* * * * * * * * NEW VIDEO is up! * * * * * * * * kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ea5zeLGX2J6bdmg.html It has been updated to include the entire start-to-finish process of installing Macrium Reflect, cloning the hard drive to the SSD, changing the boot order in the BIOS, and finally, wiping and formatting the hard drive to use as secondary storage. The updated video also includes details on cloning from a smaller hard drive to a larger SSD. THANK YOU! Much obliged 🎩 to all my viewers. Like. Share. Subscribe. Enjoy. Support links ☕ BuyMeACoffee: buymeacoff.ee/accessrandom 🐦 Twitter: twitter.com/accessrand0m ► Subscribe: kzfaq.info

KZfaq is broken, because this video should be at the very top.

Your attention to detail is what makes you stand out from the rest!!

This is like the gold-standard of tutorials. Crisp, to-the-point and comprehensive.

I don't normally comment on tutorial videos, but man.. This guide was super straight forward and precise. Usually I'll have to either make a comment or scroll down to the comment section for clarity, but you've literally answered every question I could possibly have. Keep up the great work!

I used this video to put an M.2 SSD in my Acer Aspire E5-576-392H. I followed the instructions to the letter. It worked perfectly! Thank you so much.

And this is the way to make a tutorial right, great job, it's been really useful!

This is excellent, laying out the whole process. Great to see the dell bios changes, the detailed use of macrium software to clone to a smaller SSD, the disabling of the old drive and the caution to keep the old drive around until the ssd is working reliably. Thanks.

This is definitely one of the best tutorial video I have ever seen. The quality of the video and sound are superb, the narration are clear, well written and very easy to follow and understand. congratulation to all those who work on producing the video, you did a great job guys.

Three years later this tutorial still holds up! Thank you very much! It was incredibly easy to do

Thank you. It worked like a charm. Went from a 223 SSD to a 1T M.2. Your explanation was exact what I needed. I will keep looking on your channel for more tips--do all sorts of things with the computer!! You have a fan in me!

Wow! This tutorial is so clear that even my mom can actually do this!

Most detailed video on cloning and upgrading to an SSD i've seen so far!

His is the voice that we never knew we needed.

Hey, thanks for the helpful guide. Nothing was particularly difficult, but it makes things much less stressful to have someone walk you through it.

More than a year later and this video is still the most helpful video of drive cloning i've encountered. Thank you so much for this video!

From an IT professional: Tutorials like this are perfect! Even for expert users like myself I like to see what other software options are available and how other techs are performing these tasks. This was very thorough, included all the steps as if I was going through it on my computer and even included an awesome find on that Macrium software. Well done! I did put some Pizza in the toaster too... as instructed. :)

Finished cloning but my Pc won’t boot from the clone. And I can’t find it in bios. It shows up when I boot from the original source ssd. Any help with that?

I don't usually feel the need to express just how useful a tutorial was but I feel like in this case pushing the like button wasn't enough. Seriously, such a great explanation!! Bonus points for a soothing voice!

If I could choose anyone to solve all my tech problems, it would be you. Simple, clear, precise, great voice 😂. Thank you so much, keep it up!

THANK YOU. You made what felt like a complicated task look elementary. You really helped me out.

I've seen like 10 videos about ssd instalation. But this, this is WAAAAAAAAAY better than the others. Thanks, sir!

Great step by step tutorial, explained in layman's term, no complicated terminologies. Successfully switched my HDD to SSD by following this guide.

You are super clear and easy to understand. You need to take over all the computer tutorials in the world, please keep going!

I can't thank you enough, your videos are so detailed and clear, I can tell you put a lot of effort into them, keep up the good work.

One of the best videos i have come across on KZfaq. Very professional and step by step instructions easy to understand. Thank you so much!

was struggling with this following 3-4 different guides before. Gave up and as a last try i tried this and it worked perfectly, thanks alot, still a perfect guide 4 years later

Going to install the SSD and clone the windows since my HDD started slowing down. Thank for the useful video.

HUGE THANKS TO THIS AMAZING VIDEO! Incredibly detailed and well produced! My pc now takes 10 seconds to boot complete running all on boot apps :) super grateful of this video

Thx for the video , i didn't want to mess up the install so was watching lot of videos on the same topic when i came across this channel. This was the best easy to follow one till now

These comments are correct. The amazing detail and order and tone of voice and pace were extremely professional. I think you need to look into the tricks to elevate your videos, because you should be doing this for a living. It is your gift to mankind and we NEED you!

Years later, this video is still the best one for this procedure and worked wonderfully for me, thank you so much for your insight!

Looked at many sites, even Crucial, for advice, but most were either rubbish or not reliable. This site was excellent in helping me clone 2TB HDD to 500GB SSD. Many thanks.

Excellent tutorial and great voice! My bios was different and I just had to select the 2nd Windows Boot Manager to select the SSD

Anyone who wants to start making tutorial videos should watch this. I particularly like the way you choose your words. Excellent work.

Excellent, worked on 1st try. I recommend that when installing or uninstalling the drives. Disconnect (Un Plug) that AC power.

I wish you had a tutorial for all my life problems, thank you for making it so easy and straight forward

realy looking for complete process that you provide 10 out of 10 its been 2 months that i am trying now this is the perfect solution thx

This should be the only result when you search for ssd upgrade on youtube. Great job making this intuitive.

This tutorial is so far the best! I was not able to see my new SSD in my BIOS but was working with F12. I did a windows restore from the ssd disk and everything is now perfect! Thanks

Happy 1-year-Anniversary! haha Thanks a lot for this vid, it helped me out tremendously

reminds me of old times of KZfaq tutorials no bs straight to the point great video!

Thanks! I have this exact computer, just a 2019 build, purchased this month (2020). This video made the process very easy to follow.

Watching many window clone videos. Apparently Macrium Reflect is the one. This video is top number one. I doubt it is for beginners who still need to know many things. But for those amateur computer builders and take care of their computers, this video is number one. Especially explain the software well.

No words can express my gratitude. Detail steps and it works! Many thanks. Love your videos

Excellent tutorial! Was able to clone my 6 year old 1TB HDD to a NVME ssd without a single problem!

Great video! Worked like a charm for the new SSD in my 5570. Thanks!

Did it !! Being a newbie, I've watched countless videos to try doing it myself. None of them was as informative and straightforward as yours. Will use it for few days then wipe the HDD for storage as you said. You've earn my respect! Liked and Subbed!

This channel deserves more subscribers !

What an amazingly concise tutorial! I'm new to this kind of thing but you sir made it crystal clear.

Been looking for this guide all day. Good job in explaining the process; from cloning to booting. Kudos!

I have to say , I've watched several tutorial videos that left me dazed and confused. This video is awesome and I can't wait to try it out.

If i have a voice like yours, I am set for life. Hire an agent for that voice, pronto!. Do audio books or commercials or anything that involves that voice. And the tutorial is helpful as well. Good luck with that voice.

Really got through each step, glad I found your video super fast! Amazing explanation and step by step process, you're a big time saver! God bless you sir :)

I wish I saw this before cloning my drive. I got into trouble when I saw different cloning videos from KZfaq. Thanks for the thorough step by step directions.

As you can tell from this side your voice and tempo is extremely professional and super easy to understand..Thank you

i thought you were trying to scam me at first with how beautiful your voice is

you literally sound like a robot this tutorial is so easy to follow

This is the most useful tutorial compared to all others Ive seen when I search “how to clone and change boot drive” thanks

I tried like 20 other guides for sata ssd to m.2 nvme clone but always got inaccessible when trying to boot..so 20 attempts and half the life of my new m.2 already gone..I found your video..It works. Flawlessly I might add. Thank you so much!

amazing video this was perfect for my situation and it helped me so much! Thank you dude you got another sub :)

No one has made a tutorial like this.

I will recommend this video to my friends who are making the move to SSDs. Amazing video!

Fantastic video. Followed your directions and used Macrium Reflect (version 7.2.4797) which was a little different than the version you used in the video. Was able to figure it out and all went well. Thanks again.

Best tutorial! Easy to follow and perfect for non-techies.

2019 this video solved my problem, thanks!! only after that i extend my drive C from disk management... subscribed!

Such a beautiful tutorial with that good voice keep it up man ...in my whole you tube history I never came accross such clean tutorials....this video supposed to have views in Million.. great work

You are a legend mate bloody smashed the step by step with your smooth, deep and confident voice. 9.5/10

Agreed! Clearest and perfectly professional. Fantastic teacher.

Nice Demo Bhru. I was so mesmerised That my Pizza burned in the oven.

This video has been a success with me upgrading my Dell laptop after hard drive repairs from Dell. Your follow up video on file transfer was as helpful. Thanks

As a guy that regularly gets upset at bloated and ambiguous how-to videos, I have to say that you did an amazing job here!

Great tutorial, clear instruction and very easy to follow!! 10 out of 10! 👍

Great video, and clear, no BS explanation. Thanks for uploading. 👍

This was a well organized and content-rich Tutorial on cloning a new SSD.

This is LEGIT the best tutorial on cloning! PS:- Your voice is so fit for dubbing short horror stories on KZfaq! Love it!

5:52 "let's put some pizza in the toaster oven" lol that made me laugh

Thank you for makeing this video. I wish that any KZfaqr who wants to upload any sort of tutorial, use yours as a guide. There are many listed that should be trashed. I owe you a beer Sir...

So grateful I found this video, look forward to seeing more of your videos as well!

I used a software that came with my new crucial mx500 drive. The clone I made would not boot and crucial customer service was a joke and actually hung up on me just for saying it is a new drive. I found this video and watch it and downloaded the software recommended and my pc loaded on the first try after changing the boot sequence. Great video and tutorial. Thank you so much, may the Lord Jesus bless you for your kindness and support.

Thanks a mil for posting this video clip. I did it at first time! just listened with my eyes closed. What is your first name? Thanks again.

Brilliant! Thank you!

Literally step by step. Thank you!

Thank you so much for this tutorial! I've successfully cloned my older Samsung 840 120GB Sata SSD to my new Samsung 970 250GB M.2 SSD. This was very easy to follow and very thorough!

Best video for pc upgrade hand down

God among men you my friend have saved me so much time

So far I find you presentation the best in this area of topic. You are very clear and concise. Your presentations makes it easier to follow and understand what your are presenting. Kudos!!

so far everytime I wanted to clone a disk I look for this video. Thanks so much for helping me each time!

I don't even have a new SSD I just kept watching because of your voice

2 "potential" problems: 1- If the M.2 is NvME and not Sata it will not have the NvMe drivers on it and will not boot. (see ** below adding drivers to WinPE or fix boot problems). Below shows how to do it with fix boot problems or ; instead of using Reflect Clone, use Reflect Disk Image because you are switching to a new and unlike, hard disk in this case. Smart of him to create the rescue media. :) He did not even know that he could have shot himself in the foot if he installed the much faster NvMe M.2 SSD. (Note NvMe controller was built for the speeds of a solid state drive, sata, etc. was built to only keep ahead of the plattered mechanical drives.) If you M.2 slot supports NvME you want to get a NvMe M.2 SSD and not sata. 2- problem is now you have the M.2 as your second disk in the chain and it is your boot drive, when in all likely hood in the bios it is the Hdo with your sata HDD being Hd1. In many of your software programs in windows this could be kinda confusing. (Including in Reflect and if you are using your HDD as the backup disk clone you might get confused and backup your boot drive from the backup !) So, go into Device Manager, double click on Disk drives, (be sure not to remove the root !), click on the HDD, then right click on it and click "Uninstall Device". (This removes it from being first in Windows hard drive ranking which does not necessarily follow how the hardware and bios see the drives as they will generally see the M.2 first in the hardware boot sequence.). Next, simply reboot and windows will automatically reinstall the drive (still intact just as it was.) Then it will be in the correct order, the second listed of the 2 drives in your windows programs. (M.2 will be HD0, HDD will be HD1 or M.2 will be HD1 and HDD will be HD2.) **From Macrium: I would recommend removing the source disk at least temporarily even if want to keep both disks later. Try booting your system. If it works, you're done. If not, boot your system into your Rescue Media and run Fix Boot Problems. And lastly, if your source disk was SATA and the new SSD is M.2 NVMe (rather than M.2 SATA), then depending on your system configuration you may also need to run ReDeploy from the Rescue Media environment to get Windows to boot from the new SSD. Once you get the system booting properly, you can reintroduce the old disk if you want to keep using it for some other purpose going forward. Good luck! knowledgebase.macrium.com/display/KNOW72/Adding+device+drivers+to+Windows+PE

Just followed your steps and it went PERFECTLY! Thank you!

Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU! Making a boot rescue disc was the best advice. Cloned my HDD to SSD but wouldn’t boot up. Used the boot rescue disc (USB) and fixed all issues. Now working perfectly.

Thank you, just did this following walkthrough, skipped the recover disk and the toaster pizza tho. I should have gotten the pizza.

I just want to be sure: Once I successfully boot up from the SSD, can I safely delete these files from the slower HDD? Thanks for the video btw, it was really helpful and fun

This is one of, if not the Best SSD Install/Clone Videos on KZfaq. New Sub and Thumbs Up and Thanks!!

This worked. I have a Dell 3847 and the only tricky part (aside from physically mounting the drive) was changing the boot order in BIOS, which was quite different. UEFI mode, I had to change the HDD drivers order, and the two disks had identical names in the list. I switched them even though I could see no visible change in the menu (since the names were the same) and voila. What a relief. Thanks for a great video. EDIT: I forgot to mention my destination drive is 4 Tb but I was able to resize the big partition in Macrium prior to the clone, although it wasn't automatic like the example in the video where the destination drive was smaller.

you sound like the magician from "magic's biggest secrets finally revealed"

I went from a small SSD to a larger M.2, everything went off with out a hitch. I did have to extend the volume on the new drive to get it show the full size.

Thanks, I followed your instructions here and things went wonderfully!

most certainly going to use this for my m2 when it arrives. Excited for the faster bootup and read/writes