--do all sorts of things with the computer!! You have a fan in me!
I can't thank you enough, your videos are so detailed and clear, I can tell you put a lot of effort into them, keep up the good work.
Much appreciated. They take a while to make but I try to go for completeness...
HUGE THANKS TO THIS AMAZING VIDEO! Incredibly detailed and well produced! My pc now takes 10 seconds to boot complete running all on boot apps :) super grateful of this video
You're welcome - thanks for posting the success story!
reminds me of old times of TH-cam tutorials no bs straight to the point great video!
Thank you!
If I could choose anyone to solve all my tech problems, it would be you. Simple, clear, precise, great voice 😂. Thank you so much, keep it up!
You're welcome, and thank you 🙏
I wish you had a tutorial for all my life problems, thank you for making it so easy and straight forward
Much obliged 🎩 and thank you for the kind words 🙏.
realy looking for complete process that you provide 10 out of 10 its been 2 months that i am trying now this is the perfect solution thx
Thank you - glad to be of help.
Excellent tutorial and great voice! My bios was different and I just had to select the 2nd Windows Boot Manager to select the SSD
Much obliged 🎩🙏 Glad that you found the video helpful. I'm planning to update the video to the newest version of Macrium Reflect and I'll go in depth on the boot manager. Thanks again.
You are super clear and easy to understand. You need to take over all the computer tutorials in the world, please keep going!
Much obliged 🎩 I really appreciate it.
you literally sound like a robot this tutorial is so easy to follow
Many thanks 🙏. When I'm upgraded to version 2.0 I should sound much better 😀
@@accessrandom and this process worked thank you too
Going to install the SSD and clone the windows since my HDD started slowing down. Thank for the useful video.
SO when you clone, windows goes with it? AS in, I wont have to install it again on the SSD?
One of the best videos i have come across on TH-cam. Very professional and step by step instructions easy to understand. Thank you so much!
You made my day - thank you :)
I don't usually feel the need to express just how useful a tutorial was but I feel like in this case pushing the like button wasn't enough. Seriously, such a great explanation!! Bonus points for a soothing voice!
A million thanks my friend 😀
Best tutorial! Easy to follow and perfect for non-techies.
Thank you kindly 😀
This channel deserves more subscribers !
THANK YOU. You made what felt like a complicated task look elementary. You really helped me out.
You're welcome. Happy to help!
I tried like 20 other guides for sata ssd to m.2 nvme clone but always got inaccessible when trying to boot..so 20 attempts and half the life of my new m.2 already gone..I found your video..It works. Flawlessly I might add. Thank you so much!
You're welcome, and thank you for the feedback on the successful clone 🙏
Happy 1-year-Anniversary! haha
Thanks a lot for this vid, it helped me out tremendously
Thanks so much 😀. Happy to hear that you found it useful.
Really got through each step, glad I found your video super fast! Amazing explanation and step by step process, you're a big time saver! God bless you sir :)
Much obliged 🎩 - I'm glad you found the video helpful.
I don't even have a new SSD I just kept watching because of your voice
😂 I should market myself as an ASMR technology channel. Thank you 👍
lol me too
This was by faaaar the best guide I found in the last hour or so looking for a new free program to clone with. (Since in the last two or three days a bunch has taken OS cloning out of their free versions.)
Thank you very much. Great stuff.
Many thanks 🙏 Macrium Reflect has had several upgrades since I create the tutorial so I'm planning a video update soon.
@@accessrandom I think that's a great idea. Just a heads up in the time I was searching; Minitool, AOMEI and EaseUS have all removed OS Cloning from the free versions of their programs. Very recently too. One as early as yesterday. You'll probably find a lot of people looking from this point forward for a good free solution. It maybe be worth doing this for more than just M.2 though. I used this tutorial for a normal SSD, but just the cloning section. Perhaps include each type but title the video more general for more traffic? I Dunno, not a youtuber, just my thoughts. Hope you have a great day.
Thanks for the suggestion. I actually have a video that clones from a hard drive to a regular 2.5" SSD here: th-cam.com/video/mKSmwyPXH2I/w-d-xo.html but I'm afraid it doesn't get as much traffic.
Great tutorial, clear instruction and very easy to follow!! 10 out of 10! 👍
Thanks so much 😊
Agreed! Clearest and perfectly professional. Fantastic teacher.
Thanks my friend. I appreciate it very much.
Nice Demo Bhru. I was so mesmerised That my Pizza burned in the oven.
This worked. I have a Dell 3847 and the only tricky part (aside from physically mounting the drive) was changing the boot order in BIOS, which was quite different. UEFI mode, I had to change the HDD drivers order, and the two disks had identical names in the list. I switched them even though I could see no visible change in the menu (since the names were the same) and voila. What a relief. Thanks for a great video. EDIT: I forgot to mention my destination drive is 4 Tb but I was able to resize the big partition in Macrium prior to the clone, although it wasn't automatic like the example in the video where the destination drive was smaller.
Thanks for details of the success story - this will be helpful for others as well 👍
2019 this video solved my problem, thanks!! only after that i extend my drive C from disk management... subscribed!
Thank you! Glad to hear the video was helpful.
5:52 "let's put some pizza in the toaster oven" lol that made me laugh
If no pizza is available, pita melts will also work.
access random Haha! 😆
same
I like the little toaster-oven "dings" too.
@@accessrandom The type of pizza oven that makes that ding is a fire hazard! The very first time my son and I used one, he set a loaf of bread on the top surface (which is metal), and it melted the bread wrapper - permanently sticking plastic to it! lol. It gets terribly hot on the top, and the dial that you turn seems like it merely uses a spring for tension - which I'd imagine is quite unreliable over time. The door gets dirty easy, and does not come off for cleaning. The heating elements inside are fairly loose and shake when you slam the door closed. Oh - and that dial - it continues to count down, and will ding when finished, as if your food is cooking / cooked, even if the oven is unplugged from the wall. It's that stupid!
I went from a small SSD to a larger M.2, everything went off with out a hitch. I did have to extend the volume on the new drive to get it show the full size.
Thanks for sharing the tip and the success story. I'll be updating the video with the latest version of Macrium Reflect, and touch upon the use case of going from a smaller to a larger drive.
I wish I saw this before cloning my drive. I got into trouble when I saw different cloning videos from TH-cam. Thanks for the thorough step by step directions.
You're welcome, and thank you 🙏. If you need to clone in the future, you may want to bookmark an updated version of this video (in the description and pinned comment), where I go further in-depth.
Sir, could you tell me how to use the rescue media if I needed it ..??
If you successfully clone the disk but find yourself not being able to boot to it for whatever reason, the rescue disk will have the tools to rebuild the GPT if necessary. If there's anything wrong with the boot sector, it should fix it.
You would simply boot to the rescue disk (you would need to change the boot order in the BIOS to make it the first boot device). After booting to it, it will automatically run the rescue program. From there, there will be an option to repair the disk.
Remember that when cloning the disk, it is just a copy of the original, so you can always make your original hard drive the boot disk to get back to where you were before the clone.
Please note that the rescue does not back up an image of the entire hard disk itself. If you want to do that, you'll want to use the "Image this disk" command right next to the Clone command.
@@accessrandom God bless you man... Works like a charm ...
Umm... But windows doesn't seem to be activated ..
That's strange. Can you confirm that this is an SSD replacing an HDD in the same laptop? Did you make any changes to any hardware other than the HDD? Normally, you won't need to re-activate the license with a simple HDD-SSD swap.
Thank you for makeing this video. I wish that any TH-camr who wants to upload any sort of tutorial, use yours as a guide. There are many listed that should be trashed. I owe you a beer Sir...
Thanks for the kind words (and the beer offer 😃🍺). Cheers.
I just want to be sure:
Once I successfully boot up from the SSD, can I safely delete these files from the slower HDD?
Thanks for the video btw, it was really helpful and fun
Thank you. Yes - you can delete files or format the slower HDD. Make sure that you can repeatedly and reliably boot from the SSD, and create a rescue disk using Macrium Reflect just in case you run into problems in the future.
Years later, this video is still the best one for this procedure and worked wonderfully for me, thank you so much for your insight!
You're welcome, and thank you for the feedback 🙏.
amazing video this was perfect for my situation and it helped me so much! Thank you dude you got another sub :)
That is great to hear that it helped - much appreciated!
Thanks a mil for posting this video clip. I did it at first time! just listened with my eyes closed. What is your first name? Thanks again.
2 "potential" problems:
1- If the M.2 is NvME and not Sata it will not have the NvMe drivers on it and will not boot. (see ** below adding drivers to WinPE or fix boot problems). Below shows how to do it with fix boot problems or ; instead of using Reflect Clone, use Reflect Disk Image because you are switching to a new and unlike, hard disk in this case. Smart of him to create the rescue media. :) He did not even know that he could have shot himself in the foot if he installed the much faster NvMe M.2 SSD. (Note NvMe controller was built for the speeds of a solid state drive, sata, etc. was built to only keep ahead of the plattered mechanical drives.) If you M.2 slot supports NvME you want to get a NvMe M.2 SSD and not sata.
2- problem is now you have the M.2 as your second disk in the chain and it is your boot drive, when in all likely hood in the bios it is the Hdo with your sata HDD being Hd1. In many of your software programs in windows this could be kinda confusing. (Including in Reflect and if you are using your HDD as the backup disk clone you might get confused and backup your boot drive from the backup !) So, go into Device Manager, double click on Disk drives, (be sure not to remove the root !), click on the HDD, then right click on it and click "Uninstall Device". (This removes it from being first in Windows hard drive ranking which does not necessarily follow how the hardware and bios see the drives as they will generally see the M.2 first in the hardware boot sequence.). Next, simply reboot and windows will automatically reinstall the drive (still intact just as it was.) Then it will be in the correct order, the second listed of the 2 drives in your windows programs. (M.2 will be HD0, HDD will be HD1 or M.2 will be HD1 and HDD will be HD2.)
**From Macrium: I would recommend removing the source disk at least temporarily even if want to keep both disks later. Try booting your system. If it works, you're done.
If not, boot your system into your Rescue Media and run Fix Boot Problems. And lastly, if your source disk was SATA and the new SSD is M.2 NVMe (rather than M.2 SATA), then depending on your system configuration you may also need to run ReDeploy from the Rescue Media environment to get Windows to boot from the new SSD. Once you get the system booting properly, you can reintroduce the old disk if you want to keep using it for some other purpose going forward. Good luck!
knowledgebase.macrium.com/display/KNOW72/Adding+device+drivers+to+Windows+PE
Thanks much for such a detailed, informative post - I think this will help many people. Another option for NVMe is to actually install the NVMe driver before performing the clone, since it will then exist after the switching the boot device to the NVMe. This has worked for one viewer who had this problem.
I'm so confused 😭
I got it done, thanks to your video. Version 8 seems more streamlined than the version in your video. The worst part was getting into the bios and changing the boot order. As a non-IT guy, I've always avoided the bios like the plague for fear of blowing up the computer. After searching a lot of videos, I finally found one that was close to the same as mine. Thanks again!
You're welcome, and thank you for the feedback 🙏. You may want to visit an updated video in the description and pinned comment (though it is still version 7). I'll need to consider an updated, updated video for the new version.
@@accessrandom 👌
Thank you, just did this following walkthrough, skipped the recover disk and the toaster pizza tho. I should have gotten the pizza.
😀 It's not too late. I recommend 375 degrees F for 15 minutes.
God among men you my friend have saved me so much time
Thank you my friend :)
Brilliant! Thank you!
You're welcome, and thank you!
This is the most useful tutorial compared to all others Ive seen when I search “how to clone and change boot drive” thanks
You're welcome, and many thanks for the positive feedback 🙏
access random did the name of the drive automatically change like you had it as the F: drive then when you restarted the computer it became the C: drive
@@dagr8one626 That's correct - the drive letters were automatically assigned by the system.
you sound like the magician from "magic's biggest secrets finally revealed"
Lol thanks. I just watch part of an episode and can hear the resemblance.
like if this guy helped you
As a guy that regularly gets upset at bloated and ambiguous how-to videos, I have to say that you did an amazing job here!
Many thanks 🙏 You may want to visit an updated version of this video (link in the description). It's longer, but I go into more detail and complete the process of wiping the hard drive.
I have heard a voice of lesser quality narrating "How It's Made."
😀lol thanks. I don't think I can match his voice...
Anyone who wants to start making tutorial videos should watch this. I particularly like the way you choose your words. Excellent work.
Many thanks for the kind words 🙏.
This should be the only result when you search for ssd upgrade on youtube. Great job making this intuitive.
Many thanks my friend 🙏
@@accessrandom it's hard to believe the voice in the video is not text to speech
Fantastic video. Followed your directions and used Macrium Reflect (version 7.2.4797) which was a little different than the version you used in the video. Was able to figure it out and all went well. Thanks again.
You're welcome, and thank you. 👍 I am actually planning to update this video using the latest version of Macrium Reflect.
Did it !!
Being a newbie, I've watched countless videos to try doing it myself. None of them was as informative and straightforward as yours. Will use it for few days then wipe the HDD for storage as you said.
You've earn my respect! Liked and Subbed!
Much obliged 🎩 happy to have you here 👍. Please make sure to create a rescue disk before wiping the HDD as a few viewers ran into problems. The rescue disk has solved any problems in those cases.
Oh yes, will burn it today and keep it safe. Thanks sir!
Great step by step tutorial, explained in layman's term, no complicated terminologies. Successfully switched my HDD to SSD by following this guide.
Great to hear! Thank you for posting your success story 👍
So far I find you presentation the best in this area of topic. You are very clear and concise. Your presentations makes it easier to follow and understand what your are presenting. Kudos!!
Many thanks 🙏 - I appreciate it very much. You may want to visit an updated version of this video (in the description/pinned comment) where I go a little bit more in-depth into the process.
I used a software that came with my new crucial mx500 drive. The clone I made would not boot and crucial customer service was a joke and actually hung up on me just for saying it is a new drive.
I found this video and watch it and downloaded the software recommended and my pc loaded on the first try after changing the boot sequence.
Great video and tutorial.
Thank you so much, may the Lord Jesus bless you for your kindness and support.
Hey, thanks for the helpful guide.
Nothing was particularly difficult, but it makes things much less stressful to have someone walk you through it.
Thanks much! Glad to hear the video was helpful.
This video has been a success with me upgrading my Dell laptop after hard drive repairs from Dell. Your follow up video on file transfer was as helpful. Thanks
Fantastic - thanks for sharing the success story!
Has to be one of the best how to videos I have ever seen, great work!
Many thanks 🙏. If you're interested, I have an updated version of this video (link in the description) using the latest Macrium Reflect Free, where I go further in the process to wipe the original hard drive.
@@accessrandom Thank you I will take a look, I have a Dell Inspiron 7570 with a 250gb M.2 drive and an empty SSD bay, I have a 500gb M.2 drive and bought a 1Tb SSD. I have Windows 10. Think I'm going to have to install the 1Tb SSD and copy my system to that, then pull the 250gb M.2, replace with the 500 gb and move my system from the SSD to the new M.2. Not sure if there is an easier way to to do it but that is my plan. Waiting for the SSD to arrive but I have the M.2 500gb already.
@@Rondjrocket If possible, you may want to consider an external M.2 to USB adapter or enclosure (like they make for the 2.5" drives). You could then follow a similar process as in one of my other videos here: th-cam.com/video/mKSmwyPXH2I/w-d-xo.html , except it would be M.2 rather than 2.5".
@@accessrandom I did not know they existed, I will check it out, thank you for your help!
@@accessrandom I bought a Sabrent NVMe to USB3 caddy and installed the Crucial Crucial P2 CT500P2SSD8 500 GB but kept getting error 9 CRC error ? Eventually I made an image on another external drive, made a Macrium boot stick, removed the original M.2 and replaced with the new one and loaded the image on it using Macrium, no errors but It would not boot to Windows 10 once I disconnected the external HDD and boot stick? I then plugged in a Windows recovery stick and hey presto! it booted to the new M.2, but I'm not sure if it was anything to do with installing the recovery stick (it did not halt at a menu) it could have just been the power down and restart that fixed it. In any case the new M.2 working well now and I am typing this note on it :-). Thanks again for your tutorial, I could not have done it without it!
More than a year later and this video is still the most helpful video of drive cloning i've encountered. Thank you so much for this video!
Much obliged 🎩 Thanks for the kind words.
Nice video and probably the best instructional voice video I have ever come across.
PS. If Tony Robbins would envy this voice :)
@@tmph1814 Many thanks 👍 I don't think I would ever be able to reach his level of motivation though. :)
As you can tell from this side your voice and tempo is extremely professional and super easy to understand..Thank you
You're welcome, and thank you for the kind words. 🙏
Great work. Well done! Been through several pieces of "free software" this afternoon, all of them trying to force me to upgrade to their paid versions before it would clone. So much time wasted, wish I'd seen this video first! Excellent walk through.
Much obliged 🎩 I'll be re-doing this video with the latest version of Macrium Reflect Free and I'll see if there are other free tools out there to evaluate.
This tutorial is so far the best! I was not able to see my new SSD in my BIOS but was working with F12. I did a windows restore from the ssd disk and everything is now perfect! Thanks
Thank you. Sorry it didn't go exactly as planned but I'm glad it worked out. 👍
@@accessrandom Buddy, I Am in Problem My Window 10 home bios, doesn't show the SSD In their, how can I get boot from the SSD Now ? Help me out buddy.
This really just saved me right now because my SSD just corrupted and i used my old pc's HDD and moved it over to my SSD. Thank you!
You're welcome, and thank you 🙏. Happy to help.
This method still works the cloning software is little bit outdated than what they have now but it's still free and it works! Saved me $100 to take my ssd to get windows installed.
Glad to hear you found the video useful. You may want to visit an updated version of this video (in the description and the pinned comment) to go further into the process of wiping the original drive.
This is LEGIT the best tutorial on cloning!
PS:- Your voice is so fit for dubbing short horror stories on TH-cam! Love it!
Much obliged 🎩 You've got me thinking of starting a new channel 😀
@@accessrandom yeah , do think in the direction of narrating horror stories! Gg
Thank you so much for this tutorial! I've successfully cloned my older Samsung 840 120GB Sata SSD to my new Samsung 970 250GB M.2 SSD. This was very easy to follow and very thorough!
Thanks for sharing your success - glad to hear it was helpful!
Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU! Making a boot rescue disc was the best advice. Cloned my HDD to SSD but wouldn’t boot up. Used the boot rescue disc (USB) and fixed all issues. Now working perfectly.
You're welcome, and thank you for sharing the success story 🙏. You may want to visit an updated version of this video (in the description and pinned comment), where I go further into the process.
After researching quite a bit on m.2 replacements for the 1 TB Hybrid HDD (2.5") on my Alienware m17, I settled on the Samsung 970. I saw that it had great reviews with excellent read/write speeds. Even though I had space for the original 1TB Hybrid HDD and two (2) m.2 drives, I wanted only to have the m.2 drive in there for now. I wanted all the contents to transfer over to the m.2 including the OS so that it can boot from that drive. After watching a few migration/cloning tutorials, I decided on using the Macrium Relfect Free software as opposed to the Samsung Migration software. The Macrium was free, simple and reliable. I installed the Samsung m.2 in the m.2 slot and it was immediately recognized by the pc. (as an unallocated drive) At this point, there is no need to format the m.2 drive as Macrium will format it later during the cloning process. I used the Macrium Reflect software to clone the ENTIRE 1 TB Hybrid HDD's contents onto the Samsung m.2. FYI: drag over the C; drive last as it will autofit the available space to the new drive. (Took about 1.5 hours since this was a fairly new pc and I don't have much on there - maybe about 100 GB). After the clone was complete, I shut down the laptop and physically removed the 1 TB Hybrid HDD. I restarted the laptop and it recognized and booted up from the Samsung m.2 without me having to adjust/interfere with the BIOS settings. I was a little unsure about messing around the BIOS settings so I was glad that I didn't have to fiddle around the boot order/options. I restarted it a few times since without any issues. The m.2 is partitioned just as the prior Hybrid HDD was. I would highly recommend this m.2 drive. Speeds are super fast and install was easy. Just make sure your pc's motherboard is compatible. For example, the m.2 slot on my PC was marked "...M.2 2280 NVMe PCIE3x4 only".
Wow, thanks for your detailed review/success story!
I have to say , I've watched several tutorial videos that left me dazed and confused. This video is awesome and I can't wait to try it out.
You're welcome, and thank you 🙏👍If you'd like to wait a bit, I will be releasing a new, updated video within the next week (using the latest version of Macrium Reflect Free and completing the process of erasing the hard drive).
The new video is up - link is in the description and pinned comment. Thanks.
Depending on how many programs and how much data you've accumulated, it may be easier to backup the data, install a fresh copy of Windows, then reinstall your programs and backed up data.
I did it this way using a common USB drive for the backup. I saved a few bucks by not having to buy a special cable for cloning the system. I also got a fresh system with no worries about whether the cloning process aligned the system correctly.
The only downside is that you may have to apply some Windows updates, but I used the latest version of Windows 10 and only had two restarts to deal with.
Agreed - it's a good idea to start fresh when you've accumulated a lot. Thanks.
same here, not much on my original drive so a thumb drive worked for me.
Such a beautiful tutorial with that good voice keep it up man ...in my whole you tube history I never came accross such clean tutorials....this video supposed to have views in Million.. great work
Many thanks my friend 🙏👍
Sir the program mentioned by you is fantastic and more fantastic is your explanation. Please keep posting these types of Technical information, very help to us.
Thanks once again Sir.
You're welcome, and thank you 🙏. You may want to visit an updated version of this video (link is in the description and pinned comment) where I use the latest version of Macrium Reflect Free and explain things more in-depth.
Well done!
That is the nicest, most realistic robot voice I've heard to date.
Lol - my mother told me I had a face for radio.
@@accessrandom: Wait... So that's really you?
@@KutWrite After editing out the ums and ahs, yes, that's me...
Crispy clean tutorial. Not one second was wasted.
Much obliged 🙏
Probably the most informative and pleasurable video to watch and listen to that I have ever come across.
Now subscribed, of course!
P.S. "Cutting edge technology of blank CDs" - ha ha ha, good one!
Many thanks 🙏 - very happy to have you here and I hope you'll find some of my other videos helpful as well 👍
My favorite tutorial of all time. I watch it just to relax.
Thank you. I should re-market my videos as ASMR 😀
I used minitool to clone my drive old intel 520 ssd to my m.2. One shot Excellent. Used the start of your video to guide me. Nice video and reference.
Thanks. I've heard good things about MiniTool - I'll need to look into that.
You're the best man! Just bought a new m.2 nvme ssd to upgrade my Asus rog strix gl503ge and I was able this easily! And, btw, that voice of yours is *smooth af* 👌
Thanks man, glad you found the video useful 👍