How To Clone Laptop Hard Drive To New SSD

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How to clone your laptop hard drive to new SSD Western Digital, using Acronis Cloning Software.
MiniTool Partition Wizard $59
Free Edition Does Not allow cloning (use too)
www.partitionwizard.com/free-...
AOMEI Free Cloning Software:
www.ubackup.com/disk-clone-so...
EaseUS Disk Copy Pro $20
www.easeus.com/disk-copy/clon...
Acronis Unrestricted Version $39
www.acronis.com/en-sg/persona...
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samsung data migration software:
www.samsung.com/semiconductor...
Crucial cloning software (Acronis for crucial)
www.acronis.com/en-sg/promoti...
Seagate Disc Wizard Cloning software:
www.seagate.com/support/downl...
ADATA Cloning software (Acronis for ADATA)
www.adata.com/en/ss/software-5/
Corsair Cloning software:
www.corsair.com/us/en/Categor...
Corsair charges money for this software. A free alternative: AOMEI: www.ubackup.com/download.html
WD Cloning software (Acronis for WD)
support.wdc.com/downloads.asp...
Kingston Cloning software (Acronis for Kingston)
www.kingston.com/us/support/t...
USB to 2.5 inch SATA Adapter:
www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-1...
USB to 3.5 or 2.5 inch Sata Adapter:
www.amazon.com/SATA-Drive-Ada...
USB Type C to SATA Adapter:
www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-U...
USB 3.0 to m.2 M-Key NVME Adapter:
www.amazon.com/ZEXMTE-Adapter...
USB 3.0 to m.2 B-Key SATA Adapter:
www.amazon.com/ZEXMTE-Adapter...

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@gajonlin 4 жыл бұрын

The best video on this subject in youtube. Succinct and straight to the point. Talks about key peripheral aspects as well. i.e as to why the brand new disk does not show up in 'This PC' page. Talks about different cloning softwares as well with recommendations.

@MrRichands 3 жыл бұрын

I thank you for simplifying what seemed to be difficult. Acronis was odd in that it took me to support for 2016 Version. Once I realized that and exited back to 2021 program, all was well. I cloned a 128gb ssd to 2tb ssd. Works great.

@williamhunt8313 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Very straight forward. Many other sites make it harder than is needed for my situation.

@differentdrummer6162 3 жыл бұрын

Very solid video - thank you. I just took delivery of a WD Blue 500GB SSD and I'll be watching this again before installation.

@hunterjoy4346 3 жыл бұрын

Very nicely explained, got my Western Digital hard drive cloned without any issues from within Windows, got AOMEI Backupper from your description. One thing I would note that there are some of the USB adaptors that come with the power input and a power adaptor that must be used even in the case of the 2.5 inch SATA Drive otherwise Windows will not see the attached USB adaptor.

@tsptl152 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this! I was able to clone and swap out the hard drive on my Lenovo laptop and everything looks good so far! I went from 500GB to 2TB! What difference! Thanks again!

@dalefrancis9414 3 жыл бұрын

Good, finally a proper video on the subject matter. Well done!

@johnr2297 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!!!! The narration helped, and no dumb background music 👍👍

@TheMotogiro1 2 жыл бұрын

Per your instructions, it was an easy task to clone and upgrade to a larger nvme drive. Thank you!

@211sweetypie Жыл бұрын

Great video. Thanks for all the information on the cloning software programs and SATA adapters in the description box.

@CadillacComputerCenter Жыл бұрын

Thanks much! Dale

@rayscrafield2106 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent! Well done. Even this old man of 79 can understand it. Now, it's my turn to try it on my Toshiba laptop. Thanks for a well done video.

@CadillacComputerCenter 2 жыл бұрын

Thx for watching

@johndavy3820 3 жыл бұрын

Best I have seen. Great job! Thanks John

@veseloiu 3 жыл бұрын

Great video a with a lot of well-explained practical stuff, but I really wish you had demonstrated cloning a more complex source System drive, with multiple partitions, including System reserved ones and Recovery partition so that we can see how that is handled. And cloning different size drives , i.e. larger with multiple partitions to smaller, THAT would have been REALLY fantastic As it is, I feel a bit deflated as I have been doing this to clone single partition XP drives for ages

@gregfaris6959 3 жыл бұрын

Good video - Thank You! It's worth noting at 4:00 that using the switch chkdsk /r instead of chkdsk /f will giive a more thorough scan (scanning for bad disk sectors as well). Also note that neither will run at all while you are using ther drive - you must schedule the check for the next time the drive boots.

@jayakumardevaraj9938 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot. Very clear explanation.

@michaeldoyle7510 2 жыл бұрын

It's nice that you are not skipping around and showing the full process. Can I use any SSD in any laptop or are there limitations ?

@redagetach 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I like it. Others use a nuisance background music that takes away the attention and disturbs your ear and disrupt the voice of the instructors instruction. thanks , I like it.

@arclaudia5890 3 жыл бұрын

I just finished cloning a new SSD for a 2014 HP Pavilion laptop that had only 60g. Neither Acronis or MiniTool Partition Wizard worked for me. This was the second computer I tried Acronis on that didn't work. I was finally successful using the AOMEI Backupper. It was very easy. At first it booted up slowly, but now works as expected. It cloned Windows 10

@jonneilsmyth9107 2 жыл бұрын

is AOMEI easier to use and free

@Dominikanita15 3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate YOU for making this video!! Thank you so much

@CadillacComputerCenter 3 жыл бұрын

Hey, thanks for watching. Dale

@GetRealwithMike 6 ай бұрын

I bought the cable and answered the questions then cloned my HDD. Perfect the first time. Thanks.

@posplayr 2 жыл бұрын

Great Video, love the overview

@JSRMahadev 3 жыл бұрын

great video, i tried and it worked fine, thank you!

@juanlozano1903 3 жыл бұрын

This video helped me a lot, thanks much! :)

@frozenhouse5362 Жыл бұрын

I've been working at a body shop for a bit now and extra tips I learned was if you're painting the door, it's better to take off the mirror and belt molding (the trim at the bottom of the window) for a better paint job in the end. The mirror can get in the way, and if you're unlucky, the clear coat could stick in that gap between the door and the belt molding.

@Generalmacka Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the help.

@bfd1918 7 ай бұрын

Showing patient presentation. Thanks

@NativeBraveSkunk12 Ай бұрын

This video helped me. It’s 2024 and I updated an old HDD to SDD, no issues.

@jozefautersky4725 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video Dale.

@CadillacComputerCenter 3 жыл бұрын

Thx for watching. Dale

@mark2213 3 жыл бұрын

I just finished cloning a new SSD for a 2014 HP Pavilion laptop that had only 60g. Neither the free versions of Acronis or MiniTool Partition Wizard worked for me. This was the second computer I tried Acronis (free version) on that didn't work. I was finally successful using the Eassos Partition Guru. I was able to go through on-line instructions making sure the drive would be bootable. It was very easy. At first it booted up slowly, but now works as expected. It cloned Windows 8.1 (original drive too small for Windows 10), Microsoft Office, Chrome, .. without any software reinstall or needing product keys. I had collected all the keys just in case, but they were not needed because the clone worked as intended. I share this because I spent almost a day trying different methods, software... until I came upon Eassos. Hopefully there are no secret scripts that copy personal info... ;)

@CadillacComputerCenter 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this. Dale

@Joyce-br4gr 3 жыл бұрын

I think aomei partition assistant is better than those you mentioned in your description, I've tried them then have this conclusion.

@chucklou118 Жыл бұрын

No longer free

@SONVLOG426 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video. It helped clone my hard driver.

@fredfredricj.lowecfp-tm3299 Жыл бұрын

Excellent video!! I successfully cloned a new internal 2.5" Crucial 1 TB SSD from the internal 3.5" existing hard drive. I already had Acronis True Image 2020 Home Edition on my Dell XPS 420 quad core processor. The startup time before was soooo slow! Being a novice, I kept Googling suggestions on what I could do to shorten the startup and I was down to about 3 minutes before replacing the HD with the SSD. When I clicked on Clone within Acronis I kept receiving error messages that I had to have a 2nd drive. I reconnected the cables thinking was the issue but it wasn't. Finally I used the free Macrum Reflect software and it recognized the SSD. I clicked on Clone and when I came back in the morning it said the Clone was successful and it took a little over 2 hours to Clone the 300 GB of data and Windows 10 from the 500 GB HD. I had to enlarge the volume which I knew nothing about previously to get it to see the balance of the 1 TB. My question is why didn't Acronis recognize that there was a 2nd drive installed on the motherboard?

@fredfredricj.lowecfp-tm3299 Жыл бұрын

Startup time now to where I can launch Google is about 1 minute. I understand that due to the SATA III is backward compatible will only be as fast as what is on the motherboard. In my Dell it is SATA II. So I'll never be able to get this 14 year old dinosaur Dell to be anywhere as fast as my HP Envy laptop with an Intel I7 processor which has a solid state hard drive installed. I also added a 2nd SSD to this HP laptop. I also have an old 12 year old HP Pavilion with an I7 processor and hard drive. Startup time is 1 minutes 20 seconds to get to launch Google. Of course I now can clone SSD hard drive based on your excellent video and replace the HD with it. But I rarely use this laptop. But my brother has the exact HP laptop (a few months newer with a slightly faster I7 processor) that I will clone for him!! Thank you again for such a simple explanation!!!

@akshaydusane3919 2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much Sir for educating us about the cloning process!😊 Today, I'll be upgrading my old Dell laptop by installing WD Blue SSD and thus watching your video to prepare myself for the process. Your video is very helpful to me! Thank you once again! Have a pleasant day ahead!❤ Regards, Akshay Mumbai, India

@earlanderson5841 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video. I am going to try to clone my HDD and replace it with a SSD in my 2017 HP laptop.

@D.N.R.911 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, clear and concise.

@CadillacComputerCenter 3 жыл бұрын

Your welcome. Dale

@trikemon Жыл бұрын

Great Help. Thank you.

@NaganathanSandramohan 3 жыл бұрын

thank you for your video very useful

@richardmhain 2 ай бұрын

Thanks, this is helpful. I now have more courage to go thru this, hopefully within 2024 😅 Great job, cheers!

@g9170 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing

@rupamkalita3143 3 жыл бұрын

love the wallpaper of your laptop

@Tony770jr 3 жыл бұрын

Good video, thanks!

@Vicky-zd3uv 3 жыл бұрын

I have no clues why Acronis failed with WD disk, and I used AOMEI backupper it worked well, I think AOMEI tool has better compatibility.

@jonneilsmyth9107 2 жыл бұрын

is AOMEI easier to use and free

@dramitppt Жыл бұрын

now AOMEI is paid .... man

@COBBADAMS 2 жыл бұрын

This is a very great video! Does a clone hard drive duplicate actually do exactly what it says clone? So if I'm understanding, I clone my old hard drive to match my new SSD then I can take out the old hard drive and replace it with the new SSD turn it on and it's exactly like the old one and every way except faster? Last question, is the acronis program able to be downloaded on multiple computers or do you have to purchase it separately per computer? Thank you

@simontillman3463 3 жыл бұрын

great video, after trying various "free" cloning software that wouldn't clone without buying the upgrade or giving my address details which i wasn't happy doing the arconis software did the job, thanks for the info

@CadillacComputerCenter 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome. Glad it worked for you. Dale

@VictorGonzalez-vj6jy Жыл бұрын

Much appreciated!

@nikhildeshpande1412 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Liked it. Do i need to disable my Norton Antivirus before I start to Clone? Do U have a video wht to do after clone is done or replace the old HDD with the NEW SSD drive? Thanks for your help

@JuvenileLeech 3 жыл бұрын

You'll often need a powered adapter for a 2.5" hdd since power through usb isn't enough for a hdd. Isn't an issue for ssd though.

@jimroadhers 2 жыл бұрын

Is it worth it to upgrade win 10 home 64 to the pro version. A few sites have it for like 49$. Thank you... Always like your experience and honesty

@DIEROCKERGO 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Your videos are great! Please answer my question, if I want to clone mi SSD to a bigger SSD y should use the Proportional option from the Moving Method window so I can use all the space in the bigger SSD?

@CadillacComputerCenter 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, yes, that is correct.

@dorothybrown8859 4 жыл бұрын

Your video and instructions were so clear I purchased a WD SSD to replace the HDD in my Lenovo laptop, thinking I, a Newbie, would be able to do it.. I connected it per your instructions, but it just did not seem to work. Acronis was not recognized. which I did not realize until I purchased the upgrade, so now I am stuck with a SSD drive that won't load and software I cannot use. I thought the SDD was loaded, but then Acronis requests a software serial number of the WD Acronis software. Very frustrating, and very costly. Your video and instructions are fine, but even with that I guess a newbie needs more direct instructions.

@CadillacComputerCenter 4 жыл бұрын

Howdy. This is common with WD Acronis version. It is an issue with doing clone thru USB port. However, all is not lost. You can download and install Macrium Reflect 7 FREE edition to do this clone. I have a video on how to use it. It works very well. Here is a link to the video....kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rMmRpNOAu7qcpHU.html Thanks much, Dale

@dorothybrown8859 4 жыл бұрын

@@CadillacComputerCenter Thank you, Dale. Seems there is still hope. I have been in touch with techs from Acronis and WD. With your encouragement I will give it another shot! Would be exciting if I didn't find it so darn intimidating, but I am all in! Thanks, again.

@dorothybrown8859 4 жыл бұрын

@@CadillacComputerCenter Success! I did not follow the link, but made sure all connections were secure, and after two tries the SSD cloned. I am thrilled! WD said

@dorothybrown8859 4 жыл бұрын

the updated Acronis would not clone and would need to deleted, but I knew that was not so as I watched you do it. Thank you so much, and so far I am not bothered by pixilation in KZfaq. Now, if only I could find a similar solution of my outdated Gateway laptop. Thanks again, I love the fastter speed.

@anilb5992 3 жыл бұрын

@@dorothybrown8859 so what did you do differently from the original try?

@arthurbb8937 2 жыл бұрын

The free version was able to recognize the new WD ssd only after I used "add new disc" once I open the Acronis application. Disc has to be initialize before free version can read it and add new disc does that.

@46B3x2you 2 жыл бұрын

You're videos are great . Easy listening...slow enough to comprehend ... all around exceptional. I came home yesterday and my laptop gave me a message stating that I didn't have an operating system. I did a check on the drive and it failed. It's a cheap laptop, But I think I just lost everything on my computer. You don't know what you've got until it's gone; and I'm about do for a memory upgrade. What's the easiest way to have continuous backup so you don't lose everything ? I don't want use the cloud. I just want to have a backup and recovery option.

@sushantbhatia9930 3 ай бұрын

Sir your video is good.i understand how to insert data.sir wd cloning software ( acronis for wd) - link me error aa rha hain?

@robm1617 3 жыл бұрын

I have a lenovo laptop and I want to change to an ssd . the harddrive is 1tb so I'll be getting a 1tb ssd. The lenovo came with a "C" drive and a "D" drive. The "D" drive is much much smaller I don't know what it's for I've never used it... I don't know what info is on it but maybe it's needed(??), so when I do my clone will it include the two drives? I assume since it's a clone it will, but I want to be sure. Thanks for your excellent video.

@justinsmith9305 2 жыл бұрын

Do you have any videos on cloning just the OS to a SSD? I have a WD HDD already and I just bought a 250GB PCIe SSD so that I can use the HDD just for my files.

@0xxhomie981 3 жыл бұрын

I just want to know what is the limitation to clone larger HDD to smaller SSD, I tried Acronis but failed and then I used aomei backupper it worked.

@sudiptosexploration6549 2 жыл бұрын

As a complete pc noob or beginner of great learnings i want to ask u a question, that is suppose i clone my original os and files on laptop with a new ssd or hdd and then put the ssd or hdd into a desktop/laptop, will that work?can i use the same thing in both the system regardless motherboard and the whole bios changes?

@velankannirajan7153 3 жыл бұрын

so can we use both the HD on two diff computers or the original one windows OS will be deactivated ?

@patrickjackson5036 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much you beautiful bastard!

@CadillacComputerCenter 2 жыл бұрын

Lol. Your welcome

@garylove2836 Жыл бұрын

do you think is better to use the cloud like to transfer windows and all your personal files instead of this method?

@VT-kh7uf 3 жыл бұрын

Can you replace the c: hard 2TB drive (the only hard drive in the asus notebook) M.2 ssd 2TB?

@markissboi3583 3 жыл бұрын

MiniTool Partition Wizard used this for years . got a hdd wont load look & see Has a drive letter asigned ? add one E works now . great app does speed test and other things . seems every year win10s i got reinstall it ( made a backup this time to boot from bios ) something goes wrong i did wont let me back in regardless hrs i try damit .

@quinquiry 6 ай бұрын

I would have enjoyed to see the laptop boot up from the clone ..this is the most tricky part of the job actually .

@drmisfit 4 ай бұрын

can you now replace the hard in the laptop to the one you have just cloned ?

@DiyEcoProjects 3 жыл бұрын

Hi there - may i ask a question please? I need some help. Thank you for your videos. Can i Boot from an External Hardrive and then Clone from it to my Laptop? I have a laptop and id like to clone my old Sata M.2 drive to a NMVe 970 EVO Plus drive ... I spotted a problem though. The caddy I bought only supports Sata connections. Can i put my old system drive into the caddy, go into the bios and change to boot from it? along side placing the new NMVe into the laptop body and clone to it from the eternal one??? If not then ill have to buy a new caddy that supports both versions (universal) as I cant clone to new one with this caddy. The NMVe doesnt fit into it. Humf! I also intent to use the old m.2 sata as a portable device. Any help would be greatly appreciated, all the best, Kieron

@Ron-ny1ru 3 жыл бұрын

What cable to get I want to clone from 3.5'' HD in a desk top to a 2.5'' SSD that will replace the 3.5'' HD can I use a USB 3.0 cable adapter with a USB 3.1 Gen 1 port? thanks

@doodledaddle231 2 жыл бұрын

Why can't there be software that allows to to click what external SSD you wanna clone your main drive onto and with 1 click of a button then proceeds to clone it.......

@MotivationHandbook 8 ай бұрын

there is inatek docking station does that

@wb4lzt 2 жыл бұрын

I have a question. I bought a new M.2 Sata only SSD and installed in my laptop. I have an Intel HDD as the master drive. In Disk Management I can see the new M.2 drive and I have initialized it. I've been reading about cloning from several different sources and I am a bit confused. Some articles say if I clone directly from the internal HDD to internal M.2 SSD it will not boot from M.2 after the cloning finishes. Other articles say it is ok to clone internally between the two. Before I proceed I just wanted to ask your opinion. Thank You.

@cedricjamesjr1 Жыл бұрын

The unrestricted version of Acronis does it work on any brand name ssd like Sandisk?

@AbhishekRajput-zq7xi 3 жыл бұрын

You have your hard drive in one partition before , but I have multiple partitions of my 1 tb hard drive c(system),d,f, but it doesn't show different partitions in acronis . I'm confused how it will clone all these partitions together in new 1tb nvme

@rwmattoon 3 жыл бұрын

I tried it on my laptop with three different free softwares. After starting the clone it fails with an error report similar to: (Fail to write, bad sector.) Any help would be appreciated. TY

@gabrielpardo1866 13 күн бұрын

Do you need to reconfigure anything or does it behave exactly as it's predecessor?

@iLoveBeaches Жыл бұрын

I bought Crucial ssd...does any of this apply to the cloning process outlined in this video?

@GILSJOURNEY 3 жыл бұрын

Can I download this software and then clone from one hard drive to another that are not in my current pc?

@superfriends3381 Жыл бұрын

Can you transfer or clone a laptop's hdd to a computer's ssd?

@xXxZugoldragonxXx 3 жыл бұрын

i just installed a ssd m.2 to my laptop and cloned my hdd to it. I want to use my original hdd for storage. Should i just format it? Im scared to delete all its partitions and ruining something, specially the partition in the original hdd that says "Healthy(Boot, Page File, Crash Dump, Primary Partition)", after i cloned this partition to the ssd, its equivalent says "Healthy(Primary Partition)". Btw, i cloned EVERYTHING from the hdd to the ssd

@rextech8 3 жыл бұрын

If you are confident everthing is cloned from your hdd to m.2 then go ahead and format it

@noel888 Жыл бұрын

What say you, to an interesting statement about cloning a laptop version to a desktop? It said that each computer have different motherboards, so the results can be awful. I'm assuming that the SSD drive would be installed on the desktop.

@Danisharain7869 Жыл бұрын

What about cloning from external drive ssd into internal drive ssd, is there a video.

@tsptl152 2 жыл бұрын

Oh boy... Yeah, this worked, but I found out the hard way that Acronis is a full-on cyber protection suite and I can't find a way to TURN IT OFF. Do you have any recommendations for disabling Acronis Cyber Protect without completely uninstalling Acronis? I'd like to be able to keep this cloning feature handy, but I can't figure out a way to disable everything else that it clutters up your system with. Using the 'Stop Protection Permanently' option in Acronis achieves nothing. It's still running in the background according to the Task Manager. Please help.

@tonymontana897 9 ай бұрын

I've had Acronis since 2010 and still use it. Works great. I don't know if much has changed from it to the 2020

@Connor_Dempsey 2 жыл бұрын

All of these software try to get you to do a subscription. Except Acronis if it comes with your SSD or Samsung Migration.

@ChristianYepez 3 жыл бұрын

Also, my other Pc has windows 10 home looks great, no virus for 5 years. Now I want ssd, fresh install or cloning?? My current Pc has junk or old diles, and temp folder has all history, logs around 12gigs.. if cloning this one comes with it? What is the junk or temp folder do??

@CadillacComputerCenter 3 жыл бұрын

Hi. You can delete all temp files. Go to this PC, c drive. Right click on it, go to properties, run disk cleanup. That will clean up a bunch of stuff. You can download free TFC cleaner and run that too. Get it here, it's safe, from bleeping computer. www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/tfc/ dale.

@shadowraith94 3 жыл бұрын

I know this video was made a year ago but it'd be really appreciate if you could help me out. So I cloned my old western digital hdd to a sandisk ssd, but when I try to turn on my laptop it wont boot up my windows and sends me to onekey recovery and im not sure what's wrong. I made the ssd the priority in my bios but idk what the issue is, any help would be greatly appreciated

@skinnypete5158 Жыл бұрын

So I need some help. I recently purchased a new gaming laptop. So I want to add a bigger ssd 8tb crucial m.2 and move all my program that I paid. And apps pictures , videos on to the new laptop so what software do I buy ?? 1 that does all

@vcnc Жыл бұрын

After cloning : should we change the hd to the SSD ?

@MrShankhadas 3 жыл бұрын

Hi i cloned my hdd to the ssd and it's not booting i tried legacy boot and all but it shows not boot device found

@andrewverran3498 8 ай бұрын

Hi m8, I have a 9470m i7 which has both mSata and a 2.5"drive..if I match both of those drives ie a LiteOn 250gb mSATA and say a Crucial 250gb SSD (2.5") can I configure these for performance RAID 0 under Windows 10pro ? Much appreciated .😊

@christopheraaron8299 2 жыл бұрын

I just ordered a 500GB Western Digital Blue SSD to replace the 500GB HDD in my Asus laptop. Is Western Digital's free cloning software adequate?

@donnamaxwell5239 6 ай бұрын

if my hard drive has a problem can I still clone it to anew hard drive

@denisejones4482 Жыл бұрын

I am trying to do the check disc for c drive but I don’t have the same options and can’t follow. I think I have windows 10. Can you give those instructions?

@VietboyGamerUSA Жыл бұрын

Help after i cloned my old one to the new one which is much larger in capacity but the new clone drive became exactly the old one in capacity.

@urmekundu6996 2 жыл бұрын

11th gen notebook os clone & mygrated, video please ?

@douglashenry4059 3 жыл бұрын

I have a Samsung hard drive that I want to clone to a Western Digital ssd. I tried using the paid version of Acronis, but it failed. Can you help me with that? I it possible?

@FloridaSunMitochondria 17 күн бұрын

Why does acronis recommend installing your new ssd into laptop prior to cloning and attaching your old hdd using a sata and usb outside of the laptop? It seems you are doing the opposite. Is this a crucial/Acronis issue is why they recommend doing it this way??? How would I even boot it if the old hdd drive is connected via usb in the boot process?

@Gorilla_Jones 4 жыл бұрын

Do I need the adapter? Can’t I just backup to a external 4tb HDD, install the ssd in the pc, boot to the boot media usb and then load the backup? I don’t have the adapter.

@CadillacComputerCenter 4 жыл бұрын

Hi. Yes you can create a disc image onto your 4tb drive, and restore from image. Make sure your new ssd is large enough. Dale

@AlphaKappaRon 3 жыл бұрын

how do i use the full size of the new hard drive because it cloned the same size as my old os drive

@CadillacComputerCenter 3 жыл бұрын

Hi. Not sure how you did your clone. But you can use a free program like this one to allocate the unused space on your new drive. Aomei Partition Assistant.....www.diskpart.com/

@ebeaulieu813 Жыл бұрын

I tried Acronis. The software did not like my source was 1 tera and the clone was 500gb. There was a conflict with boot partition size. I had a Samsung ssd pcie drive so I then downloaded the their Data Migration and no problem.

@coolguyvideos599 3 жыл бұрын

Can you use this method for desktop pcs as well? my small sff pc only can have 1 hdd at a time.

@CadillacComputerCenter 3 жыл бұрын

Hi. Yes, this method would work..thx

@coolguyvideos599 3 жыл бұрын

@@CadillacComputerCenter So it is possible to do the this method via USB? A lot of people seem to act like you can't do this method with a desktop pc only laptop. Please clarify if you can. Thanks!.

@OttomanBeats 2 жыл бұрын

What if i have the recovery usb and want do a fresh windows install in to a fresh ssd in the Hhds place and put the hhd in the optical drive spot and have the ssd be my main drive. Do i need to assign the drives in its proper order manually , or will windows automatically load in to the ssd since its already in the spot of the original hh drive ?

@OttomanBeats 2 жыл бұрын

UPDATE: First make a usb recovery key from windows website. if its a faulty thumb drive itll just hang and wont do shit for hours. and then Install the ssd to where the HDD was, install a secondary hdd for storage with a caddy in to the optical drive (cd burner dvd player) is. find out what your bios mode key is. Press and hold when you boot up the laptop. Then there will be options under the boot section where you can arrange the orders of the recovery key, and both of the hard drives. The most noticeable one is probably the usb drive one. You might have to press a certain key to move it up or simple use up and down arrow keys to select it. do so. Then right below to the left there will be a another boot order but this will be for the ssd and hdd. change it to the SSD. click save and exit. when it boots back up, itll have 3-4 options 2 will be the ssd and the hdd, the other two will be the recovery usb but one will be uife version and the usb name next to it (sandisk) etc the other one will just be say sandisk. select the uife or what ever its called version for newer systems and the regular usb stick version for the elgacy (older system). And process with the installation of windows. should take no longer than 45 mins to an hour.

@YoshiIsCool1 Жыл бұрын

What does that mean when Cloning a Software?

@jakubsamek3069 3 жыл бұрын

Cant detect new ssd in disk management... if i connect the new disk normally with sata, it can easilly boot to it. The sata usb adapter probably works, the ssd does heat up when plugged in. Cant figure out the problem