Great video.... Thank you.... I was able to replace SSD on my 5 year old laptop.... it’s blazing fast now..... AOMEI BACKUPPER is a amazing tool and I was able to clone my HDD using the free version.... Hats off to you....
Finally a TH-camr video where there was no bull shit, straight to the point, and an free software that actually works ......... thank you for the video my friend. we need more people like you.
I’m currently working 10-hour days, 6 days a week on two plant shutdowns. I’ve got a few videos on the computer to edit, but this is an ideal time to get a couple of computer related videos done. I’ve been building/repairing and upgrading computers for almost 20 years and normally it is not difficult as everything is modular. Please like, share and comment on the video as this really helps me out. I hope everyone has a great Sunday 😉
You are welcome. Some of the first videos I ever made where how to build computers, back then it took me hours to edit the HD footage as I also had to convert the edited footage using third party software, some times it would take 8 hours to encode! Thanks for the comment 👍
No, these are planned shutdowns which happen evert 12 months. The two chemical plants where I subcontract run 24/7 - 7 days a week for about 48 weeks of the year. July and August is when all the big jobs are done, which cannot normally be done due to the fact that the plants run most of the time. Thanks for the comment 👍
I've done a fair number of these - Windows XP, Windows 7 and Windows 10 The one free program that does them all is AOMEI Partition Assistant - I've used others and had a few failures (failure to copy) but AOMEI hasn't failed yet. You've obviously found the same program works for you. There is an option in Partition Assistant to make a bootable USB stick - if you use that option, you don't even need to install the program on the source machine. Just boot off the USB, and attach the SSD with a USB to SATA cable to clone to. Like all your videos - thanks.
USB? me like the sound of that. aomei finally let me down. not it's fault cause the hard drive was somehow done so that no partition tool would work. i tried just for learning sakes and STUBBORNNESS! i know when to do whats easier. Cloned said HD and then Formatted it to eraseverything on that. worked like a charm, was ready to take sledge hammer to it. can you say ANGER ISSUES !!!!! LOL
I've built/repaired computer for a while as well and it seems to me that the most likely part of a PC to fail is the hard drive. Re-installing Windows doesn't take too much time but installing the updates, then all your software, then re-configuring it all just how you like it. WOW this takes a seriously, seriously long time. For someone like yourself with a very busy schedule the absolute last thing you need is to spend an afternoon and half an evening getting Windows back up and running. nice video. thanks.
It is why I made a image of my PC. I put that image on a partition, made another partition with clonezilla. Made it so that as a soon as I start clonezilla I can restore the image back to my SSD. Kinda like how OEMs had those recovery partitions.
Reinstalling windows is not the problem, if you have the install disk. Originally, I was on windows 7 professional and got the free upgrade to windows 10, so getting windows working again would be a big problem for me. Also, the other programs that I use that would cause big problems as many of them were purchased as digital products (with no re-install disks). Re-installing all the programs that I use on a daily basis would take a very long time, even then I'm not sure where the product keys are for most of them. With this program I can set it up, then go and do some filming in the garage or go to work- I don't sit here and wait till the cloning process is finished.Thanks for the comment
that's why I hate windows. when i found out how easy this was on a mac the extra cost of a mac is nothing compared the time savings you will get over the life if your machine.
Thanks, that will be useful, but its the other programs that I use that will cause the biggest problems, which is why I just clone the hard drive. I've been lucky with hard drives/SSD's and never had one fail yet.
I've used this program for quite sometime now and it saves a lot of time from reinstalling all your programs, call it restoring your system the way it was when it worked well the first time. It's especially great for cloning your hard drive to any size hard drive you choose weather it's small or big as long as your total data can fit (but who's going to go to a smaller drive anyway). My experience with this software is most satisfying and I use it with all my systems, it's a life saver and you really won't be dissatisfied with it
Finally I have the job done with this software (AOMEI Backupper). Paid $45 and they give you a license to clone twice. I have my new ssd running with every app I had on my old HDD. with this software you are going to be able to clone only the C partition. My old C partition was 1TB with only 250 gb used, my new ssd have 500 gb. Not problem at all.
Thank You sir for that detailed info. I did it wrong and was wondering why it wouldn't boot up. You explained the most critical part which is clone to bigger drive and adjust the size which it will be on C drive only. When I did it wrong it had 2 different C drives on the same disc which confused the OS. Thank you so much. This helped me
Thank you. I installed the freeware Aomei Backupper today and used it to clone my Samsung 128 GB SSD to a KingDian 480 GB SSD and replaced it in my hp laptop.. It works perfect.
COOL! I downloaded the free trial version, followed your instructions and cloned my internal smaller HDD to external larger HDD, swapped them out and everthing WORKED ! THANKS ! NOW...... I have to work on two externals one bad HDD that keeps giving me errors and unable to clone. It's the original HDD that gave out before I could clone it and I don't want to have to drag and drop all my files. Stay tumed.
Thanks for the video. I use carbon copy cloner on my macbook and have been looking for something similar on windows. Alot of the windows backup tools are very confusing but this one seems very simple and straight forward.
I like this video. But for me the best way to ensure a successful clone without any errors would be to create a bootable usb media within AOMEI, and clone it "offline". this way the drive is not active and no background programs are running i.e. putting additional read/writes to the drive as it is being cloned. But this is a useful method for people who are new to system backups.
I used to use a 2 TB Western Digital Blue HDD, but I've since upgraded to a Western Blue 2 TB NVME SSD. Never looked back since then, because in Windows 10, an SSD makes the whole system a lot faster and snappier.
Great video, I will be watching it again, then once I have the software I will do a clone of my hard drive as I have several spare drives. Thank you for a great guide to cloning Kind Regards Stewart from Huddersfield 👍
They sell them on Amazon, there are some that also supply power, which you will need for 3.5 inch drives. 2.5 inch hard drives do not need the power option- fave.co/3272LpT
Best and easiest software / tutorial for cloning. If you using a new drive you have to go into disk management and make sure Windows detects it or can see new drive. After the cloning process is complete and if Windows does not vote then you have to change the boot order by going into the BIOS and selecting your new drive remember that is only if the computer or laptop does not boot.
It did work a few months with my case before as stated by Ultimate Handyman. But it didn't work today. I believe the AOMEI Backupperhas changed its business strategy. I do not think it is Ultimate Handyman faults.
Excellent video, I've been prepping to swap out a suspect HHD for a few days now; and the more I watch the more confused I get; this was very clear, concise and just about perfect; really cleared some of the cobwebs out of my head.
Just found this video and noticed its age! Do you know if this software is still running and uts reliability? Great video im hoping its still your cloning software to go to? I was just about to buy Acronis but cant seem to find out if i need the partition software as well, their tech support puts me through to the user manual which isnt clear. But i do like the look and simplicity of your video. Regards
Not sure, it is a while since I last used it. A few people have said that you need to pay for it now, but some people have also said that you do not (providing you follow the instructions in the video) It's a free download, so I would download it and see, if you have to buy it- perhaps you can find a better alternative, but you have nothing to lose. Best of luck with it ;-)
AOMEI Backupper website says the free version will clone a small SSD to a larger SSD. The free version will not do that. It just makes a small partition on the larger SSD. We call that bate and switch. I spent several days working on this and found “MACRIUM REFLECT 7” free version is way more capable than AOMEI Backupper. MACRIUM REFLECT 7 Got that job done. AOMEI Backupper is a waste of time. Highly recommend MACRIUM REFLECT 7 and it's free. So there.
Thanks UltimateHandyman, we were looking between Acronis True Image, Paragon Hard Disk Manager 17 & Aoemi. Aoemi seems underrated in our humble opinion & we think this may be the choice to go with. Your review is helping steer us towards Aoemi.
I have only ever used this program recently, years ago I used to use Norton Ghost, but this is easy to use and free- and has always worked for me. Thanks for the comment 👍
@@ultimatehandyman Thanks, obviously nothing to do with you but we may have been premature in our praises of Aoemi. We're currently unable to backup partitions showing error code 33 meaning bad sectors (disks have been verified as having no bad sectors via MiniPartition Tool & chkdsk). Seems Aoemi has a few of these www.backup-utility.com/help/technical-faq.html?ab so watch out. Thanks again for the tutorial though, it is very well explained & concise.
if anyone is struggling with the more recent software because you must purchase it just search up AOMEI old software and you should find a website that has all of the versions listed pick the one from 2017 and install that and do what he says in the video works perfectly and completely free.
Thanks for this tutorial. I had tried Macrium Reflect: but that wouldn't get past 2%. AOMEI Backupper worked just fine. I now have a back-up Bootable disk - fab'.
Thanks For The Cloned Card My Dogg *DAWGGOAT* I Almost Went Crazy Cuz Of Yo Card😂 When Atm Approved The Card And Start Throwing Da Amount I Click On Out.. You Just Got Yourself Another Long Term Business Customer💯
TIP : the *freeware* version of AOMEI Backupper works great to clone a disk easily, BUT ironically the *trial* version of the Pro version does not allow cloning. I do not get the logic, but it might be useful to know the freeware does work. I initially tried the trial pro, and then tried the freeware which was great and I am really happy with the result.
EDIT: the small extra partition of only about 1GB I thought it created, it turns out, is just a Windows 10 partition (recovery) that was already there (on the source drive), but was given a drive letter during the cloning process. It therefore should not be deleted and you simply can remove the drive letter (only the letter) from that "Primary Partition" (just makes your day-to-day interface less cluttered). I had initially just made it Drive Z and waited to see what it was before deleting it :P
Thanks for this! This made me sure this software could do what I wanted to do and let me know what to look out for, and it worked well to clone the system drive onto another SSD. I can confirm for anyone coming to this video and wondering, that the free version still has this functionality to clone a disc. Don't accidentally install the free trial of the pro version, just use the free standard version.
I used to use Norton Ghost, but this is much easier as it can be run from windows. I'm sure I read that you can still use the computer whilst cloning, but that seems like a bad idea to me. Thanks for the comment
For me the best practice for doing this properly is to back up the entire drive and then restore from the Backup to the SSD. The Restore doesn't always work but it's a lot safer than accidentally cloning a Blank Drive over the Customers working Hard Drive....................
@@ultimatehandyman I just used the program and it was free. I did happen upon an issue with the new drive showing up as an MBR disk and my source drive was GPT. A google search showed how to convert from MBR to GPT using windows at this link.... docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/disk-management/change-an-mbr-disk-into-a-gpt-disk So far all is well. Took about 20 minutes to do the deed.
I have the latest free version (Standard) it is not a trial it is a fully working version, it has a disk clone version but System clone is for pro only. Does this mean you cannot clone the system at all or can it still be done if you clone the whole disk with the OS on it?
Question? How many times must you clone the hard drive because of severals updates on different software's, when it come to the lifespan of the same computer.
It depends how critical your data is. It's always a good idea to have a backup drive in the computer, but I often make a fully working clone every 12 months to ensure I always have a fully working backup. Thanks for the comment 👍
I was told I could not clone from a HDD that you booted from, and that a separate boot drive was needed to boot the PC from while you cloned the C disk. Does this vary from clone software applications? Thanks.
Yes, it depends which software you use. Years ago I used to use Norton ghost, which was more of a DOS based program. It used to be impossible to clone from the hard drive that has your operating system on, as you were using that drive to run the software, but now you can run the software and clone from the same drive, with some programs. Thanks for the comment
Thanks a lot, you saved me time and money, Very helpful and detailed more than enough on every single scenario possible, AOMEI Backupper -authonticated by PNY- works with smaller or bigger ssd destination as soon as enough space available for source-data , please note NOT all cloning software does that.
Incredibly useful video, thanks. I used to use Acronis True Image for cloning disks when I was building PC's a few years ago, worked great, but it has become overpriced now.
Really useful video especially in the recommendation of the free AOMEI software which is easy to use and works a treat. Guided by this video, I cloned a 1Tb HDD to a 240Gb SSD with no problems. Of course the data on the 1Tb HDD was less than 240Gb. The result is a lightning fast laptop that was previously a pain to use.
Had to clone a drive on Friday! Unfortunately, the original drives faulty with reading error, which showed up when doing Acronis backup. This got transferred to the new (old and conventional) HDD. New SSD coming this week, and a reinstall of Win10 etc. for me to keep me quiet. Fortunately no industrial shutdowns for me these days! Hope the plant all starts up again trouble free Chez!
While this is a long term solution which is reliable, people also should try and use windows back up to automatically copy folders onto a secondary drive. Granted you wont be able to clone windows, however you will still get to have the recent versions of a folder/document. Always worth having multiple back ups.
Very good tutorial! But I have a question. 😅 Don't we need to change the bios settings once we've cloned the old hard drive? Will the new hard drive automatically boot? Without changing the bios settings?
As long as you swap the hard drive from the original to the one that you have cloned there is no need to do anything in the BIOS, the computer will boot right up. Thanks for the comment
Just an update for everyone. If you are trying to resize your partitions due to different size drives, that part of this program is now only available in the Pro edition.
I actually purchased pro and it still cloned my 2 Tb SSD as a 1 TB. How do I get that lost space back after I installed it? Or do I have to start completely over? And if so how?
I used AOMEI about a year ago and cloned a flash drive with no problems. Now I'm trying AOMEI to clone another flash drive to another. It starts the transfer process and loads to 10% relatively quickly and then just hangs up there continuing to load with no progress. I checked to see if the destination drive functions properly by itself, and it does. I also checked for any malware and there is none? Any clue what might be the problem?
They've changed the program so the add unused space to all partitions option now requires the paid pro version (which I can't afford). It's also worth noting that a SATA to USB cable like the one he showed in the video won't work for a 3.5" drive as they require more power than two USB ports can provide.
Question when you clone a hard drive [1} to another hard drive {2} will all the programs work on {2} work ? For example HD {1} has Sony Vegas on it. If I were to clone this to HD {2} will it work or do I have to reinstall it from the disk ? My intention is to copy the whole HD to a new SSD . Then erase the the old HD and reuse it for extra storage.
Yes, that will work perfectly, as long as it's going in the same computer. What you cannot do is clone the hard drive and put it in a different computer, as all the software will flag up as being counterfeit. I have used this a few times, to upgrade from HDD to SSD and it has always worked perfectly. Just clone {1} to {2} then install {2} in the computer and check it is working 100% then you can delete the info on {1} and use it for storage. Personally I always keep a cloned clone of my computers HDD or SSD and keep it in a data safe- just in case the drive ever fails. Thanks for the comment 👍
@@ultimatehandyman Thanks for the reply. Yeah that is what I want to do. The main drive in the comp. well it says it is 149 gig. I got a 250 gig SSD. So I was looking on line at those adapters. Some places want $5 others up to $50. I do not understand why the price is so different. None of them came with any software. As far as software some say there is No more free versions. I will have to do some looking to be sure. Hey Thanks again for the reply.
I tend to backup daily so although this is an excellent method it's a bit cumbersome for regular backups. I use rsync to backup daily over a secure connection then my backup is always current. For Windows the excellent delta copy is brilliant for this, but the whole drive clone is great for replacing an hard drive and you can expand the file system if the new drive is larger.
Very informative. I believe I can do this with your helpful video. Thank you for posting this. My new computer came with a very small SSD. The drive has the OS (Windows 10 Home) and I've installed a few programs. It is now half full. I would like to replace it eventually with a larger SSD.
Thank you so much for this video!! I've been looking for a clone software to clone my faulty ssd to a new one. The software works as intended and it's free. Cloned and replaced my ssd without a problem today.
Good video a bit technical for some of us but still very useful to learn. Enjoy your 10 hour shifts/6 days.👍👍😵. Just keep thinking how richer you'll be at the end of the month😀😀😀.
Hello Sir! I like this video, easy to understand. So my question, i wanna clone my hard disk (about 100GB). The destination hard disk is 300GB. So what option do i choose? Will space be left on the hard disk that can be use? Thanks
It now says "System Clone" fir which you need to go Pro, or "Disk Clone" which sounds like non-bootable to me !? The instructions in the Feb 2021 version are unclear.
Great video. Will this cloning method also clone my drive exactly as configured including photo shop & Microsoft office activated? Or will i need to re purchase new activation keys. I'm cloning from a M.2 1TB drive to a 1TB 2.5 drive to pop into an old system while Dell takes a month to replace my system.
Yes, it will clone it exactly. All programs should work, as long as you don't put the cloned drive in another computer. Problems occur when people clone drives and put them in another computer, as all the licences will flag the software as counterfeit.
@@Skyninja223 No, I would not risk it, because it might cause problems with the licenses and could stop some programs from working. (unless you don't connect to the internet, or prevent the programs from accessing their server by editing the .hosts file)
Hi, thanks for vid. I tried this but had issues at the end when it gave an error and stated NTFS file format is not yet supported. Have you seen this or know why?
Hi need your help, i'm upgrading to 970 evo plus ssd , i did the cloning installed the ne SSD but its not detecting it so i went to bios set up and its not showing up..could it be the SSD card the one has problem?
Its not for free. It says: "Sorry. The Clone feature is not available in the Trial version. To continue using it, please buy a license and activate now"
@@rodroyo The video is titled " The easy way to clone a hard drive or SSD". This video shows how to clone a hard drive or SSD using FREE software. I really cannot make this any simpler! Thanks for the comments
@@rodroyo I installed the free edition to check if the disk clone option is real free or not, and IT IS! There's system clone and disk clone options, those are two different options. System clone is not free and comes in Pro edition, whereas disk clone is free and comes in free edition.. Hope it helps!
My original hard drive is 1Tb but i am trying to clone the original HDD to a 500 ssd . Both the drives are MBR partitioned .When i try to select the original hdd on the newer inferface of the software i only get the option to select the whole 1 tb hdd. Now If i clone my HDD to the ssd will i have any data loss?
Only if you have the 1tb with more than 500gb used, at least leave 550gb free on the 1tb HDD to fully clone it into the SSD (back up the rest of the data in another HDD). Then you won't have data loss.
version aomei backupper i have (6 months ago downloaded i believe) you can only do/that works in the very last step the first same partition copy choice the other 2 options adjusting the empty space and the sector thing etc they put in the pro version (also at the end you have click away a commercial popup for paid version )
Unfortunately this software doesn't work for me. I paid $50 for crap. I tried everything. It'll move all my files over to the new SSD sure, but it won't create a bootable drive.
You need to get in touch with the company that makes the software. As you can see from my video, I cloned the hard drive with no issues for free, I have used it lots of times with no issues so far. Thanks for the comment 👍
@@ultimatehandyman I finally figured it out. When I installed the new drive my system asked me if I wanted to format the drive. Big mistake. AOMEI was looking for an empty device with no sectors. I had to completely wipe the drive then it worked. Thanks
@Scott Jackson - Aug 19 2021 How did you make out with creating Aomei bootable drive with the paid version????? I bought my paid version a few months ago. Will be trung soon. Thanks. :)
Thank you thank you Thank you thank you Thank you thank you Thank you thank you!! I've been struggling about 3 hours to clone my hdd to pc.. Thanks for the app you recommended!
Does the free (standard) version still allow system backup (bootable clone)? On their website when you compare products, it shows only the professional version as allowing System Backup - that option is not checked on the standard version
So im building a new system, got everything i need, i want to clone my Hybrid SSD that has windows 10 and all my audio production software etc, what i want to do is clone the drive on to my Samsung 1Tb 970 PRO PCIe M.2. to save me having to reinstall everything again, will i need to buy this software? Also what's the best way to do it? Good video btw
If you are cloning a drive that contains the operating system, the cloned drive will only work in that computer (you can't clone a hard drive and use it in another computer, as it is unlikely to boot up). This software will clone one drive to another- just follow the instructions in the video. You do not need the paid version ;-) Thanks for the comment 👍
I’m looking to do the same thing, but move everything from sata ssd to m.2 nvme., but I want to erase everything from my current ssd and use it for storage and nvme for boot. Will that damage any of the files that I cloned?
It wasn't really hard to clone a drive years ago. Programs like clonezilla or Norton ghost worked wonders. I remember using Norton Ghost 8.2s bootable environment quite often for work. Shame norton got rid of it in their newer versions I recommend people run the following command in command prompt after a clone. chkdsk X: /B Replace X: forthe driver letter for the newly cloned drive. The /B switch rescans for bad sectors as when you clone you copy the badsector file that is on the NTFS filesystem. Doing so reset the bad sector file so their are 0 bad sectors according to the file system.
I have tried several HD cloning software but disappointed at most of them. I had been using Acronis True Image. It seemed to work fine until my computer power supply went out and took out the motherboard. My tower computer has several removable racks so I can clone to one of 3 drives in rotation. After I had my new computer built with a new motherboard, processor, RAM and 4 gig video card I decided to clone it. After the cloning process was finished the monitor was flashing off and on twice a second. I found out that Acronis had trashed both the cloned disk and my drive “C”. I had used the FREE program called AOMEI Backer-up. This was before my computer died. After building my new computer I decided to buy the Pro version of AOMEI and use it. When I cloned my drive “C” the cloned drive would not boot up. The operating system, Windows 10 Pro would not boot up. Several engineer friends told me they use a stand-a-lone device called “Wavlink”. On their suggestions I purchased it. I have removable hard drives so I had to take the hard drives out of the mobile racks and put them into the Wavlink. My drive “C” is a 512gig drive which only has my programs on it. All my data is kept separate on two, two terabytes drives. The time it takes to clone my drive “C” takes about 20 minutes. The Wavlink really is worth the $35.
You have no idea how much this comment means to me. I've had several people recently saying they downloaded the program and "it's no longer free"! I was going to delete the program from my computer and download the latest version, to see if it was still free! You have saved me a job there 👍
Great video.... Thank you.... I was able to replace SSD on my 5 year old laptop.... it’s blazing fast now..... AOMEI BACKUPPER is a amazing tool and I was able to clone my HDD using the free version.... Hats off to you....
I'm glad the video helped
Thanks for the comment 👍
Finally a TH-camr video where there was no bull shit, straight to the point, and an free software that actually works ......... thank you for the video my friend. we need more people like you.
I'm glad you found the video useful ;-)
Thanks for the comment
I’m currently working 10-hour days, 6 days a week on two plant shutdowns. I’ve got a few videos on the computer to edit, but this is an ideal time to get a couple of computer related videos done. I’ve been building/repairing and upgrading computers for almost 20 years and normally it is not difficult as everything is modular.
Please like, share and comment on the video as this really helps me out.
I hope everyone has a great Sunday 😉
thank you this video is much appreciated. didn't realise you did pc stuff as well !
Ultimate Handyman Hopefully your own job isn't at risk after these shutdowns.
You are welcome. Some of the first videos I ever made where how to build computers, back then it took me hours to edit the HD footage as I also had to convert the edited footage using third party software, some times it would take 8 hours to encode!
Thanks for the comment 👍
No, these are planned shutdowns which happen evert 12 months. The two chemical plants where I subcontract run 24/7 - 7 days a week for about 48 weeks of the year. July and August is when all the big jobs are done, which cannot normally be done due to the fact that the plants run most of the time.
Thanks for the comment 👍
pl take rest .....wish you well....health and family is more important....all regards
I've done a fair number of these - Windows XP, Windows 7 and Windows 10
The one free program that does them all is AOMEI Partition Assistant - I've used others and had a few failures (failure to copy) but AOMEI hasn't failed yet.
You've obviously found the same program works for you.
There is an option in Partition Assistant to make a bootable USB stick - if you use that option, you don't even need to install the program on the source machine. Just boot off the USB, and attach the SSD with a USB to SATA cable to clone to.
Like all your videos - thanks.
Thanks for the info 👍🏼
USB? me like the sound of that. aomei finally let me down. not it's fault cause the hard drive was somehow done so that no partition tool would work. i tried just for learning sakes and
STUBBORNNESS! i know when to do whats easier. Cloned said HD and then Formatted it to eraseverything on that. worked like a charm, was ready to take sledge hammer to it. can you say
ANGER ISSUES !!!!! LOL
I've only had AOMEI fail once doing a clone which I did manage t get to work using another program.........
I've built/repaired computer for a while as well and it seems to me that the most likely part of a PC to fail is the hard drive.
Re-installing Windows doesn't take too much time but installing the updates, then all your software, then re-configuring it all just how you like it. WOW this takes a seriously, seriously long time.
For someone like yourself with a very busy schedule the absolute last thing you need is to spend an afternoon and half an evening getting Windows back up and running. nice video. thanks.
It is why I made a image of my PC.
I put that image on a partition, made another partition with clonezilla.
Made it so that as a soon as I start clonezilla I can restore the image back to my SSD.
Kinda like how OEMs had those recovery partitions.
Reinstalling windows is not the problem, if you have the install disk. Originally, I was on windows 7 professional and got the free upgrade to windows 10, so getting windows working again would be a big problem for me. Also, the other programs that I use that would cause big problems as many of them were purchased as digital products (with no re-install disks). Re-installing all the programs that I use on a daily basis would take a very long time, even then I'm not sure where the product keys are for most of them. With this program I can set it up, then go and do some filming in the garage or go to work- I don't sit here and wait till the cloning process is finished.Thanks for the comment
that's why I hate windows. when i found out how easy this was on a mac the extra cost of a mac is nothing compared the time savings you will get over the life if your machine.
You can still reinstall Windows 10 after the free upgrade from Win7. I'm out at the minute. Will explain in a bit when I'm back home.
Thanks, that will be useful, but its the other programs that I use that will cause the biggest problems, which is why I just clone the hard drive. I've been lucky with hard drives/SSD's and never had one fail yet.
I've used this program for quite sometime now and it saves a lot of time from reinstalling all your programs, call it restoring your system the way it was when it worked well the first time. It's especially great for cloning your hard drive to any size hard drive you choose weather it's small or big as long as your total data can fit (but who's going to go to a smaller drive anyway). My experience with this software is most satisfying and I use it with all my systems, it's a life saver and you really won't be dissatisfied with it
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Great video ! All beyond my brain and IT skills as I'm still stuck in 80's technology 🙂
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If it’s asking for a registration code, it’s “AMPR-90QU8-I7537-Q110J” all caps. It took me an hour of scratching my head to find this.
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Thank you for that friend :)
I love you man
Finally I have the job done with this software (AOMEI Backupper). Paid $45 and they give you a license to clone twice. I have my new ssd running with every app I had on my old HDD. with this software you are going to be able to clone only the C partition. My old C partition was 1TB with only 250 gb used, my new ssd have 500 gb. Not problem at all.
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I dig the minimalism.
I didn't write the program, I only demonstrated it ;-)
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Thank You sir for that detailed info. I did it wrong and was wondering why it wouldn't boot up. You explained the most critical part which is clone to bigger drive and adjust the size which it will be on C drive only. When I did it wrong it had 2 different C drives on the same disc which confused the OS. Thank you so much. This helped me
I'm glad the video helped
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Thank you. I installed the freeware Aomei Backupper today and used it to clone my Samsung 128 GB SSD to a KingDian 480 GB SSD and replaced it in my hp laptop.. It works perfect.
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COOL! I downloaded the free trial version, followed your instructions and cloned my internal smaller HDD to external larger HDD, swapped them out and everthing WORKED ! THANKS ! NOW...... I have to work on two externals one bad HDD that keeps giving me errors and unable to clone. It's the original HDD that gave out before I could clone it and I don't want to have to drag and drop all my files. Stay tumed.
I'm glad you got it to work
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Thanks for the video. I use carbon copy cloner on my macbook and have been looking for something similar on windows. Alot of the windows backup tools are very confusing but this one seems very simple and straight forward.
Yes, this is very easy to use.
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Used this twice in 6 months. I should be allowed to give a 2nd thumbs up. Thanks much
I'm glad the video helped ;-)
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I like this video. But for me the best way to ensure a successful clone without any errors would be to create a bootable usb media within AOMEI, and clone it "offline". this way the drive is not active and no background programs are running i.e. putting additional read/writes to the drive as it is being cloned. But this is a useful method for people who are new to system backups.
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I used to use a 2 TB Western Digital Blue HDD, but I've since upgraded to a Western Blue 2 TB NVME SSD. Never looked back since then, because in Windows 10, an SSD makes the whole system a lot faster and snappier.
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Thank you Sir, I wish you only the best in life to make it easier, as you have just made my life easier... cheers
I’m glad the video helped
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Great video, I will be watching it again, then once I have the software I will do a clone of my hard drive as I have several spare drives. Thank you for a great guide to cloning Kind Regards Stewart from Huddersfield 👍
You are welcome, Stewart.
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Great video but I'm struggling to find the wire harness you used. Can you post a link to where that can be obtained? Thanks!
They sell them on Amazon, there are some that also supply power, which you will need for 3.5 inch drives. 2.5 inch hard drives do not need the power option-
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I love the video it is very helpful . I used the same software and i had no issue clone my hard drive to any ssd!!
Great to hear!
Best and easiest software / tutorial for cloning.
If you using a new drive you have to go into disk management and make sure Windows detects it or can see new drive. After the cloning process is complete and if Windows does not vote then you have to change the boot order by going into the BIOS and selecting your new drive remember that is only if the computer or laptop does not boot.
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He is a salesman for AOMEI Backupper. You want to put in a larger SSD you need to pay for that.
Oh dear, I see someone has been triggered because the FREE software does not do what someone wants it to do 😂
It did work a few months with my case before as stated by Ultimate Handyman. But it didn't work today. I believe the AOMEI Backupperhas changed its business strategy. I do not think it is Ultimate Handyman faults.
Excellent video, I've been prepping to swap out a suspect HHD for a few days now; and the more I watch the more confused I get; this was very clear, concise and just about perfect; really cleared some of the cobwebs out of my head.
I'm glad the video has helped ;-)
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Just found this video and noticed its age! Do you know if this software is still running and uts reliability?
Great video im hoping its still your cloning software to go to? I was just about to buy Acronis but cant seem to find out if i need the partition software as well, their tech support puts me through to the user manual which isnt clear.
But i do like the look and simplicity of your video.
Regards
Not sure, it is a while since I last used it.
A few people have said that you need to pay for it now, but some people have also said that you do not (providing you follow the instructions in the video)
It's a free download, so I would download it and see, if you have to buy it- perhaps you can find a better alternative, but you have nothing to lose.
Best of luck with it ;-)
Sh.....T you must pay for cloning a disk ,nobody want that
AOMEI Backupper website says the free version will clone a small SSD to a larger SSD. The free version will not do that. It just makes a small partition on the larger SSD. We call that bate and switch. I spent several days working on this and found “MACRIUM REFLECT 7” free version is way more capable than AOMEI Backupper. MACRIUM REFLECT 7 Got that job done. AOMEI Backupper is a waste of time. Highly recommend MACRIUM REFLECT 7 and it's free. So there.
Excellent VID !! Short, specific and TO THE POINT ! WELL done bud ! GOOD LUCK and _All_ the VERY BEST to you and yours from Texas - Chuck.
I'm glad you found the video useful, Chuck ;-)
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Thanks UltimateHandyman, we were looking between Acronis True Image, Paragon Hard Disk Manager 17 & Aoemi. Aoemi seems underrated in our humble opinion & we think this may be the choice to go with. Your review is helping steer us towards Aoemi.
I have only ever used this program recently, years ago I used to use Norton Ghost, but this is easy to use and free- and has always worked for me.
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@@ultimatehandyman Thanks, obviously nothing to do with you but we may have been premature in our praises of Aoemi. We're currently unable to backup partitions showing error code 33 meaning bad sectors (disks have been verified as having no bad sectors via MiniPartition Tool & chkdsk). Seems Aoemi has a few of these www.backup-utility.com/help/technical-faq.html?ab so watch out.
Thanks again for the tutorial though, it is very well explained & concise.
if anyone is struggling with the more recent software because you must purchase it just search up AOMEI old software and you should find a website that has all of the versions listed pick the one from 2017 and install that and do what he says in the video works perfectly and completely free.
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Thanks for this tutorial. I had tried Macrium Reflect: but that wouldn't get past 2%.
AOMEI Backupper worked just fine. I now have a back-up Bootable disk - fab'.
I'm glad the video helped ;-)
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Thanks For The Cloned Card My Dogg *DAWGGOAT* I Almost Went Crazy Cuz Of Yo Card😂 When Atm Approved The Card And Start Throwing Da Amount I Click On Out.. You Just Got Yourself Another Long Term Business Customer💯
I'll have to test this out.
I hope it works for you ;-)
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@@ultimatehandyman I'll report back when possible.
TIP : the *freeware* version of AOMEI Backupper works great to clone a disk easily, BUT ironically the *trial* version of the Pro version does not allow cloning. I do not get the logic, but it might be useful to know the freeware does work. I initially tried the trial pro, and then tried the freeware which was great and I am really happy with the result.
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EDIT: the small extra partition of only about 1GB I thought it created, it turns out, is just a Windows 10 partition (recovery) that was already there (on the source drive), but was given a drive letter during the cloning process. It therefore should not be deleted and you simply can remove the drive letter (only the letter) from that "Primary Partition" (just makes your day-to-day interface less cluttered). I had initially just made it Drive Z and waited to see what it was before deleting it :P
Thanks for this! This made me sure this software could do what I wanted to do and let me know what to look out for, and it worked well to clone the system drive onto another SSD. I can confirm for anyone coming to this video and wondering, that the free version still has this functionality to clone a disc. Don't accidentally install the free trial of the pro version, just use the free standard version.
I'm glad the video helped, thanks for the info about the free version and Pro version.
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A proper and competent tutorial.
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It worked perfectly with aomei backupper, cheer!
I'm glad it worked for you ;-)
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Impressive !!!! thank you sooooo much for that !! Smooth and easy explanation .. You are a lifesaver sir , cheers from France
You are welcome
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I've always used Norton Ghost for cloning but I think I will give this a go.Thx for the vid to remind me to backup my PC :)
I used to use Norton Ghost, but this is much easier as it can be run from windows.
I'm sure I read that you can still use the computer whilst cloning, but that seems like a bad idea to me.
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For me the best practice for doing this properly is to back up the entire drive and then restore from the Backup to the SSD. The Restore doesn't always work but it's a lot safer than accidentally cloning a Blank Drive over the Customers working Hard Drive....................
Just pay attention when you are doing it, you have to be pretty careless to clone the blank drive to the working drive!
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Hi. They've updated their program so now ALL cloning options require the full version, not the trial version.
Are you sure?
I'll download the latest version when I get chance and try it.
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@@ultimatehandyman I just used the program and it was free. I did happen upon an issue with the new drive showing up as an MBR disk and my source drive was GPT. A google search showed how to convert from MBR to GPT using windows at this link.... docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/disk-management/change-an-mbr-disk-into-a-gpt-disk
So far all is well. Took about 20 minutes to do the deed.
I tride using the program again did not work for free you need the full version
@@ultimatehandyman yes i am sure...very sure...buzz william is 200% correct
I have the latest free version (Standard) it is not a trial it is a fully working version, it has a disk clone version but System clone is for pro only. Does this mean you cannot clone the system at all or can it still be done if you clone the whole disk with the OS on it?
Great video. Very clear steps. This very useful!
Glad it was helpful!
Sir.. Can it backup also recovery partition in old harddsik.. And use it later in new harddisk?
I'm not sure about that, sorry.
You could always ask the AEOMI support (there is a link on their website)
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Question? How many times must you clone the hard drive because of severals updates on different software's, when it come to the lifespan of the same computer.
It depends how critical your data is. It's always a good idea to have a backup drive in the computer, but I often make a fully working clone every 12 months to ensure I always have a fully working backup.
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I was told I could not clone from a HDD that you booted from, and that a separate boot drive was needed to boot the PC from while you cloned the C disk. Does this vary from clone software applications? Thanks.
Yes, it depends which software you use.
Years ago I used to use Norton ghost, which was more of a DOS based program. It used to be impossible to clone from the hard drive that has your operating system on, as you were using that drive to run the software, but now you can run the software and clone from the same drive, with some programs.
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Thanks a lot, you saved me time and money, Very helpful and detailed more than enough on every single scenario possible, AOMEI Backupper -authonticated by PNY- works with smaller or bigger ssd destination as soon as enough space available for source-data , please note NOT all cloning software does that.
I'm glad the video helped ;-)
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Awesome video - and a lifesaver! Very clear instructions made cloning my drives very very easy. Thank you from the States!
You are welcome
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Incredibly useful video, thanks. I used to use Acronis True Image for cloning disks when I was building PC's a few years ago, worked great, but it has become overpriced now.
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Find key, net offline, paste key, activated.
Save yourself the price tag works fine.
Not a video I was expecting from this channel but thanks for the tips 👍🏼
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Really useful video especially in the recommendation of the free AOMEI software which is easy to use and works a treat. Guided by this video, I cloned a 1Tb HDD to a 240Gb SSD with no problems. Of course the data on the 1Tb HDD was less than 240Gb. The result is a lightning fast laptop that was previously a pain to use.
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Terrific! Did not know that you also did computers. well done and thanks!
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Really clear and simple to follow tutorial. Thank you :-)
You are welcome
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Had to clone a drive on Friday! Unfortunately, the original drives faulty with reading error, which showed up when doing Acronis backup. This got transferred to the new (old and conventional) HDD. New SSD coming this week, and a reinstall of Win10 etc. for me to keep me quiet.
Fortunately no industrial shutdowns for me these days! Hope the plant all starts up again trouble free Chez!
SSD's are brilliant, much faster than my HDD.
I'm sure the plants will start back up relatively trouble free (fingers crossed)
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Learned something new about hard drive cloning today, thanks for your video.
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While this is a long term solution which is reliable, people also should try and use windows back up to automatically copy folders onto a secondary drive. Granted you wont be able to clone windows, however you will still get to have the recent versions of a folder/document. Always worth having multiple back ups.
Absolutely.
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Very good tutorial! But I have a question. 😅 Don't we need to change the bios settings once we've cloned the old hard drive? Will the new hard drive automatically boot? Without changing the bios settings?
As long as you swap the hard drive from the original to the one that you have cloned there is no need to do anything in the BIOS, the computer will boot right up.
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@@ultimatehandyman Thanks a lot for the reply! 😊 I'll definitely try it out!
thenk you for the video, can we use the cloned hdd in another computer other than the one that contains the original hdd?
No, a lot of the software will start asking for verification codes, as it will think the software has been counterfeited.
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Just an update for everyone. If you are trying to resize your partitions due to different size drives, that part of this program is now only available in the Pro edition.
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I actually purchased pro and it still cloned my 2 Tb SSD as a 1 TB. How do I get that lost space back after I installed it? Or do I have to start completely over? And if so how?
I used AOMEI about a year ago and cloned a flash drive with no problems.
Now I'm trying AOMEI to clone another flash drive to another. It starts the transfer process and loads to 10% relatively quickly and then just hangs up there continuing to load with no progress. I checked to see if the destination drive functions properly by itself, and it does. I also checked for any malware and there is none? Any clue what might be the problem?
I'm not sure what the problem could be, sorry.
I guess you could try asking their support?
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How does cloning work? Do you need the same size space as the original HDD ie. 500gb HDD, and 500gb SSD?
You can clone to a larger drive or the same size drive - but never a smaller one
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They've changed the program so the add unused space to all partitions option now requires the paid pro version (which I can't afford). It's also worth noting that a SATA to USB cable like the one he showed in the video won't work for a 3.5" drive as they require more power than two USB ports can provide.
Yes, you are correct about the 3.5 inch drive- you'll need a powered set up for that.
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Miles late but you can extend the partition later with the built in disk management in windows
@@jamiewright3901 thank you
Question when you clone a hard drive [1} to another hard drive {2} will all the programs work on {2} work ? For example HD {1} has Sony Vegas on it. If I were to clone this to HD {2} will it work or do I have to reinstall it from the disk ? My intention is to copy the whole HD to a new SSD . Then erase the the old HD and reuse it for extra storage.
Yes, that will work perfectly, as long as it's going in the same computer. What you cannot do is clone the hard drive and put it in a different computer, as all the software will flag up as being counterfeit.
I have used this a few times, to upgrade from HDD to SSD and it has always worked perfectly. Just clone {1} to {2} then install {2} in the computer and check it is working 100% then you can delete the info on {1} and use it for storage. Personally I always keep a cloned clone of my computers HDD or SSD and keep it in a data safe- just in case the drive ever fails.
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@@ultimatehandyman Thanks for the reply. Yeah that is what I want to do. The main drive in the comp. well it says it is 149 gig. I got a 250 gig SSD. So I was looking on line at those adapters. Some places want $5 others up to $50. I do not understand why the price is so different. None of them came with any software. As far as software some say there is No more free versions. I will have to do some looking to be sure. Hey Thanks again for the reply.
could you repeat the same procedure foe a dual boot (windows 7 & 10) system please?
No, sorry. I don't have a dual boot system, I upgraded to windows 10 from 7 about two years back.
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I tend to backup daily so although this is an excellent method it's a bit cumbersome for regular backups. I use rsync to backup daily over a secure connection then my backup is always current. For Windows the excellent delta copy is brilliant for this, but the whole drive clone is great for replacing an hard drive and you can expand the file system if the new drive is larger.
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Any ideas on a more updated program that is free? The above is not working out. Thanks and great video for the time!
You could try one of these- bit.ly/37rBjEe
I have not tried any of them.
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Very informative. I believe I can do this with your helpful video. Thank you for posting this. My new computer came with a very small SSD. The drive has the OS (Windows 10 Home) and I've installed a few programs. It is now half full. I would like to replace it eventually with a larger SSD.
This should work fine for doing that ;-)
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Thank you so much for this video!!
I've been looking for a clone software to clone my faulty ssd to a new one. The software works as intended and it's free. Cloned and replaced my ssd without a problem today.
You are welcome.
I'm glad the video helped ;-)
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After cloning , can i plug it onto the DVD cable ? Must necessary be the hard drive cable ? Thanks
You'll need to plug it into the HDD cable (probably SATA), or it won't boot correctly.
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Good video a bit technical for some of us but still very useful to learn. Enjoy your 10 hour shifts/6 days.👍👍😵. Just keep thinking how richer you'll be at the end of the month😀😀😀.
Thanks, I keep thinking about how much tax I'll pay 😀
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Hello Sir! I like this video, easy to understand. So my question, i wanna clone my hard disk (about 100GB). The destination hard disk is 300GB. So what option do i choose? Will space be left on the hard disk that can be use? Thanks
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You need to click on edit partitions on the destination disk, then click add unused space to all partitions.
@@ultimatehandyman Thanks Mate!!
If the drive is a brand new do I need to go through the formatting step before cloning or I can go straight to the cloning step? Thanks!
Yes, I would format it, although you might not necessarily need to do it 👍
Video starts at 3:00
It now says "System Clone" fir which you need to go Pro, or "Disk Clone" which sounds like non-bootable to me !? The instructions in the Feb 2021 version are unclear.
They might have changed the software since I downloaded my version.
I guess you could ask their support?
Great video. Will this cloning method also clone my drive exactly as configured including photo shop & Microsoft office activated? Or will i need to re purchase new activation keys. I'm cloning from a M.2 1TB drive to a 1TB 2.5 drive to pop into an old system while Dell takes a month to replace my system.
Yes, it will clone it exactly.
All programs should work, as long as you don't put the cloned drive in another computer.
Problems occur when people clone drives and put them in another computer, as all the licences will flag the software as counterfeit.
@@ultimatehandyman that's exactly what I need to do until Dell sends my replacement. I'm wondering if it's worth it then.
@@Skyninja223 No, I would not risk it, because it might cause problems with the licenses and could stop some programs from working. (unless you don't connect to the internet, or prevent the programs from accessing their server by editing the .hosts file)
Is it possible to clone the let's say hdd 500gb os to a hhd 4tb which already have data on it and have free space. With out losing any data.
I don't think that is possible, but I could be wrong!
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Which edition did you use? I tried the latest twice, it missed the backup partition both times then the new drive would not boot-up.
My version is 4.1.0.0
It's always worked fine for me 🤔
@@ultimatehandyman Thanks, I'll look for it.
Hi, thanks for vid. I tried this but had issues at the end when it gave an error and stated NTFS file format is not yet supported.
Have you seen this or know why?
I'm not sure, sorry. You could try checking out the support section at Aeomi- www.aomeitech.com/support.html
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good tutorial... I need to try it.
Please do!
Thanks sir.... love from india...
You are welcome
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Hi need your help, i'm upgrading to 970 evo plus ssd , i did the cloning installed the ne SSD but its not detecting it so i went to bios set up and its not showing up..could it be the SSD card the one has problem?
This might not be a simple solution, but this might help- forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=304180.0
@@ultimatehandyman im using a laptop lenovo legion y720
Would I follow the same procedure for when I'm upgrading my SSD from a 120GB to 480GB SSD ?
Its not for free. It says: "Sorry. The Clone feature is not available in the Trial version.
To continue using it, please buy a license and activate now"
The disc clone option is free, you only need to buy the software for the system clone option.
@@ultimatehandyman Thank you for your reply. Correct, its not free to clone the system correct. So its not free.
@@rodroyo The video is titled " The easy way to clone a hard drive or SSD". This video shows how to clone a hard drive or SSD using FREE software. I really cannot make this any simpler!
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@@rodroyo I installed the free edition to check if the disk clone option is real free or not, and IT IS! There's system clone and disk clone options, those are two different options. System clone is not free and comes in Pro edition, whereas disk clone is free and comes in free edition.. Hope it helps!
Hey turkey. You need to concentrate more.
Whether I clone offline via ISO or online: Are the cloned HDD bootable ?????
My original hard drive is 1Tb but i am trying to clone the original HDD to a 500 ssd . Both the drives are MBR partitioned .When i try to select the original hdd on the newer inferface of the software i only get the option to select the whole 1 tb hdd. Now If i clone my HDD to the ssd will i have any data loss?
Only if you have the 1tb with more than 500gb used, at least leave 550gb free on the 1tb HDD to fully clone it into the SSD (back up the rest of the data in another HDD). Then you won't have data loss.
version aomei backupper i have (6 months ago downloaded i believe) you can only do/that works in the very last step the first same partition copy choice the other 2 options adjusting the empty space and the sector thing etc they put in the pro version (also at the end you have click away a commercial popup for paid version )
There is a link in the comments and the description to the older version
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@@ultimatehandyman okidoki thanks
Unfortunately this software doesn't work for me. I paid $50 for crap. I tried everything. It'll move all my files over to the new SSD sure, but it won't create a bootable drive.
You need to get in touch with the company that makes the software.
As you can see from my video, I cloned the hard drive with no issues for free, I have used it lots of times with no issues so far.
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@@ultimatehandyman I finally figured it out. When I installed the new drive my system asked me if I wanted to format the drive. Big mistake. AOMEI was looking for an empty device with no sectors. I had to completely wipe the drive then it worked. Thanks
@Scott Jackson - Aug 19 2021 How did you make out with creating Aomei bootable drive with the paid version????? I bought my paid version a few months ago. Will be trung soon. Thanks. :)
nice bro! thanks and God bless! all love to you!
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this means i cant use this app to clone hdd to ssd?thanks
Thank you thank you Thank you thank you Thank you thank you Thank you thank you!! I've been struggling about 3 hours to clone my hdd to pc.. Thanks for the app you recommended!
You are welcome
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great vid will do this coz i bricked my last pc thanks for sharing just subscribed cheers
Thanks for the comment and the sub ;-)
Does the free (standard) version still allow system backup (bootable clone)? On their website when you compare products, it shows only the professional version as allowing System Backup - that option is not checked on the standard version
Yes, the free version will make a bootable clone- just follow the instructions in the video 👍
No more bootable clone for the free version, gave me a pop up to upgrade to pro version
So im building a new system, got everything i need, i want to clone my Hybrid SSD that has windows 10 and all my audio production software etc, what i want to do is clone the drive on to my Samsung
1Tb 970 PRO PCIe M.2. to save me having to reinstall everything again, will i need to buy this software? Also what's the best way to do it? Good video btw
If you are cloning a drive that contains the operating system, the cloned drive will only work in that computer (you can't clone a hard drive and use it in another computer, as it is unlikely to boot up).
This software will clone one drive to another- just follow the instructions in the video. You do not need the paid version ;-)
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@@ultimatehandyman yeh its gonna be cloned inside the new computer.
I think Formating erases your data. I think it's safer to drag your hard drive to your desktop than just copy it to external hard drive.
You erase the new hard drive, then copy the old hard drive to the new one. Formatting it will erase the data.
I’m looking to do the same thing, but move everything from sata ssd to m.2 nvme., but I want to erase everything from my current ssd and use it for storage and nvme for boot. Will that damage any of the files that I cloned?
Trying to do the same thing now any update would be great
It wasn't really hard to clone a drive years ago.
Programs like clonezilla or Norton ghost worked wonders.
I remember using Norton Ghost 8.2s bootable environment quite often for work.
Shame norton got rid of it in their newer versions
I recommend people run the following command in command prompt after a clone.
chkdsk X: /B
Replace X: forthe driver letter for the newly cloned drive.
The /B switch rescans for bad sectors as when you clone you copy the badsector file that is on the NTFS filesystem.
Doing so reset the bad sector file so their are 0 bad sectors according to the file system.
I remember using Norton Ghost in the early 2000's, it always worked well.
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Drives years ago were not UEFI
Thank you so much, acronis just wasn't cutting it.
You are welcome
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I have tried several HD cloning software but disappointed at most of them.
I had been using Acronis True Image. It seemed to work fine until my computer power supply went out and took out the motherboard.
My tower computer has several removable racks so I can clone to one of 3 drives in rotation.
After I had my new computer built with a new motherboard, processor, RAM and 4 gig video
card I decided to clone it.
After the cloning process was finished the monitor was flashing off and on twice a second. I found out that Acronis had trashed both the cloned disk and my drive “C”.
I had used the FREE program called AOMEI Backer-up. This was before my computer died.
After building my new computer I decided to buy the Pro version of AOMEI and use it.
When I cloned my drive “C” the cloned drive would not boot up. The operating system, Windows 10 Pro would not boot up.
Several engineer friends told me they use a stand-a-lone device called “Wavlink”. On their suggestions I purchased it. I have removable hard drives so I had to take the hard drives out of the mobile racks and put them into the Wavlink. My drive “C” is a 512gig drive which only has my programs on it. All my data is kept separate on two, two terabytes drives.
The time it takes to clone my drive “C” takes about 20 minutes. The Wavlink really is worth the $35.
What if the disk with the os is bigger than what the disk it's moving to is
That won't work. If you have a 10 litre bucket full of water, you can't pour all the water into a 5 litre bucket.
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@@ultimatehandyman cheers, any idea how I can't clone windows to a ssd from HDD if it's bigger
will an older version of this program work with windows 11 disk cloning? I'm really desperate to know thanks in advance.
Not sure about that, I’ve used it plenty of times with windows 10 though.
Thanks very much for making the video,everything worked fine,and it was free
You have no idea how much this comment means to me. I've had several people recently saying they downloaded the program and "it's no longer free"!
I was going to delete the program from my computer and download the latest version, to see if it was still free!
You have saved me a job there 👍