THANK YOU SOOOO VERY MUCH, I really appreciate you making this video. I have a good somewhat modern gaming PC but the HDD is atrocious. This was my first video after searching "how to upgrade storage on PC" and I am glad I clicked on your video. You explained everything phenomenally 👍

thanks to this vid, i got a SK hynix. cloning the old drive was super easy with no probs and now for the first time i have ssd. i thought this upgrade was gonna be a complex pain but your vid showed how simple it is, thanks alot bro!

Thanks so much! Super helpful and got my upgrade in less than 24 hours!

Man I am watching this on my Old PC (which runs off an HDD) and it's slow, but once I get an SSD it will be faster than before. Thanks for the video!

I bought my first SSD in 2012 and I thought I was late to the game LOL.

For anyone wondering you need a hynix ssd to use the software or else the program just won't run.

Thank you, I'm a broke college student majoring in aerospace engineering running with an office prebuilt rig. This video helped a TON!

Its true once you go solid state you never want to go back!

The data migration tool worked like a charm like you said. I switched boot drives and changed my mechanical drive to storage. I previously tried this with a different tool but it wasn't able to boot up on the hynix drive. Thanks for the walkthrough!

04:35 what a plug :)

I have an 8 year old laptop with a HDD that I just bought an SSD for. I’m gonna get a USB type c to SATA cable and try this to boot off the much faster SSD💪🏽🔥

QUESTIONS: First, are you saying that when an SSD is the primary drive Windows is being booted from on a Desktop, you only should have the Data SATA III cable plugged into the SSD, but not the Power SATA III cable plugged into the SSD? If that is the case, why? Second, why are you saying it is necessary to have the SATA III Power cable plugged into the SSD while using Cloning Software? Third, are you saying a 3.5" mechanical Hard Drive should use both the Data SATA III cable and the Power SATA III cable when the HDD is the primary drive being booted from? Or is it only necessary to use the Data SATA III cable? I'm a bit confused after watching this video.

Technology changed so much, but you haven't! Thanks for keeping us fresh.

I have yet to try this, BUT YOU SIR HAVE EXPLAINED IT TO THE T, I was not left with any questions! THANK YOU!

Great tutorial for others who need help with this!

I ran into an issues with this setup. Granted it could quite possibly be user error. My suggestion though, would be to be sure to have your start up disk. Not quite sure, why this happened. I followed these steps, step by step. I also have the same office computer. But after the cloning process was complete. One I tried restarting my computer. it said "BOOTMGR Is missing". long story short. I didn't have the disk. I had to create one and use it to repair the issue. Other than that my computer is so much faster. It was complete worth the investment.

This was exactly what I was looking for. Thank you for explaining this without unecessary bullsh*t. Nicely done, and much appreciated.

I feel like with newer components people are really overreacting about static electricity. I've been all up in my pc with no protection on carpet and it's working perfectly fine.

Thanks man, even 3 years on this helped. I did it from a HDD to an SSD and it took a little under 10 hours to copy all the data across (It was a full HDD).

Following are my suggestions for making this video clearer and better for those of us who have never opened a PC or are nervous about cloning Windows 10 on C and not want to brick their PC! 1) spend some more video seconds on showing close ups for power and data connectors for cables as well as SSD/CD drive 2) How to identify different type of connectors, cables, perhaps a simplified diagram of what type of connector and cable goes to what type of connector on SSD and motherboard 3) Provide a link to Amazon or ASIN for Y cables/Power cables/tools etc 4) If SKHynix, Windows 10 or Macrium software will let you do the same with USB to SATA cable in a yet easier way. Thanks.

Thanks for the tutorial video! It really was super simple and easy like said in this video. SK hynix is def a win

Great, had an old noisy drive now PC is super fast and quiet. Kudos

I have a couple of questions: 1. Does the software work on any and all SSDs? Or do I have to use that brand only? 2. Can I migrate my boot drive data while windows are working, or do I have to use another system for the migration? Thanks in advance.

3:19 but isnt the point to discharge static before plugging it in which supposedly can cause a short???

i love how he says u have to make sure ur grounded so u dont short circuit anything even tho its rare and touches his hair

Is it possible to just clone windows instead of all other files? And how would you delete the original windows on the hard disc?

Thank you! I got my first ssd in Sept 2020 upgrading from a regular Hdd on a 430 Dell vostro from 2009 lol 😂 but is worth it. It took an hour and a half more or less but is way faster using the SK hynix migration utility. Thanks for the tutorial!

OMFG AFTER 3 LONG DAYS. FINALLY *the rock voice* SOMEONE WITH A SIMPLE STEP BY STEP METHOD HELPED!!!❤️ you earned a subscriber bro🤞🏾💯

Oh this is perfect! I literally bought this EXACT thing for black friday before realizing I didn't know how to upgrade. Couldn't be a better video for my situation!

i did this but it did not boot with 0x000000e. i had to rebuild bcd to make it boot again. what did i miss

QUESTION: My laptop from 2011 is a Dell Latitude e6420. It came with a Kingston 128GB SSD when I got it. This Kingston 128GB SSD takes exactly 17 Seconds to Boot every time. But when I cloned to a 1TB SK Hynix SSD with DRAM, it actually made the Boot times longer. The laptop now takes 20 Seconds to Boot. Why would it take longer with a SSD that is so much larger and includes DRAM?

I'm confused, at 12:46 he says "make sure the C drive is the size of your Hynix drive" but his C drive is still the smaller ssd that he had before and it looks like he formatted his F drive which seemed to be the size of the Hynix drive, im confused lmao can someone explain or did he just make a mistake?

I didn't know Chumlee from Pawn Stars was a computer wizard?

Great video. This guy looks like an IG guy. haha. Thanks for the video. It's very helpful!

Get a Samsung ssd with their "1 click" software and a sata to usb adapter.

great vid bro, my hssd took almost 5 hours to transfer!

I never thought about tinkering with SSDs until Walmart started selling them around '16 or '17. When I saw them, I was like, "The only people who know enough about these to find usefulness in them aren't going to go looking for them at Walmart." However, when I started looking into console upgrades and portable flash drives, I found a use for them. Most HDDs require enough power for the internal mechanisms to function. However, plug these SSDs into USB enclosures and you have a handy, portable hard drive with the capacity of an HDD but the durability of a flash drive. Eventually, I decided to upgrade the hard drive in my main computer rig containing my OS to SSD. Fortunately, I had a hard drive cloner from when I was upgrading my consoles. Less than 30 minutes later, I pop it back into my computer and boot it. I could, definitely, see a speed increase. But, one thing I found as a side effect was that I was getting video tearing while watching KZfaq videos in full screen mode. I have a program I run in the background Process Tamer. It throttles programs that use up too much CPU power so that they don't slow down the system. I had Chrome set to "Force Below Normal" because it could easily eat up all the CPU resources before. Once I configured Process Tamer to ignore Chrome, suddenly I wasn't getting video tearing while watching KZfaq videos in full screen. I can't think of any reason why Process Tamer could create an issue like that other than Linus from LTT having a similar issue with his NVMe file server: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rr2agsthtc6cpYE.html My guess is the SSD was attempting to optimize the CPU usage but was competing with Process Tamer trying to do that itself.

Can I use that cloning software for non-SK SSDs?

If you have a different brand hard drive the software developer have another software called Macrium Reflect now they are on version 8. Worked great for me.

I bought a new low end laptop and feel like it is trash, wasted money but after spending some amount on ssd it run great even I use photoshop on it and works perfectly fine

For Linux you don't need any weird tool. Just put the SSD in another system and it works fine, except when you use an Nvidia-card, then you need to put in some extra work but if you go from one system with an Nvidia card to another (or a system with an AMD-card of course) then it is not a problem either.

You could recommend a SATA to USB cable instead of sata cables and y cables for the cloning. Same price, you can get them for like £3 on eBay. Soo much easier for people.

You made me look like I knew what I was doing 😂 awesome video! Got everything done no sweat!

This was a massive help, much appreciated and well done..my PC is flying !

Great video thanks

Great video. You got another subscriber.

earned my subscription within seconds

I just cloned my Samsung M.2 256GB C drive to a Replacement Samsung M.2 1TB C drive using the free SK Hynix (2.0.6896) Perfect result. Many thanks. it was a piece of cake.

Hi, I just purchased a 500Gb SSD from Amazon, but my PC wont see it neither on my PC Disk Management or Bios. Help? Could this be a defective SSD. My Pc model is HP H8-1534 PC

Every time I launch the sk hynix migration tool it gives me an error message, I'm trying to use a sk hynix ssd and when I go to my pc, manage it does recognize the drive. What should I do?

so is cloning just copying all the files over or is it actually moving the files and clearing the old drive

Thank you. This video was really helpful.

great video. I was able to swap my old hd to a new ssd seamlessly

Mission success! Just completed my hdd to ssd transfer. My god the difference is mind blowing 🤣

Excellent. Just what I needed. Thank you.

Thanks for sharing. This is exciting! My Windows 10 Sata drive has become in accessible.

Is there a reason to spilt a SSD of 1tb into 2 partitions? Can I not change the partition sizes? Will this software work with any brand drive? Is it still the best choice? I presume the boot sector will work? I'm doing this with my laptop.

if i don’t have a sata cable could i use a usb to sata cable to do the transfer instead?

What if my mother board doesn’t have the Sata connection?

Probably will get one black Friday I have an ssd just need more storage

What happens when you do all this with the stated tools ( sk hynix clone tool )zero errors it still dosent boot shows in 7 but not in the bios

BEWARE: I followed all the steps exactly and got error 0xc000000e the SSD will not boot

Super video. I have one issue. My Dell Inspiron's C: drive is a M2 SSD. Everything in your video worked perfectly, but i can't seem to figure out how to change boot sequence. I cannot swap cables on hard drives because of the M2 drive. My Dell has a APTIO Setup Utility. I would appreciate some insight on how to change boot sequence with this Utility Software.

This video is great. Thanks so much

you are awesome!!!!!!!! thank you so much for being so clear and easy to follow keep up the great work

If I upgrade my ssd and my hard drive, will I have to buy windows etc. my pc was a pre built I got from best buy. By hard drive space is just not enough. I also wanted to add ram while I did this upgrade

AWESOME VIDEO THANKS !

Have some basic decency. Maybe a disclosure about the video being sponsored? 'Fastest' SSD you have tested, yet it's a SATA SSD and pretty much any modern SATA SSD drive will hit the SATA3 max bandwidth. Maybe try to sell it on the MBTF, not the speed. There goes my subscription.

Are the SSD compatible with any computer? I have a 10 years old Dell XPS i would like to upgrade.

do you have to have a SK Hynix SSD to use the program or does it with with any SSD and HDD?

2 systems at the same time is to confusing for us old guys

subbed ! excellent video ty

Very helpful video. Thanks.

So do i have to buy an extra cable? Missed that part

This is a great vid...thanks! I'm getting this SSD to put one game on for faster loading/transition times. I want to keep my main harddrive as it is, as the primary. Do your instructions change at all?

Is this worth it to get as a stand alone SSD to keep the operating system on for my gaming pc build?

Lots of great info here, thank you

This was so confusing :'(

i have a laptop with ssd drive and i loaded a bunch of programs including autocad 2020, now can i install this ssd into my pc with out loosing any programing licensing when i install the neww ssd???

Could I use the Sata Y cable for two SSDs?

Can I used the SK Hynix migration tool with a different brand SSD?

The data migration tool only works for sk-hynix ssds. Thanks for nothing.

Holy shit, it's the Undertaker

Wish they make the SK hynix Gold S31 in 2TB or 3 I mean with today's Games asking from 25GB to 100GB in some games 1TB NO longer cuts its for us gamers and or Video Editors they also need vat amounts of storage capacities. could maybe all 7 to 8 Games of larger Storage not to mention the Updates for each game.

So I just noticed that my SSD holds my system partition while my hdd has the booting one. I get an error while trying to clone my hdd over to the ssd, must likely due to the system partition existing in the ssd. And I can’t delete it, it’s windows locked.... any recommendations?

Wow this is a great and relevant video for 2012. At this point SSDs are like $60 and even grandparents have them

Will this migration tool work on other brands of ssd ?

Eventually worked but Windows originally failed to start. I had to set my volumes on the drive back to C and then rebuild bcd. Not sure what happened but it's fast now that it is working!

Are ssd universal? Like I don’t have to worry abt getting the wrong one do I ?

just to make sure the hard drive gives you more space like for games or is that for ram

Thanks buddy, most helpful.

I thought this might be a general tutorial but my new SSD is a Western Digital and I guess that software won't use a Western Digital drive. Hopefully Western Digital software (Acronis True Image) will fix that GPT mistake in disk management in the video and still make it bootable.

Is 500GB slower than 1TB? or are they the same speed?

what is this 2013?

will not recognize my sk for migration on cloning software.

Is the does the program work for any other ssd or you'll need sk hynix ssd?

I have a Dell Inspiron 5348. I want to put in a new SSD - replace the old HD. I don't care about my files. I want a clean new system. Once I put the SSD in the computer, how do I put windows on the drive?

0:11 its the fastest ssd you tested? some should tell him about m.2 ssd

Great perfectly explained video...although I do have a question data migration. Over the past seven years, I suspect that my computer has accumulated a lot of junk, especially in the registry. Might it just to better to reformat first and start clean?

Do I need to have the SK hynix SSD hooked up to the computer in order to install the data migration tool program? I just bought the SSD and haven't hooked it up yet, and the downloaded migration tool program won't install to my existing computer. I get an error message. In your video you were about to install the program but skipped showing what you did there. It was already installed when you continued the video. Do you think the Samsung migration tool will work with the SK hynix SSD? I already have that one. Great video, thanks.