Update from my first comment. It worked. I was able to clone everything onto a ssd and install it. Everything has worked without having reinstall anything. Games and everything are extremely quick to load.
@@goldenpiglin3304, yes everything gets closed, in have about 250 gigs worth of games and it mm cloned them with out the need for reinstall from steam.
Failed with Macrium Reflect but achieved with AOMEI Partition Assistant, I guess it is because Macrium cannot clone disk with bad sector or bad files system.
Thanks for this perfect video! just did a clone with Macrium on a Dell Inspiron 17 5000, 1TB. After installing the SSD the boot manager didnt find the new device. So I attached the old HDD to the USB to start the laptop. Now the message appeared that there was no boot device, but now the SSD showed up in the bios, put it as starting divice, and bingo! All up and running!
No macrium any more just fail to clone and this tool is a little complex to handle for a girl because I have to drag the partition manually, but I tried aomei backupper later it just surprised me with its simple interface and operation.
I tried this one but failed and then I used Samsung migration failed again, I doubted it's my disk's problem but I cloned successfully with Aomei it just saved my disk.
Hello, I tried Aomei some days ago, it works well. As you mention it works for MBR only, at least for now. For GPT it will ask you to upgrade. Macrium is free for both MBR and GPT, for now. Thanks for the comment
Alvendril you are truly amazing straight forward and no=-nonsense practical person who made a high quality high impact easy to understand video for a simple problem or issue. This is what the quality of all videos should represent...Congratulations...
Hi. Thank you for making this video...it worked. The only issue is that when I go to C: capacity it shows the old information of the hard drive. THE old HDD 320gb and the new SSD are 480gb. Please explain how I can rectify this.
Hello fabian, No worries that's common. I made a video about it some days ago. In it i show how to "recover" the extra space missing. This is the link for the video: th-cam.com/video/GNb2ps-pYFc/w-d-xo.html go to minute 13:10 so you can watch the part that you need. Hope it helps Thanks for the comment!
So I've successfully cloned my HDD to my SSD and I made the SSD #1 in the boot order as well. And my OG Hard drive the Local disk C is still the "System disk" and I cannot format windows off it. Even though my PC is booted from the SSD right now with windows on it
Good idea on removing the ring thing. It's very easy to short out a component on the inside of your computer with metal jewelry. I stopped wearing my wedding ring when I got into IT / computer repair and it got me in trouble with the wife. Oh well... Of course, removing screws over an open case kinda defeats the purpose.
Hi there. I have a 500GB magnetic SATA drive (only 80GB was used), and try to clone it to a 480GB SSD. However, it shows "Not copied, insufficient space." What is the fix?
Michael Gonzalez You have to go to disk management on your win 10. Right click on the drive and click shrink volume. Type like 10000 for 10 gigs and so on. It will then show part of the disk that is unused. Then your good to go.
Why do so many computers have multiple small partitions on the boot drive? Is this because the manufacturer has saved some sort of "recovery" data? Does UEFI care about the size of each partition or just the overall order?
Hello! Thanks for the video. It's very informative. Just one question: You went from 500 GB down to 120 GB, so what files were left behind from the original drive? Did the software know to just copy system files, then anything leftover? Thanks very much.
Hello Leslie, Yeah, the software only clones/copies what’s used in the 500GB HDD. For instance, you have 500GB HDD or SSD, but at the moment with windows and your files you are only using 130 GB. Therefore, only those 130GB will be cloned to the new SSD, this new SSD could be 240GB, however it is more than enough to store your 130GB of information. Hope it helps Thanks for the comment!
Hello Erwin, Yes, the cloning process makes a exact copy of your HDD/SSD. Anything you had in the original will be in the clone. Hope it helps Thanks for the comment!
i am also using the same software to go from sata SSD to NVME ssd(2 TB). Before starting the cloning process in Macrium, is it necessary to format the new drive in Disk Management first?
Hello, Unless the nvme was used in the past i dont see a need for that. In most of the cloning i have done only a few times i had to “initialize” the new ssd/hdd in disk management. Normally i connect the new ssd/hdd to the computer and it is ready to be clone to. Hope it helps Thanks for the comment
Hello, Yes, that’s 100% possible. First I would keep the old HDD intact for some weeks, just as a backup in case the new one fails for some weird reason. After that, you would need to format it and that’s pretty much it, then you can use it as a storage device. Hope it helps Thanks for the comment
I am trying to clone from a WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW - 256G to a Samsung SSD 970 EVO SCSI Disk using a Blueendless LSB 3.1 to M.2/NVME external enclosure but the Macrium software is not detecting my destination drive. I see the destination drive in (D:) just under the Windows(C:) on my windows explorer and its in Chinese? I right clk and the new disc is empty. makes sense. But for some reason Macrium Reflect 7 it still is not seeing it. What can you suggest I do next? ?? I know this is not a comment. I still have not finished the video but I liked it so I am using your instruction. It could be a little louder though.
Hello Michael, mmmmmm I'am thinking the problem might be the external enclosure. Since hardware is more difficult to get than software, i would say try using another cloning software. I have two suggestions: 1) EaseUS Free Software, i have a video for that here: th-cam.com/video/4jH7EAHi_XA/w-d-xo.html 2) Since you are using Samsung i would suggest its cloning software that you can download from here: www.samsung.com/semiconductor/minisite/ssd/download/tools/ go to "data migration", choose the language and install it. Hope it helps Thanks for the comment!
@@MyITWorkshop I thank you for replying from your IT workshop in a very busy schedule. I almost brought it to be resolved by a computer shop in Montreal but thought I could save it by your advice and my working together. I also didn't bring it in to the Geek Squad yet. So I have come back to my laptop cloning issue. You are right. I received the message from trying to clone with Macrium "Incompatible disk selected", "the target disk has an incompatible sector size for this operation" So I took your suggestion to download the Samsung data migrate method. But do I need to install the SSD driver first as it states in step 3. If yes where do I take the driver from? Samsung I suppose? That's as far as I got. I'm reading through the instruction manual. Help? Once again thanks and will I get through this yet. I almost got through the Macrium cloning which I understand better and was even able to resize my partitions if it wasn't for the incompatibility. I didn't use EasUS Free but it's no longer free. I still watched your EasUS video link. But I am hoping you can let me know about the driver. How do I know I already have the driver or not ? I am patiently waiting for your reply. Thanks again! Keep well, healthy and virus free!
I forgot to paste step 3. of Samsung Data Migration manual 3. If you are cloning the Source Drive to the Target Drive (Samsung NVMe SSD) using this software, make sure that you install the Samsung NVMe Driver first.
I have noticed that I have 4 partitions (1.system 2. none 3. C: drive and 4. windows RE tools) prepared on my source disk of 237 GB and is this the issue. Because Samsung says that it can only clone the C drive and two more drives. That means 3. It clones the system reserve partition automatically?
"If a portable device (e.g. an external USB device) is connected to the Target Drive for cloning, then this software may not function properly because of the USB adapter." This is the last hurdle. I have the NVMeM.2 connected to laptop via a USB 3.1 to external enclosure.
Thank you can anyone let me know when process is done do you have to go into bios and reset the boot order before you restart any good tips appreciated 🙂
My WD disk won't clone with Acronis so I decided to try this one but when I found I have to drag this and drag that to clone a disk I gave up, I used AOMEI and it worked well
Hello mate, I followed your steps but this is giving an error when I put the ssd "hard disk 3f0" - my notebook is hp probook 6360b. would you have a tip to give me?
I have 2 os each one on a separate drive. Someone told me to make an image drive instead of cloning...Do I have to create a partition on to one of those drives that I intend to copy to? I do not want to mess up the existing os Win 10 that is on the destination drive?
Hello, I think you are referring to a Windows backup creation. If so, you select the destination, (another partition/external hdd, ssd/cloud storage), for that backup. Now, depending on how much information you have, (files, OS, video, etc), your backup file will be bigger or smaller. Finally, backup files need to be stored on other hard drives. Hope it helps Thanks for the comment!
Hi! Great video! I have one problem, I have my SSD installed internally and it is working fine but when I try to clone my HDD to my SSD it says "Incompatible disk selected, the target disk has an incompatible sector size for this operation. Please choose a different disk." Is there any way to change this? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Hello, You'd need to create partition in the old SSD, for example D drive or partition D. Then, copy all what is not related to the OS like videos, pics, documents in this D partition. From there, clone just partition C, the original that only contains Windows. Now, if you have software already installed on the original C drive such as Office, Steam, etc. You wont be able to separate them from the OS.........unless you uninstall them. Hope it helps Thanks for the comment!
I did clone same like this, after replace the HDD to SSD pc not taking book from the SSD. I select the SSD in boot priority. But still same issue. Boot drive missing
I'm trying this going from 1 tb hdd to 512 gb SSD and it keeps saying not all copied. Insufficient space. There are 5 partions but only 3 are coming down to destination. I have plenty of space. Only using about 90gb of space on the hdd
Hi. I need your advice. Can my windows 7 hard drive work on my 4th generation lenovo laptop? I would like to use my windows 7 and replace my windows 10 hard drive that is in my lenovo
Hello fabian, Both computer would need to use the same hard drive technology, which in the last 10 years has been SATA. Other than that, make sure your windows 7 is 64 bits since I would imagine your Lenovo laptop processor is also 64 bits. Other than that, I don't see why it would not work.......maybe if one laptop has an Intel processor and the other AMD....... Note: Support for windows 7 has ended in January 2020. So, you will be exposed to more vulnerabilities from the internet. Hope it helps Thanks for the comment!
@@MyITWorkshop Hi. Thanks for replying so fast! They both are SATA but my windows 7 hard drive is in a 32bit laptop and my lenovo laptop is 64bit. Could it work?
I would advise to clone your windows 7 Hard Drive first and then install that clone on your Lenovo, (just to be sure you have a backup in case it does not work). You can install a 32 bit operating system on a 64 bit computer/processor, but swapping your only hard drive may not go well. Again, I would make a clone first. Hope it helps Thanks for the comment!
@@MyITWorkshop I actually did clone it with the help of your video. I inserted my ssd windows 7 after cloning it into my hp 32bit. I have the original windows 7 hard drive as a spare. If i remove the ssd and put it into my lenovo would it work or should i put the spare windows 7? The other thing to consider is to access windows 10 wifi is built without a hardware switch. My HP laptop has a physical switch to allow me to find networks. Just need you opinion
@@fabianviljoen9809 Now that you have a clone, install the new HDD/SSD into the Lenovo, (as you said you a backup now), and see if it works. The button for the wifi is not really important. You will see if it works or not; either it will give you a message like "no boot partition detected" or just a black screen, or you will see the windows 7 logo and that might take some time to "reconfigure" the 32 bits operating system to the new hardware.
I've literally done this with 3 different programs and still havent been able to get my laptop to run windows on the newly cloned SSD from the old HDD... am I just missing something??
Hi, Questions that come to my mind: 1) Are you selecting all the partition in the C drive from the old HDD when cloning. 2) Does the cloning process ends with no problems/errors? 3)What error is shown up when you try to boot from the SSD?
@@MyITWorkshop Answer to question 1: Yes I believe so... its my grandmothers old Toshiba Satellite A665... the HDD had 3 partitions and all three show up on the new SSD after being cloned. Answer to question 2: The cloning took about 3 hours and each time completed without any problem. I then go ahead and do a normal shutdown, disconnect charger, remove battery, swap the HDD for the SSD and the housing. Boot it up and it gets as far as the Windows loading screen and does nothing. Once it attempted a repair and got nowhere. The new SSD is being recognized at least in the bios its being recognized. I don't feel like it should be giving me such a hard time. Like I'm not the stupidest person on earth... but apparently I'm not the smartest either!
@@benjaminperkinson9991 this is also my concern. It's loading windows then restart then auto-repair and the next restart gives me options for troubleshooting or reset pc.
Hi , I have 6 partitions, (I am going fro 2tb to 1TB ) question can I get rid of some of these partitions , specially the FAT32 ? 1system (none) Fat32 primary; 2 (None) unformated primary; 3 Windows (C) 4 WinRE/DRV (None) NTFS primary; 5 Lenovo_Part (none) NTFS primary; 6 LRS_ESP (None) fat 32 LBS primary. thanks for your response.
Hello Nexisol, That happened to me with an old HDD at around 40 something %. It was stuck for some hours. Finally, i decided to cancel the process and star it again, this time worked with no problem. Hope it helps Thanks for the comment.
Hi Once I clone my hhd to ssd I replaced my old hhd to ssd but the total space in the ssd showing wrong.My new ssd was 500gb and old hhd was 300bg.But after the cloning process, SSD also showing total space is only 300gb.Can you please explain me why and how can I change it? Many thanks.
Hello J&j, That's a common issue when upgrading to a bigger SSD/HDD. To check your missing 200 GB, in the windows search box type: "computer management", once you open the app look for: "Disk management", next, you should see all the Disks you have, (if you have more than 1 or CD/DVD reader), there should be 200 GB of unallocated space, (normally in color black). IN MOST CASES to make use of it you will need to right click on it and select enable\create a new partition or something similar, follow the steps on the screen and your 200 GB will be available to store data. Hope it helps Thanks for the comment!
Does this method still work I just picked up a new ssd and backed up all my work on another software but when I was about to finish I found out clone wasn't free hoping this video fixes my problem
I followed these instructions and my new SSD when I boot the computer says attempting to repair and then goes into uefi saying it failed. When I go into Bios the computer recognizes the new SSD and has it as number 1 boot option. I put the old HDD back in and it booted up properly so its the SSD. Any suggestions? I noticed after cloning the SSD clone of C drive says D drive, does this matter? It happened on yours as well so I'm thinking not
Hello Tom, I dont think it’s the SSD. It happened to me that during the cloning process, it stopped at lets say 43% for hours. Finally i had to restart the process and at the end it worked. I would try to clone it again. Thanks for the comment.
@@MyITWorkshop Hello, thank you so much for the quick reply! I recloned the hard drive and it worked. Boots in like 7 seconds! I liked the video and subscribed. Thank you!
Hello, is it not necessary to resize C partition so that it could get into the new SSD drive? Macrium reduces the size of the C partition automatically? Thanks
Hello Ivan, Let’s say you are going from and old HDD 500 GB to a new SSD 240 GB. The new one is smaller. Now, imagine the old one is using 180 GB out of 500 GB, in this case it will fit in the new SSD. If the old HDD is using lets say 300 GB out of 500 GB, it will not fit in the new SSD. What cloning software like Macrium does, at least the free version, is technically “copy and paste” ( i am just simplifying). Hope it helps Thanks for the comment!
@@MyITWorkshop Hi there, I tried but had no luck... I did it the way that I resized my C partition so that the partitions after C could be placed after the C partition as well on the new SSD drive. Cloning took more than 2 hours. I replaced drives but the computer doesn´t boot. I´m getting Error code: 0xc000000e.
@@IvanBorcin Says something like boot manager missing some exe file? How I fixed this issue with my SSD I cloned was that I used a windows installation/repair media this can be a disc or a USB flash drive. That you can boot into it and it gives you the option to install windows or upgrade windows in the corner there will be repair this pc. It should give you options like automatic repair which the program tries to repair the pc, I had no luck with this. It has things like recover from a image or restore point and one titled command prompt. This is what I used to fix mine. Of course I have windows 10 but I believe windows 7 repair media works nearly the same. The command prompt window appears typing in bootrec /fixmbr the prompt should come back as task complete, bootrec /fixboot this can come back as two results either completed successful or access denied and this one can be useful which is bootrec /scanos this one will scan the drive and find the path or paths to the OS present on the drive if their is one occurrence it should show the drive letter followed by the Windows 10 7 or so on. If it shows nothing is found that can be a problem. But it should be able to find one OS if its present. This is good. Now the final command is bootrec /rebuildbcd which this command rebuilds the boot manager required for the OS to well boot. This should come up as the windows path and it will ask you if you want to add this installation to the boot record type a capital Y for yes a capital N for no or A for all and then hit enter. For my problem typing Y for yes fixed my issue with this same error code. I hope this gives you some idea of what to do and fixes your issue. It took me like 7 hours to realize my problem was typing the wrong reply back on that question. I am not all that tech savvy when it comes to command prompt but this is what I found on the internet to fix the error code and get the OS to boot.
Hello, I am changing to ssd, Pc already has windows 10. Want to do fresh install windows to ssd. Windows 10’will recognize key activation?? Yes I have activation key with me original one.
Hello Christian, If you have the activation key with you, you can install windows as many times as you want. 👍. Changing the hard drive (HDD/SSD) does not mess up the Windows license. Hope it helps. Thanks for the comment!
@@ChristianYepez I prefer to clone my SSD to a bigger one when I am running out of space. I get rid of all the junk that I dont need, run a virus check and clone it. Now, if Windows is behaving weird for some reason or you feel it that way, I would start fresh and install windows from scratch. Thanks for the comment!
@@MyITWorkshop I see it if I clone, all the temp files, windows logs, or temp folder will be cloned, 10 gigs here already. If I do fresh install, it will be clean and super fast my Pc right?
Hello, Error 9 shows up due to a few reason. I attach this website that helped me in the past: digiworthy.com/2020/10/19/solved-macrium-reflect-error-9/ Hope it helps Thanks for the comment!
thank you for this, I have a question I replaced a 640gb HDD with a 1TB SSD I followed your steps and all went well except when I check the space on the new SSD it reads the same as the HDD?? any reason why?
Hello Edwin, Since your new /Ssd is bigger than the old one, it will only use 640GB on the new SSD. When you boot up windows it is likely that your ssd as 640GB. The remaining is not lost, it just not allocated. You would have to go to “computer management” then “disk management” and you should see in black color the rest of the space, from there right click on it and follow the steps to allocate it. Sadly i do not have a video for that since all the SSD upgrades i do are from bigger HDD to smaller SSD. :/ Hope it help Thanks for the comment
@@MyITWorkshop ok I tried but was not able to, all I can see its option to format disk and I am not sure If I should do that as I might lose important data, can you recommend a link so I can allocate properly?
Hello, You mean the old HDD? Once the new one is in place and working you can use the old one for something else. Personally, after cloning and replacing my old HDD/SSD, i keep it in a desk for the next 2-3 months, jussssst in the case the new one fails. Now, you can also create a backup of the new one as well. Thanks for the comment!
@@MyITWorkshop can the os there can delete? cos i wanna replace may hhd to ssd.. and the hhd has it os.. after cloning is it safe to delete all the files on the old hhd? thnk u..
21 minutes! It's been 6 hours for me and it's still not done. Also this is my 2nd time doing this following the steps exactly and the first time the clone was successful but when I swapped out the HDD for the SSD and hit the power button, the boot drive could not be found. Any suggestions?
Hello Alan, What happens if you put back the old HDD, it boots normally? Get into the bios, look for something like “boot” menu, verify that new clone SSD is the first in the boot order, if not change it to be the first.
My IT Workshop Hey there, The old HDD boots normally. When I swap out the old HDD for the cloned SDD I get a recovery screen saying “Your PC needs to be repaired” error 0x000000e . When I go into boot options the new SSD is the first in order to boot from. Not sure why I get this when the drives are identically except I had to adjust the partition size to fit everything from the old one, but all the data seems to have transferred successfully. Do I need to wipe the SSD now? I’ve tried looking into that and I couldn’t find a software that does this for free. Long reply but this is where I’ve gotten in the past 2 days working on this.
Hey, Since you have the original HDD, so no data loss, I would try to clone it one more time, but this time don’t re size anything. If the data is too big for the new SSD, consider copying that “excess” data to an external hard drive and and just clone what fits in the new SSD. Another step would be only cloning windows and software that is already installed. The rest; video, pics, etc back it up in an external device and then when the cloning is done and it boots, copy it back. Thanks for the comment!
no this software is so difficult for me, and i falied because i missed something in the process, bad experience, finally completed with another tool aomei partition assistant.
Everytime I click on my 500 gb ssd to transfer from my 2.7 to hard drive (with only 400 gbs used) it says incompatible disk selected could anyone help me out?
Hello there, That’s interesting, i would open a command prompt, (cmd), and run the command: chkdsk c: /r “c” is normally your by default drive. This command will need you to restart your computer, it takes a while......after that try again to clone your HDD. Hope it helps Thanks for the comment!
Hello Mamun, I've tried with a SSD Caddy. However, as long as the Caddy has a slot for the SSD and can be connected to a laptop/desktop, i do not see why it would not work. Thanks for the comment!
Does macrium automatically resize partions going from large hdd to smaller ssd not clear in your video? I used a Sandisk with the WD edition of Acronis doesn’t work will not clone tells me that not compatible.
Hello GP, It all depends on what space is being used at the time of cloning. For example, if you have a 1 TB HDD, but you are only using 300 GB, you have music, videos, games, etc. Besides, you might more than the C drive, maybe you have partition D or more. When you clone you current HDD to an SDD or a new HDD, you select what partitions you want to clone, (In the video i only have partition C and Macrium resizes it since the new SSD is smaller than the old HDD). Now, you are only using 300 GB out of 1TB, if the new SSD/HDD is, lets say 250 GB, it will not work, since you need at least 300 GB. If the new HDD/SSD is 1TB as well, it will only use 300 GB, the rest you do not lose it, it remains as Unallocated space which you can still use. When you clone a hard drive, it only clones what you select, (partitions), and only uses what it needs, in our example 300 GB. I also use Acronis because it comes included with PNY. The only time it gave me an error happened when i needed to clone a 500 GB HDD, that was using a little more than 200 GB, to a 240 GB SSD. I had to reduce it to 180-190 GB and then it worked. Hope it helps Thanks for the comment!
Hello, That happened to me a few times as well. The reason i found were: -something went wrong during the cloning process and needs to be re cloned. -the boot source is not configured for the new ssd in the bios. Hope it helps Thanks for the comment
Macrium will not work now, always fail over and over, better use aomei backupper in your video, this one is really great.
Update from my first comment. It worked. I was able to clone everything onto a ssd and install it. Everything has worked without having reinstall anything. Games and everything are extremely quick to load.
is all the app automatically cloned?
@@goldenpiglin3304, yes everything gets closed, in have about 250 gigs worth of games and it mm cloned them with out the need for reinstall from steam.
Failed with Macrium Reflect but achieved with AOMEI Partition Assistant, I guess it is because Macrium cannot clone disk with bad sector or bad files system.
Thanks for this perfect video! just did a clone with Macrium on a Dell Inspiron 17 5000, 1TB. After installing the SSD the boot manager didnt find the new device. So I attached the old HDD to the USB to start the laptop. Now the message appeared that there was no boot device, but now the SSD showed up in the bios, put it as starting divice, and bingo! All up and running!
No macrium any more just fail to clone and this tool is a little complex to handle for a girl because I have to drag the partition manually, but I tried aomei backupper later it just surprised me with its simple interface and operation.
failed over and over any suggestions?
then you can try aomei's tool
I tried this one but failed and then I used Samsung migration failed again, I doubted it's my disk's problem but I cloned successfully with Aomei it just saved my disk.
Aomei is the best in cloning and it cost nothing for mbr disks that is really enough for me.
Hello,
I tried Aomei some days ago, it works well. As you mention it works for MBR only, at least for now. For GPT it will ask you to upgrade. Macrium is free for both MBR and GPT, for now.
Thanks for the comment
I achieved with Aomei backupper, it is a good alternative for Samsung Migration when it is not working.
Alvendril you are truly amazing straight forward and no=-nonsense practical person who made a high quality high impact easy to understand video for a simple problem or issue. This is what the quality of all videos should represent...Congratulations...
I think both Macrium and AOMEI is really helpful for me but I prefer to use AOMEI more.
But this will not let me conver the disk after clone, i want to conver the disk so i turn to AOMEI to do this
Excellent demo to the point no embellishments
do i need to go into Bios after putting ssd in to adjust boot order? thx
I cloned my 256bg SSD Sandisk to my new 2tb SSD Sandisk using this method. Thank you very much for your help it would have been hell without you haha.
Hi. Thank you for making this video...it worked. The only issue is that when I go to C: capacity it shows the old information of the hard drive. THE old HDD 320gb and the new SSD are 480gb. Please explain how I can rectify this.
Hello fabian,
No worries that's common. I made a video about it some days ago. In it i show how to "recover" the extra space missing. This is the link for the video: th-cam.com/video/GNb2ps-pYFc/w-d-xo.html go to minute 13:10 so you can watch the part that you need.
Hope it helps
Thanks for the comment!
So I've successfully cloned my HDD to my SSD and I made the SSD #1 in the boot order as well. And my OG Hard drive the Local disk C is still the "System disk" and I cannot format windows off it. Even though my PC is booted from the SSD right now with windows on it
I did this process exactly as you showed here, and my SSD won't boot. How do I make it bootable?
currenlty waiting for my laptop to be cloned, fingers crossed that no problems happen.
Any problems
@@Myqwan nope!
Good idea on removing the ring thing. It's very easy to short out a component on the inside of your computer with metal jewelry. I stopped wearing my wedding ring when I got into IT / computer repair and it got me in trouble with the wife. Oh well...
Of course, removing screws over an open case kinda defeats the purpose.
Hi there. I have a 500GB magnetic SATA drive (only 80GB was used), and try to clone it to a 480GB SSD. However, it shows "Not copied, insufficient space." What is the fix?
Same here
Michael Gonzalez You have to go to disk management on your win 10. Right click on the drive and click shrink volume. Type like 10000 for 10 gigs and so on. It will then show part of the disk that is unused. Then your good to go.
@@thebes83 I solved it thanks
Why do so many computers have multiple small partitions on the boot drive? Is this because the manufacturer has saved some sort of "recovery" data? Does UEFI care about the size of each partition or just the overall order?
Thank you very much this helped me a great deal, I love your detail describing
Hello! Thanks for the video. It's very informative. Just one question: You went from 500 GB down to 120 GB, so what files were left behind from the original drive? Did the software know to just copy system files, then anything leftover? Thanks very much.
Hello Leslie,
Yeah, the software only clones/copies what’s used in the 500GB HDD. For instance, you have 500GB HDD or SSD, but at the moment with windows and your files you are only using 130 GB. Therefore, only those 130GB will be cloned to the new SSD, this new SSD could be 240GB, however it is more than enough to store your 130GB of information.
Hope it helps
Thanks for the comment!
@@MyITWorkshop Thank you so much for the quick response. I understand better now.
Does this cloning includes settings also? Such as settings for hidden files?
Hello Erwin,
Yes, the cloning process makes a exact copy of your HDD/SSD. Anything you had in the original will be in the clone.
Hope it helps
Thanks for the comment!
i am also using the same software to go from sata SSD to NVME ssd(2 TB).
Before starting the cloning process in Macrium, is it necessary to format the new drive in Disk Management first?
Hello,
Unless the nvme was used in the past i dont see a need for that.
In most of the cloning i have done only a few times i had to “initialize” the new ssd/hdd in disk management.
Normally i connect the new ssd/hdd to the computer and it is ready to be clone to.
Hope it helps
Thanks for the comment
Will I be able to use my old hard drive as just a regular storage drive while using the copied ssd as the new windows drive?
Hello,
Yes, that’s 100% possible. First I would keep the old HDD intact for some weeks, just as a backup in case the new one fails for some weird reason. After that, you would need to format it and that’s pretty much it, then you can use it as a storage device.
Hope it helps
Thanks for the comment
worked well with another tool, aomei backupper, this one is nice
My one says unformatted primary next to NTFS primary and wants me to overwrite it, what should I do?
I am trying to clone from a WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW - 256G to a Samsung SSD 970 EVO SCSI Disk using a Blueendless LSB 3.1 to M.2/NVME external enclosure but the Macrium software is not detecting my destination drive. I see the destination drive in (D:) just under the Windows(C:) on my windows explorer and its in Chinese? I right clk and the new disc is empty. makes sense. But for some reason Macrium Reflect 7 it still is not seeing it. What can you suggest I do next? ?? I know this is not a comment. I still have not finished the video but I liked it so I am using your instruction. It could be a little louder though.
Hello Michael,
mmmmmm I'am thinking the problem might be the external enclosure. Since hardware is more difficult to get than software, i would say try using another cloning software. I have two suggestions: 1) EaseUS Free Software, i have a video for that here: th-cam.com/video/4jH7EAHi_XA/w-d-xo.html
2) Since you are using Samsung i would suggest its cloning software that you can download from here: www.samsung.com/semiconductor/minisite/ssd/download/tools/ go to "data migration", choose the language and install it.
Hope it helps
Thanks for the comment!
@@MyITWorkshop I thank you for replying from your IT workshop in a very busy schedule. I almost brought it to be resolved by a computer shop in Montreal but thought I could save it by your advice and my working together. I also didn't bring it in to the Geek Squad yet. So I have come back to my laptop cloning issue. You are right. I received the message from trying to clone with Macrium "Incompatible disk selected", "the target disk has an incompatible sector size for this operation" So I took your suggestion to download the Samsung data migrate method. But do I need to install the SSD driver first as it states in step 3. If yes where do I take the driver from? Samsung I suppose? That's as far as I got. I'm reading through the instruction manual. Help? Once again thanks and will I get through this yet. I almost got through the Macrium cloning which I understand better and was even able to resize my partitions if it wasn't for the incompatibility. I didn't use EasUS Free but it's no longer free. I still watched your EasUS video link. But I am hoping you can let me know about the driver. How do I know I already have the driver or not ? I am patiently waiting for your reply.
Thanks again! Keep well, healthy and virus free!
I forgot to paste step 3. of Samsung Data Migration manual 3. If you are cloning the Source Drive to the Target Drive (Samsung NVMe SSD) using this software, make
sure that you install the Samsung NVMe Driver first.
I have noticed that I have 4 partitions (1.system 2. none 3. C: drive and 4. windows RE tools) prepared on my source disk of 237 GB and is this the issue. Because Samsung says that it can only clone the C drive and two more drives. That means 3. It clones the system reserve partition automatically?
"If a portable device (e.g. an external USB device) is connected to the Target Drive for cloning, then this
software may not function properly because of the USB adapter." This is the last hurdle. I have the NVMeM.2 connected to laptop via a USB 3.1 to external enclosure.
Thank you can anyone let me know when process is done do you have to go into bios and reset the boot order before you restart any good tips appreciated 🙂
My WD disk won't clone with Acronis so I decided to try this one but when I found I have to drag this and drag that to clone a disk I gave up, I used AOMEI and it worked well
Hello mate, I followed your steps but this is giving an error when I put the ssd "hard disk 3f0" - my notebook is hp probook 6360b. would you have a tip to give me?
I have 2 os each one on a separate drive. Someone told me to make an image drive instead of cloning...Do I have to create a partition on to one of those drives that I intend to copy to? I do not want to mess up the existing os Win 10 that is on the destination drive?
Hello,
I think you are referring to a Windows backup creation. If so, you select the destination, (another partition/external hdd, ssd/cloud storage), for that backup. Now, depending on how much information you have, (files, OS, video, etc), your backup file will be bigger or smaller. Finally, backup files need to be stored on other hard drives.
Hope it helps
Thanks for the comment!
Good job explaining and showing.
Hi! Great video! I have one problem, I have my SSD installed internally and it is working fine but when I try to clone my HDD to my SSD it says "Incompatible disk selected, the target disk has an incompatible sector size for this operation. Please choose a different disk." Is there any way to change this? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Hi! same process and needed parts for a Macbook?
Great Video easy and to the point as it should be!
Thank you! Nice work! Very easy to understand!
is there a way to copy just the OS? I am transferring from an ssd to another ssd.
Hello,
You'd need to create partition in the old SSD, for example D drive or partition D. Then, copy all what is not related to the OS like videos, pics, documents in this D partition. From there, clone just partition C, the original that only contains Windows.
Now, if you have software already installed on the original C drive such as Office, Steam, etc. You wont be able to separate them from the OS.........unless you uninstall them.
Hope it helps
Thanks for the comment!
I did clone same like this, after replace the HDD to SSD pc not taking book from the SSD. I select the SSD in boot priority. But still same issue. Boot drive missing
Best video I've seen yet. Works like perfect! Thank you
I know I'm kind of randomly asking but do anybody know of a good site to stream new movies online?
@Knox Benjamin lately I have been using Flixzone. Just search on google for it :)
I'm trying this going from 1 tb hdd to 512 gb SSD and it keeps saying not all copied. Insufficient space. There are 5 partions but only 3 are coming down to destination. I have plenty of space. Only using about 90gb of space on the hdd
Hi. I need your advice. Can my windows 7 hard drive work on my 4th generation lenovo laptop? I would like to use my windows 7 and replace my windows 10 hard drive that is in my lenovo
Hello fabian,
Both computer would need to use the same hard drive technology, which in the last 10 years has been SATA. Other than that, make sure your windows 7 is 64 bits since I would imagine your Lenovo laptop processor is also 64 bits. Other than that, I don't see why it would not work.......maybe if one laptop has an Intel processor and the other AMD.......
Note: Support for windows 7 has ended in January 2020. So, you will be exposed to more vulnerabilities from the internet.
Hope it helps
Thanks for the comment!
@@MyITWorkshop Hi. Thanks for replying so fast! They both are SATA but my windows 7 hard drive is in a 32bit laptop and my lenovo laptop is 64bit. Could it work?
I would advise to clone your windows 7 Hard Drive first and then install that clone on your Lenovo, (just to be sure you have a backup in case it does not work). You can install a 32 bit operating system on a 64 bit computer/processor, but swapping your only hard drive may not go well. Again, I would make a clone first.
Hope it helps
Thanks for the comment!
@@MyITWorkshop I actually did clone it with the help of your video. I inserted my ssd windows 7 after cloning it into my hp 32bit. I have the original windows 7 hard drive as a spare. If i remove the ssd and put it into my lenovo would it work or should i put the spare windows 7? The other thing to consider is to access windows 10 wifi is built without a hardware switch. My HP laptop has a physical switch to allow me to find networks. Just need you opinion
@@fabianviljoen9809 Now that you have a clone, install the new HDD/SSD into the Lenovo, (as you said you a backup now), and see if it works. The button for the wifi is not really important. You will see if it works or not; either it will give you a message like "no boot partition detected" or just a black screen, or you will see the windows 7 logo and that might take some time to "reconfigure" the 32 bits operating system to the new hardware.
I've literally done this with 3 different programs and still havent been able to get my laptop to run windows on the newly cloned SSD from the old HDD... am I just missing something??
Hi,
Questions that come to my mind:
1) Are you selecting all the partition in the C drive from the old HDD when cloning.
2) Does the cloning process ends with no problems/errors?
3)What error is shown up when you try to boot from the SSD?
@@MyITWorkshop Answer to question 1: Yes I believe so... its my grandmothers old Toshiba Satellite A665... the HDD had 3 partitions and all three show up on the new SSD after being cloned. Answer to question 2: The cloning took about 3 hours and each time completed without any problem. I then go ahead and do a normal shutdown, disconnect charger, remove battery, swap the HDD for the SSD and the housing. Boot it up and it gets as far as the Windows loading screen and does nothing. Once it attempted a repair and got nowhere. The new SSD is being recognized at least in the bios its being recognized. I don't feel like it should be giving me such a hard time. Like I'm not the stupidest person on earth... but apparently I'm not the smartest either!
@@benjaminperkinson9991 this is also my concern. It's loading windows then restart then auto-repair and the next restart gives me options for troubleshooting or reset pc.
hi dude ,, so in cloning my windows 10 from HDD to SSD ,, do i need to do any refragments ?
Hello Saad,
Windows 10 does defrag automatically from time to time. However, before cloning you can run the process manually.
Thanks for the comment!
I clone my new 1tb ssd how come it woudnt give me the full TB after the process
Hello Jan,
I made a video explaining exactly that: th-cam.com/video/GNb2ps-pYFc/w-d-xo.html go to min 13:10
Hope it helps
Thanks for the comment!
Do u know how to exactly set the ssd to 1 tb?
Hi , I have 6 partitions, (I am going fro 2tb to 1TB ) question can I get rid of some of these partitions , specially the FAT32 ? 1system (none) Fat32 primary; 2 (None) unformated primary; 3 Windows (C) 4 WinRE/DRV (None) NTFS primary; 5 Lenovo_Part (none) NTFS primary; 6 LRS_ESP (None) fat 32 LBS primary. thanks for your response.
Duuuude, this video helped me. Thanks!
Thank you! that was great directions and easy to do.
I tried cloning my SSHD to a new SSD but it is stuck at 99% progress on both bars with no errors, any ideas?
Hello Nexisol,
That happened to me with an old HDD at around 40 something %. It was stuck for some hours. Finally, i decided to cancel the process and star it again, this time worked with no problem.
Hope it helps
Thanks for the comment.
Great video, simple and straightforward
Hi
Once I clone my hhd to ssd I replaced my old hhd to ssd but the total space in the ssd showing wrong.My new ssd was 500gb and old hhd was 300bg.But after the cloning process, SSD also showing total space is only 300gb.Can you please explain me why and how can I change it?
Many thanks.
Hello J&j,
That's a common issue when upgrading to a bigger SSD/HDD. To check your missing 200 GB, in the windows search box type: "computer management", once you open the app look for: "Disk management", next, you should see all the Disks you have, (if you have more than 1 or CD/DVD reader), there should be 200 GB of unallocated space, (normally in color black). IN MOST CASES to make use of it you will need to right click on it and select enable\create a new partition or something similar, follow the steps on the screen and your 200 GB will be available to store data.
Hope it helps
Thanks for the comment!
Many thanks..
Awesome man. All other videos were blah blah blah.
I cloned my sdd but after replacing I got error message of system32/winload.exe is missing. What I did wrong?
Does this method still work I just picked up a new ssd and backed up all my work on another software but when I was about to finish I found out clone wasn't free hoping this video fixes my problem
That was great. Just what I needed to know. Thanks very much.
Why am I getting this warning to do this?
I followed these instructions and my new SSD when I boot the computer says attempting to repair and then goes into uefi saying it failed. When I go into Bios the computer recognizes the new SSD and has it as number 1 boot option. I put the old HDD back in and it booted up properly so its the SSD. Any suggestions? I noticed after cloning the SSD clone of C drive says D drive, does this matter? It happened on yours as well so I'm thinking not
Hello Tom,
I dont think it’s the SSD. It happened to me that during the cloning process, it stopped at lets say 43% for hours. Finally i had to restart the process and at the end it worked. I would try to clone it again.
Thanks for the comment.
@@MyITWorkshop Hello, thank you so much for the quick reply! I recloned the hard drive and it worked. Boots in like 7 seconds! I liked the video and subscribed. Thank you!
Hello, is it not necessary to resize C partition so that it could get into the new SSD drive? Macrium reduces the size of the C partition automatically? Thanks
Hello Ivan,
Let’s say you are going from and old HDD 500 GB to a new SSD 240 GB. The new one is smaller. Now, imagine the old one is using 180 GB out of 500 GB, in this case it will fit in the new SSD. If the old HDD is using lets say 300 GB out of 500 GB, it will not fit in the new SSD. What cloning software like Macrium does, at least the free version, is technically “copy and paste” ( i am just simplifying).
Hope it helps
Thanks for the comment!
@@MyITWorkshop Hi there, I tried but had no luck... I did it the way that I resized my C partition so that the partitions after C could be placed after the C partition as well on the new SSD drive. Cloning took more than 2 hours. I replaced drives but the computer doesn´t boot. I´m getting Error code: 0xc000000e.
@@IvanBorcin Says something like boot manager missing some exe file? How I fixed this issue with my SSD I cloned was that I used a windows installation/repair media this can be a disc or a USB flash drive. That you can boot into it and it gives you the option to install windows or upgrade windows in the corner there will be repair this pc. It should give you options like automatic repair which the program tries to repair the pc, I had no luck with this. It has things like recover from a image or restore point and one titled command prompt. This is what I used to fix mine. Of course I have windows 10 but I believe windows 7 repair media works nearly the same. The command prompt window appears typing in bootrec /fixmbr the prompt should come back as task complete, bootrec /fixboot this can come back as two results either completed successful or access denied and this one can be useful which is bootrec /scanos this one will scan the drive and find the path or paths to the OS present on the drive if their is one occurrence it should show the drive letter followed by the Windows 10 7 or so on. If it shows nothing is found that can be a problem. But it should be able to find one OS if its present. This is good. Now the final command is bootrec /rebuildbcd which this command rebuilds the boot manager required for the OS to well boot. This should come up as the windows path and it will ask you if you want to add this installation to the boot record type a capital Y for yes a capital N for no or A for all and then hit enter. For my problem typing Y for yes fixed my issue with this same error code. I hope this gives you some idea of what to do and fixes your issue. It took me like 7 hours to realize my problem was typing the wrong reply back on that question. I am not all that tech savvy when it comes to command prompt but this is what I found on the internet to fix the error code and get the OS to boot.
Hello, I am changing to ssd, Pc already has windows 10. Want to do fresh install windows to ssd. Windows 10’will recognize key activation?? Yes I have activation key with me original one.
Hello Christian,
If you have the activation key with you, you can install windows as many times as you want. 👍. Changing the hard drive (HDD/SSD) does not mess up the Windows license.
Hope it helps.
Thanks for the comment!
@@MyITWorkshop ok but is it recommended cloning or fresh install assuming windows 10 now has no errors or bugs?
@@ChristianYepez I prefer to clone my SSD to a bigger one when I am running out of space. I get rid of all the junk that I dont need, run a virus check and clone it. Now, if Windows is behaving weird for some reason or you feel it that way, I would start fresh and install windows from scratch.
Thanks for the comment!
@@MyITWorkshop I see it if I clone, all the temp files, windows logs, or temp folder will be cloned, 10 gigs here already. If I do fresh install, it will be clean and super fast my Pc right?
Very good video. Helped me tons. Screw Minitool
Thank god a video that works thank you so much
Mine fails and says “ clone failed- error 9 “. Turned firewall and antivirus off but still same error. 😢
Hello,
Error 9 shows up due to a few reason. I attach this website that helped me in the past: digiworthy.com/2020/10/19/solved-macrium-reflect-error-9/
Hope it helps
Thanks for the comment!
PLAIN AND SIMPLE VIDEO... very informative!
does it save log in password so when i swap the hd to sdd i can log in to the pc with same password
Yes it does.
Does the adapter also work with hdd or only ssd
Hello,
It works for both.
My computer don't see the second hdd in software but can find in disk management
Excellent mate! Thank you.
Would this work for a desktop pc as well?
Yes
thank you for this, I have a question I replaced a 640gb HDD with a 1TB SSD I followed your steps and all went well except when I check the space on the new SSD it reads the same as the HDD?? any reason why?
Hello Edwin,
Since your new /Ssd is bigger than the old one, it will only use 640GB on the new SSD. When you boot up windows it is likely that your ssd as 640GB. The remaining is not lost, it just not allocated. You would have to go to “computer management” then “disk management” and you should see in black color the rest of the space, from there right click on it and follow the steps to allocate it.
Sadly i do not have a video for that since all the SSD upgrades i do are from bigger HDD to smaller SSD. :/
Hope it help
Thanks for the comment
I see ok I will try that and will get back to you, thanks for the quick reply...
@@MyITWorkshop ok I tried but was not able to, all I can see its option to format disk and I am not sure If I should do that as I might lose important data, can you recommend a link so I can allocate properly?
Hello,
Do you the see the unallocated space in black?
@@MyITWorkshop i was able to allocate thank you much, another question can i uninstall Macrium?
after cloning.. i will use may hhd.. can i erase all the files?
Hello,
You mean the old HDD? Once the new one is in place and working you can use the old one for something else. Personally, after cloning and replacing my old HDD/SSD, i keep it in a desk for the next 2-3 months, jussssst in the case the new one fails. Now, you can also create a backup of the new one as well.
Thanks for the comment!
@@MyITWorkshop can the os there can delete? cos i wanna replace may hhd to ssd.. and the hhd has it os.. after cloning is it safe to delete all the files on the old hhd? thnk u..
Thank you, it was smooth and quick, enjoying my WD SSD now
Thank you for the video.
21 minutes! It's been 6 hours for me and it's still not done. Also this is my 2nd time doing this following the steps exactly and the first time the clone was successful but when I swapped out the HDD for the SSD and hit the power button, the boot drive could not be found. Any suggestions?
Hello Alan,
What happens if you put back the old HDD, it boots normally?
Get into the bios, look for something like “boot” menu, verify that new clone SSD is the first in the boot order, if not change it to be the first.
My IT Workshop Hey there, The old HDD boots normally. When I swap out the old HDD for the cloned SDD I get a recovery screen saying “Your PC needs to be repaired” error 0x000000e . When I go into boot options the new SSD is the first in order to boot from. Not sure why I get this when the drives are identically except I had to adjust the partition size to fit everything from the old one, but all the data seems to have transferred successfully. Do I need to wipe the SSD now? I’ve tried looking into that and I couldn’t find a software that does this for free. Long reply but this is where I’ve gotten in the past 2 days working on this.
Hey,
Since you have the original HDD, so no data loss, I would try to clone it one more time, but this time don’t re size anything. If the data is too big for the new SSD, consider copying that “excess” data to an external hard drive and and just clone what fits in the new SSD. Another step would be only cloning windows and software that is already installed. The rest; video, pics, etc back it up in an external device and then when the cloning is done and it boots, copy it back.
Thanks for the comment!
no this software is so difficult for me, and i falied because i missed something in the process, bad experience, finally completed with another tool aomei partition assistant.
Everytime I click on my 500 gb ssd to transfer from my 2.7 to hard drive (with only 400 gbs used) it says incompatible disk selected could anyone help me out?
Will SSD be bootable after I follow these steps?
Hello, LOUISIANIMALBAITCASTING
Yes, i will be bootable. After you clone it, just put it instead of your old HDD.
Thanks for the comment!
Worked well thanks. Used it for Kingston UV500 mSATA on Dell 2350 AIO and just put into mSATA slot and removed old HDD. Lightning fast.
Thanxx for beautiful piece of info😉
Good brother
Thanks very helpful 🙂
I had error 0 and error 6 every time I tried it I don't understand why
Hello there,
That’s interesting, i would open a command prompt, (cmd), and run the command: chkdsk c: /r
“c” is normally your by default drive. This command will need you to restart your computer, it takes a while......after that try again to clone your HDD.
Hope it helps
Thanks for the comment!
I don't have a SATA connector, am I able to do this using SSD caddy?
Hello Mamun,
I've tried with a SSD Caddy. However, as long as the Caddy has a slot for the SSD and can be connected to a laptop/desktop, i do not see why it would not work.
Thanks for the comment!
@@MyITWorkshop thanks for the information :)
Well done, thanks!
great video thanks!
I wish you would say that on the free version there is no disk clone tool ... I mean with the incredible amount of talking you do ...
Does macrium automatically resize partions going from large hdd to smaller ssd not clear in your video? I used a Sandisk with the WD edition of Acronis doesn’t work will not clone tells me that not compatible.
Hello GP,
It all depends on what space is being used at the time of cloning. For example, if you have a 1 TB HDD, but you are only using 300 GB, you have music, videos, games, etc. Besides, you might more than the C drive, maybe you have partition D or more. When you clone you current HDD to an SDD or a new HDD, you select what partitions you want to clone, (In the video i only have partition C and Macrium resizes it since the new SSD is smaller than the old HDD). Now, you are only using 300 GB out of 1TB, if the new SSD/HDD is, lets say 250 GB, it will not work, since you need at least 300 GB. If the new HDD/SSD is 1TB as well, it will only use 300 GB, the rest you do not lose it, it remains as Unallocated space which you can still use.
When you clone a hard drive, it only clones what you select, (partitions), and only uses what it needs, in our example 300 GB.
I also use Acronis because it comes included with PNY. The only time it gave me an error happened when i needed to clone a 500 GB HDD, that was using a little more than 200 GB, to a 240 GB SSD. I had to reduce it to 180-190 GB and then it worked.
Hope it helps
Thanks for the comment!
"unable to copy volume" shows
The warning is: The following drivers will be overwritten
Can this work on windows 11?
Hello,
Yes, the process is the same.
macrium free is no longer available. It has been replaced by a 30 day trial version
Can you use it to do this (within 30 days)still w/o paying
No it takes 10 days to clone to 2TB
thanks!!
Yeah macrium is the best ssd cloning for me
SAVE MY ASS...THANKS SO MUCH
The cloned SSD failed to boot
Hello,
That happened to me a few times as well.
The reason i found were:
-something went wrong during the cloning process and needs to be re cloned.
-the boot source is not configured for the new ssd in the bios.
Hope it helps
Thanks for the comment
@@MyITWorkshop Thanks for the quick reply. I will reclone it gain and see. I think I did not format the ssd before using it.
Update: same result 😭
Second Update: I repeated the process again,and da it works fine now :)
@@souilahmaher7188 so you didn't do anything differently, just recloned 2x and it was fine? Was it bootable with no problem?
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