How to install an SSD - clone your boot drive without losing a thing | SSD upgrade

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Learning how to install an SSD without starting from scratch means you can get your PC back up and running again as though nothing has happened. Except everything will be just that little bit quicker! Switching from a laggardly hard drive to a modern SSD will make a huge difference to the responsiveness and performance of your gaming PC. But starting from scratch can be a pain, so here's our simple guide to cloning your existing Windows installation to a new SSD without missing a beat.
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@PCGamesN 5 лет назад

This method is for cloning the entirety of your existing drive and OS installation to a new drive. As far as we're aware there is no way to copy purely the OS files from an existing installation and have it remake all the connections to your apps on your old drive. If you're looking to use a small SSD as a boot drive, and can't trim down your existing installation, you're probably better off installing Windows from scratch on the new drive.

@yunggbx 5 лет назад

And what to do with the other Windows in the older disk?

@stephenpatterson2860 5 лет назад

Can you guys make a video about what to do once you've cloned the drive? You skimmed over how to get your computer to boot from the new drive if it doesn't do it automatically, I'd love to get some troubleshooting tips since my PC seems to be having trouble booting from the new drive.

@TribunalxWarrior 5 лет назад

you must change the boot order in your bios settings if you got both connected at the same time@@stephenpatterson2860

@SomeOne-ge2pu 5 лет назад

I have a windows key already activated on my pc, should i use the same code when booting the ssd?

@Parin712 5 лет назад

Is the windows automatically activated on the cloned drive?

@nlmod 5 лет назад

What they failed to mention here is that when you're upgrading to a larger drive, at the part where you pull in the partitions to the new drive (4:34), pull in the part where all your documents etc are stored on (partition no.3 in the video at 4:37) LAST to your new drive. After that same way as making a partition smaller (by clicking "Cloned partition properties") you can make it bigger to fill the rest of your new drive by either using the slider or by clicking "Maximum size".

@PlasmaNode 2 года назад

thx mate

@Mattriarc 2 года назад

Old Comment but this needs an upvote, since it's fairly important if you want the extra space from your new bigger drive

@pandamoniom4260 2 года назад

Bumping this comment. Thanks for the save.

@teezo8362 2 года назад

this helped so much thank you! definitely need to pin this comment .

@skurketrynet5697 2 года назад

Thank you so much!😁

@jermainenaidoo 4 года назад

Did anyone else notice the assistants face, when the guru said "lovely assistant"

@finefish2214 4 года назад

Yeah lol, looks like my guys dying inside

@arknark 4 года назад

That face is why I immediately started scrolling through the comments for this comment.

@mmmmmMuffinz 3 года назад

lol yeah dude on the right is gay

@mysigt_ 3 года назад

@@mmmmmMuffinz lol gay lol

@themafia3119 3 года назад

The other guy was like what a knob

@johno9163 2 года назад

One of the clearest tutorials I have seen in some time. A great source for users that are not sure of the procedure or have never cloned drives before. Well done guys!

@lukesmith1519 3 года назад

I love that this kind of video exists. I have cloned many a drive before and done tones of work on my own PC but I still used this video for the software links and general tips so I don't develop bad habits. There is sooo much media on RU-vid for enthusiasts, but if someone is just learning, this kind of video is PERFECT.

@LextraGaming 6 лет назад

start at 4:01 if you've already connected your ssd

@joehernandez9439 6 лет назад

thanks homie

@RachelFilmsThings 6 лет назад

I cloned my drive 120gb ssd to 256gb ssd. The new larger drive is still reading as 120gb. I went into disk management and it looks like portions of the drive aren't formatted. Do I need to repeat the clone process now? It only took 12 minutes, everything carried over fine. Could you explain the transfer and how to make sure the larger drive is properly formatted a little more?

@Mcblaze55 6 лет назад

clutch

@WM_46 6 лет назад

Rachel - You should be able to right click on the existing volume and expand it to the full size of the drive using "Extend Volume". Reformatting is not needed; reformatting wipes the drive of all data and organizes the space on the drive into sectors where files are stored. Extending the volume of the drive allocates more of those formatted sectors to the drive letter to allow you to use them. An alternative to adding the sectors to the existing volume is to right click on the unallocated data and create a new "Simple Volume". Then you can assign a new drive letter to the extra space, so you will have 3 drives: C - your old SSD, D - the copied data on your new SSD, and E - the free space you added (note the exact letters don't matter).

@jintarokensei3308 5 лет назад

tx.

@milocarteret8770 4 года назад

Thank you so much! I've spent enough hours tracking down the hotfix for windows 7, so it's a huge relief that you've presented the installation and cloning in such a clear way.

@gamerrant 4 года назад

05:54 You don't need to take out the standard drive to load windows. Just access the bios and change the default drive to the SSD.

@totallyiron1c700 4 года назад

I think it was just for the people that don't understand that. Plus most bios versions will default to the drive with windows on it. But I totally understand what you mean! These guys just have to generalize all the info.

@knrtn439 4 года назад

uh guys. when I boot with the M2 SSD as primary it tells me to swap booting technique... FML took 5 hours to clone the operating system too

@gabrielcruz480 4 года назад

Hey mine went successfully, just curious if I am supposed to wipe my HD that i cloned from for more space, thanks!

@gamerrant 4 года назад

@@gabrielcruz480 Only if it was successful. As in you booted it from new drive & tested it with no issues.

@GobeyC 4 года назад

Gamer Rant forgot to thank you earlier for the fast reply! got everything taken care of thank you!

@firstlast9198 3 года назад

Dave - "I am dave the hardware guru." Rich - "Hi, I am rich the assistant." Dave - "Yes, a lovely assistant." Rich - Upon realization of Dave's feelings, becomes very uncomfortable.

@oOojOrGeEeoOo 3 года назад

I noticed that too🤣

@homeskillet1296 3 года назад

Nah rich is just the bottom

@PeterEvertse1 6 лет назад

Actually the first really use full and to the point video, without all the subscriber BS, well done

@PCGamesN 6 лет назад

Peter Evertse thank you! We aim to please. Any requests for future 'how to' guides gratefully received :)

@Paaro1992 6 лет назад

Seriously, awesome jobs mates!

@MauroDiaz1991 5 лет назад

Indeed, w a nice software that allows u to just choose the partition w/put buying it.

@OseiAk 5 лет назад

after trying a bunch of softwares and failing....this one worked perfectly for me. thank you very much for this video

@stevenkontsevenko 5 лет назад

Do I need to format the new SSD?

@gabrielcruz480 4 года назад

Hey mine went successfully, just curious if I am supposed to wipe my HD that i cloned from for more space, thanks!

@ricecreamzz2861 3 года назад

@@gabrielcruz480 yes you are!!! sorry!

@malikonthesus 4 года назад

This is way more better with the guy on the left answering questions. Because he sometimes explains the questions us newbies have with upgrading PCs.

@mursu1286 4 года назад

I've been trying to do this for so many months now, I'm so happy because I finally did it thanks

@SlideShowSidney 4 года назад

Did you have any trouble? I cant get my cloned SSD to boot. The only thing different is it assigned the system reserved from the original hhd a drive letter so it shows up as two different partitions in the library.

@mursu1286 4 года назад

@@SlideShowSidney no I had no issues, I cloned it, restarted my pc and went to my BIOS and switched it, look up how to switch on your specific BIOS

@SlideShowSidney 4 года назад

@@mursu1286 I just had to nm do it twice for some reason. Something must have went wrong the first time. I definitely had it set as the boot drive and it just wasn't booting. But the second time I cloned it worked right out of the gate.

@mursu1286 4 года назад

@@SlideShowSidney That's good :)

@probablyjela 4 года назад

Hi guys, quick question. Was your software still labeled as "activated" in the cloned drive?

@empoweredchoice1893 5 лет назад

Excellent content. Gave me the confidence to install myself. Saved me $150.00 and 3-5 days of my PC being in the shop. You guys rock!

@DAMfoxygrampa 2 года назад

And your confidence gives me confidence!

@GewoonSuus 6 лет назад

The first video that doesn't want you to buy some shady company's unwieldly software for ridiculous prices and, whilst keeping the video to a normal length, explains everything perfectly. Great video.

@cazabrow1967 4 года назад

To anyone else who missed this important step like I did at 4:45 , make sure you increase the last partition size to be maxed out and filling up the whole blank (grey) space, I figured that since i only had two partitions to copy over the blank space would just end up as free space but instead it decreases the max storage of the new drive to only fit what was copied over.

@cazabrow1967 3 года назад

@@soydelga2744 When you're dragging over the partitions, you might end up with extra space on the end. if you freeze frame at 5:03 that grey bit on the end at the bottom right is the extra space. You don't want that. Most people will assume that bit means you have free unused storage, what it actually does is remove that extra space from the device and shortens it's max storage capacity. So if in that grey bit it says "10gb" for example and you had a 100gb hard drive, it will just remove that 10gb from the device so the total size of the hard drive would be 90gb when you finish.

@cazabrow1967 3 года назад

@@soydelga2744 I think that's a safe bet, yeah

@Slimgrimmy 2 года назад

Anyway to deal with this after the cloning has already been done?

@swashyhimself 7 месяцев назад

Super helpful comment thanks my man

@thaerosthedragon1930 3 года назад

Love it when windirstat gets plugged, literally the best random utility for storage I have found

@gibikalex 5 лет назад

The best thing about Macrium Reflect is the capability to adjust the destination drive space to the desired smaller volume. This is really helpful ! Thank You.

@PCGamesN 5 лет назад

No worries, glad we could help!

@garetc7706 4 года назад

@@dancarr2099 What did you end up doing?

@dancarr2099 4 года назад

@@garetc7706 Still haven't had any luck as I kind of gave up on it for now. Lol.

@slentara1 3 года назад

@@dancarr2099 From another Commenter: What they failed to mention here is that when you're upgrading to a larger drive, at the part where you pull in the partitions to the new drive (4:34), pull in the part where all your documents etc are stored on (partition no.3 in the video at 4:37) LAST to your new drive. After that same way as making a partition smaller (by clicking "Cloned partition properties") you can make it bigger to fill the rest of your new drive by either using the slider or by clicking "Maximum size"

@matthewbarrett6260 5 лет назад

Spot on advice and instructions. I had a hard drive on the verge of failing and cloning to the SSD saved my butt. Thanks!

@PCGamesN 5 лет назад

Glad we could help!

@fragalot 4 года назад

@@PCGamesN so help the people talking about how the new drive isn't booting.

@TheRealTatakan 4 года назад

@@fragalot 1 year later

@TheOvieShow 3 года назад

It's at times like these, 2am local time, when you're working and realize that your storage desperately needs an upgrade. Just gotta wait around 8 hours for my local hardware shop to open and right before we go back into lockdown.

@Kirbythediver 4 года назад

YOU DO NOT put SSD's into a drive bay, You in Fact TAPE THAT MFer where it fits lol

@ehodovic 3 года назад

Some cases have a slot on the back, too

@silas.anderson 3 года назад

this was the strat with any laptop drives i had in my mac pro from 2012.

@Kirbythediver 3 года назад

@@silas.anderson "it just works"

@YeNZeC 3 года назад

Or plug in the SATA Data and power connector. Mine is sitting at a 30 degree angle.

@Kirbythediver 3 года назад

@@YeNZeC exactly What a guy

@lucagerhardt9839 5 лет назад

Thank you for this tutorial. I would call myself confident in terms of hardware and storage drives in general, but I got really nervous about copying my old drive onto the new SSD without messing things up. You helped me out a lot. Reflect is running through now, hopefully it'll work out just fine.

@THthunder64 4 года назад

Never heard from you again

@Patchaddictedpolymath 4 года назад

@@THthunder64 Probably cuz he's gaming up a storm

@parasoldat66 4 года назад

@@THthunder64 He is still trying to get it to boot.

@Ecko92 2 года назад

So it's a literal copy?? Pics, downloaded games, everything??

@epitrek2083 5 лет назад

Worked straight off the bat, no problems / errors! Very informative, to the point video. Thanks!

@marc_396 4 года назад

Great Video helped me in 2020 as well and took my pc from booting in 5 MINUTES to booting in 5 SECONDS. Thank you very much.

@diaryof8636 3 года назад

Absolute Legends! Thanks guys. This is the only video I found in over an hour of searching that even came close to helping me out. Cheers

@xaviersmith9645 5 лет назад

oh my god, THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!! you just saved my arse from a buttload of trouble! twas a royal pain trying to figure out how to clone my ssd to my new one for free and you just showed me in minutes! subscribing and definately liking! good on you guys for helping people out!

@florenceguiao2679 4 года назад

does it still work?

@bryardecastro105 4 года назад

Florence Guiao yes

@jakeregister7832 3 года назад

Xavier Smith pls help I cloned it and finished the clone what do I do next

@Joshy... 3 года назад

@@jakeregister7832 go into the bios and put ur ssd as primary boot device

@FireManiac58 5 лет назад

This is the best tutorial ever, so simple and easy to follow. Thanks for making this such an easy process :)

@lemonpower. 3 года назад

i followed this tutorial and bumped into confusion and mistakes, but overall its a success. i had issues with drive not showing full capacity but a quick google search solved that easily. glad i found this video before formatting my whole pc and start fresh. thank youuuu!

@skinkskinkdead4628 2 года назад

thanks for presenting this in such a clear way and making it so easy to follow! props for also using software that doesn't have cloning features behind paywalls :)

@geosock 5 лет назад

Y’all need to be more popular. That was the first working tutorial I’ve gotten so far.

@pringleking492 5 лет назад

To be honest I tried a few methods from different sources and this video was the only one that worked. Well done guys very informative 😊

@kevinhines7197 3 года назад

Dave, your videos helped pick which parts I wanted for my gaming PC. Thank you, endlessly

@supafun33 10 месяцев назад

Very helpful! I had a techy friend help me build a PC seven years ago and now I'm ready to expand my solid state boot drive from a 500gb drive to a 2tb one and this was very easy to understand!

@joshj9177 5 лет назад

Easy to follow guide. Ssd installed beautifully and pc booted up so fast. Macrium Reflect worked wonderfully.

@karlwalker1771 6 лет назад

Fantastic I am glad you have explained to the PC community in general the cloning of a SSD system you sir have demystified the migration process and I commend you, PC ownership is as far as I am concerned to many as TRICKY but if you continue producing video containing content like this more people will dip their toe into what I call the best platform into technology I can think of. well done please continue

@PCGamesN 6 лет назад

Karl Walker dude, thank you! We're really trying to show people that messing around with your PC doesn't have to be scary. We think the PC is the ultimate platform and want as many people as possible to have a play.

@PCGamesN 6 лет назад

Karl Walker also, if there are any topics, or guides you'd like us to cover let us know :)

@astrocyclone7184 2 года назад

You guys are lifesavers! Thank you so much! Saved my computer, my save games and my entire semester!

@cagnazzo82 4 года назад

This worked so well I'm honestly shocked at how well it worked. And it was so easy too! Kudos and thanks 👍

@mattias1099 5 лет назад

Worked great! What I did was reset my computer and fully wipe the hard drive. Even though I kept my PC, when resetting I chose the option for selling my pc something idk. I booted up my pc, installed antivirus. Then I mounted my SSD, had no screws so it's currently flying inside of the bracket, which I don't mind because I won't be moving it anyways! Then I installed macrium reflect, did the steps. When the download was completed I turned of my pc, removed harddrive, started my pc without the harddrive, checked in my file explorer to see if the ssd was the primary, it was. Turned of my pc, put the hdd back in, booted up 5x faster than with the hhd, checked to see that the ssd was still booting, which I already knew because it went super quickly!

@JathTech 4 года назад

It's like magic. Amazing. I've never been able to do that so easily! GREAT program! Edit: I was going SSD to SSD, so it was actually only about~ 10 minutes for my 60gb drive to clone to my 500gb nvme.

@anastasiakelsey8783 3 года назад

Lifesaver. Just finished building my first pc. Made sure everything was setup and working right before I rewired it to fit snug it the case and part of the plastic that keeps my ssd prongs from bending snapped off. Got a new ssd and transferred everything over before the prongs could get bent👍🏼

@tuandao1564 4 года назад

This was a great help guys. I only need to do this every 5 to 7 yrs or so :) (so don't keep up with the latest methods) Really surprised that still can't do it easily in windows. I tried a few cloning apps from the disc vendors and they didn't work! Was about to give up and do fresh install - followed by weeks of sorting it out after.... Used your recommended app and 30 mins later, all done!!! first time. Thank you!

@over9000713 5 лет назад

"This will be fast to do." ... *Three hours later* "o no"

@v3rzify840 5 лет назад

😂

@mikeexits 4 года назад

My SSD isn't even showing up in Windows Explorer, BIOS, or Samsung Magician. I've got a Samsung EVO 970 Plus in my Lenovo Y720, so it should work. But nope. Update: It was because my motherboard got fried; Forgot to unplug my battery, unplugged it partway through opening and working on it, plugged it back in after I was done, and a big spark was produced where I plugged it in. Had to buy a new laptop because my fans, keyboard backlight, speakers, headphone jack, and SATA port stopped working. Did something similar with the new one, only I left it plugged in the whole time. Do yourselves a favor: If you forget to unplug your battery and realize it partway through an operation, *LEAVE IT UNPLUGGED.*

@jaimecampos3920 4 года назад

For 1 TB mine took an hour and 30 minutes

@Balthazar2242 4 года назад

I always assume my process will take like 50% longer than the tutorial.

@Minemac69 4 года назад

Cannot read that three hours later without that spongebob sound 😂

@alecm6734 3 года назад

I’ve used this tutorial 3 times and it worked ever time. Thank you :)

@simplyaveragegaming8499 4 года назад

By far the easiest video to follow along to, well explained, and not confusing like nearly all other videos on this subject. Thansk

@MatthewSkars 4 года назад

Used this process and when I booted up my pc after running the software I was stuck on BIOS and couldn't load windows 10. To solve the problem, I first disconnected my HDD and then used the troubleshoot function of the Windows 10 installation media and selected startup repair. This solved the issue of not getting past the BIOS and now both my OS and my files are installed on my SSD. Hope this helps anyone with the same problem. :)

@everydayvalo 4 года назад

i dont get it please help :(((

@coeqhe 3 года назад

ty :)

@taistingtheair1368 3 года назад

Im not sure why you were going to your bios unless you made an adjustment in the bios to make it go there in the first place. Just look in bios and choose to boot to the SSD with windows on it then exit save and reboot system.

@ZliceExtra 6 лет назад

Thank you so much for this tutorial!

@DeathDiamond720 Год назад

I thought when I would do this everything would break and burn in a fiery hell, but it was PAINLESS thanks to you guys! I cannot thank you guys enough!

@Sobek1776 Год назад

When you installed the new ssd or HDD did you have to format the new one first before you cloned over or did you just do it right after plugging it in

@flamingducky8221 3 года назад

cheers guys, three years later and still perfectly useful

@ifbaten 5 лет назад

Thanks a lot for the instructions. I managed to upgrade RAM from 4 GB to 8 GB on my HP 14-cf0018no laptop. I updated my laptop from 1 TB HDD to 500 GB SSD.

@timwesselman1713 6 лет назад

Thank you so much for this video! Everything worked well for me except my extra signal port wasn't working so I disconnected my dvd drive temporarily to perform the cloning process. After installing my new ssd drive it's only showing the same amount of disk space that the previous hard drive had available, but the new one is 130 gb larger. Maybe it will reset after a few reboots. I cannot state how helpful this video was to me because i have been working on another laptop for over a week and still haven't worked everything out. I did a system image onto an external hard drive and when I went to restore it, windows couldn't find the image that took literally 12 hours to back up. So had I seen this before, it would have saved me hours and hours! I think I can do the same thing, I just have to get a different cable. Really, thanks again, I have probably watched 30 videos before stumbling into this one, so great work! Definately subscribing!

@elliotlaw1590 5 лет назад

that's probably to do with it copying the partitions from the previous drive directly, use the windows search bar and search for "create and format hard disc portions" you should see all your hard drives, including your boot drive, the chances are your boot drive will show one portion in blue called Windows C: and another portion in black with the remanding space on it, this will be labelled "Unallocated" which is why you cant use the space, right click and create new volume, this will now show as blue like the windows C: partition. right click windows C: and select expand partition, this will merge the two partitions, so you have full access to the storage on the drive.

@ryanheuer9542 5 лет назад

It's because your disk petition is still the size as your old drive. You need to resize it to fill the whole thing.

@johnbyng9203 5 лет назад

@@elliotlaw1590 any ideas why i cant select expand partition? its greyed out

@elliotlaw1590 5 лет назад

@@johnbyng9203 not 100% sure, but have you tried doing it by leaving the second partition unallocated? It's possible that because the second partition is allocated, it won't let you extend the partition, if that's the case, that's my error in my original comment. It's been awhile since I've had to use disc partitioning.

@SmallLilDemon 5 лет назад

Tim Wesselman I have the same problem. Someone help me. How can I “unlock” my full storage on my new ssd? It’s 1.92tb and I upgraded from a 1tb hard drive. Now they are both the same with the same amount of storage as my old one had. Please help me!!!

@pauldeangelo2966 3 года назад

This is the single greatest tip for cleaning up my drive. SinDirStat is awesome.

@luckiystar716 2 года назад

This video was.. literally perfect. Like straight to the point and perfect explanations. Thanks!

@rikeyfrog 5 лет назад

great video, i just wished you guys could zoom in the pc screen recording because it’s hard for everyone to see, what exactly your doing

@BWninteen86 5 лет назад

I followed your instructions :) Thanks!

@mihael98 4 года назад

That is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you guys! Awesome video!

@rhivescosmos2300 4 года назад

Very informative and on point. I like the way how the other guy ask and the other guy answers. thanks

@dash0173 5 лет назад

that software is a godsend. so are you guys, thank you so much! I'd consider myself pretty good with computers in general but i had no idea how to do this! thank you

@FrankBoston 6 лет назад

thank god a decent video on this. nice guys!

@evanage 3 года назад

I just got my new SSD today and this was quite helpful, thanks a lot! :)

@holybatwingsbatman 4 года назад

Thank you so much. Successfully cloned an Intel PCIe SSD to M.2 SSD. I now have twice the capacity and 3X the speed.

@quichris6432 2 года назад

Not working for me, maybe the bad file system caused cloning failed, but I achieved with aomei partition assistant, I think it is probably a better one.

@gopihanwal5265 2 года назад

Really AOMIe is good? Or are you sponsered fron the company 😅,JK, tell me brother Aomie or mini tool partition?

@Republic3D 6 лет назад

When you clone the drive, does the target drive get the drive letter from the source drive? Is the new cloned drive going to be C:?

@NBWDOUGHBOY 4 года назад

New cloned drive going to be. Well the Partition it going to be C: if you have a larger hard drive

@RiiichFernandez 4 года назад

Followed the steps. Was successful at transfering all windows and personal files to new SSD drive, but I needed to make a windows reinstall from the SSD (keeping all existing files). I can say the steps still worked. I'm using my laptop from my new SSD now.

@vanman118 4 года назад

Super helpful. Didn't know this was possible, you saved me an evening of resetting my PC. Thanks!

@OOzd95 3 года назад

Hands down the best guide I've ever seen on anywhere ever! You both should do so much more than install guides. I think you should do some Udemy courses for a subject you are particularly good at. You have a knack for teaching! Subbed.

@squeezybob84 5 лет назад

Anyone else think that 960 evo looks like a pack of sat on Rolos?

@LtBossk 3 года назад

Followed the instructions with the SSD EVO plus and worked perfectly. Thankyou!

@Oluwasedago 2 года назад

Thank you very much! this worked for me after searching everywhere and trying so many softwares.

@ForestKorok_ 6 лет назад

This worked wonders. Thank you so much!

@soloidc 6 лет назад

Hey is it ok for you to help me? It would be appreciative

@GrizzlyAdams59 5 лет назад

Thanks for the informative video, here is what I had to say to Macrium: I had been looking for alternative disc clone software after my Easeus licence was rejected after 1 use... Watched PCGamesN on youtube talking of your software... grabbed it, LOVE IT! Thank you all so much for a brilliant piece of software that was fast, faultless, and best of all... FREE! (Ohh and the HP envy Win10 Drive I cloned to SSD now boots in around 10 seconds instead of 2 minutes)!

@RitvikivtiR 4 года назад

Im getting a new ssd and this one was really helpful, y'all explained really politely, subbed :)

@premium_chicken_nuggy 3 года назад

What he said :)

@adambbbbbbbbbbbbb 3 года назад

thanks! made this whole process much easier than it originally seemed.

@linx285 6 лет назад

When I installed my win10 as usual I just make a 40gb partition on my 750gb HDD. Do I get this right I can just clone this 40Gb boot partition on my new SSD of 575GB and not the remaining part of my 750gb storage? (since I only want to put windows on the ssd and then reinstall some games on it)

@episke7995 4 года назад

Thanks, the application you recommended did not clone my C: drive right and bricked it. Having to do a fresh install of windows now :/ Edit: I was able to clone my HDD a second time and it worked. The program might not have worked correctly the first time. Thank god

@haydonkalm5407 Год назад

Thanks, excellent video. I just installed a new SSD on my friends PC to replace his HDD. Just one thing to help others avoid 2 hours of wondering why the PC isn't booting -- make sure all other SATA ports beside the new drive are not being used. My friend had a Disc drive that was using a SATA port and caused the PC to not boot with the new drive. Once I unplugged it, it booted right up.

@scott5322 3 года назад

Omg the Rapture wallpaper. I used to rock that a few years ago, looks so good.

@learei4642 4 года назад

So I cloned it and I took out my hard drive, and it didnt boot to windows, I went to bios, i checked to make sure it was the boot drive, and then i plugged my hard drive back in, and it booted to windows, I really want to avoid resetting my PC, please help

@tudorpaun8330 5 лет назад

the NTFS primary bar is red and it gives my errors when i clone?

@ruckarucka5374 4 года назад

same for me, now i cant access my ssd , what was your solution?

@Antman272 4 года назад

I’m having the same issue

@ruckarucka5374 4 года назад

ReigningAnt TTV hi I managed to fix mine after some fiddling you should be able to re format the ssd When you installed the ssd you probably formatted it and doing the same again should fix it

@fragalot 4 года назад

The data size you're trying to copy is too large for the destination drive. You need to uninstall stuff, or delete files so it fits on the new drive.

@PBALLERAZ 3 года назад

This is a very good guide. Good job guys

@ignatiusreilly8280 2 года назад

I tried cloning with Acronis, it wouldn't boot for me, but this WORKED! Thanks for showing how to do this with Macrium!

@vildmer 4 года назад

After alot of tries, it seems like i have to factory reset my pc to then choose my ssd as boot drive because just cloning didn’t seem work to make my ssd bootable

@suvendughosh2673 5 лет назад

That assistant is like having a Hollywood hunky at your side

@mikewaters6339 3 года назад

worked the first time and very happy. thanks for this video.

@MOKETRADE 3 года назад

Just want to give my thanks. My ex bought my son a gaming PC and when I played around with it, I was amazed at how everything was so slow with the 2TB Seagate SATA HDD it came with. To give an idea of how bad his brand new Dell G5 5000 was, the HDD was maxed at 100% in perf monitor for 10-15 minutes after booting, while waiting for the system to fully load. I don't understand how Dell could sell such an unusable PC in 2021. I just followed this cloning process with an Adata XPG M2 SSD that I bought from Amazon. The entire process from installing Macrium Reflect to cloning the data took about 2 hrs. His PC feels like a gaming PC now. Thank you guys so much!

@MOKETRADE 3 года назад

I don't normally keep an eye out for tech videos but liked and subscribed to you guys regardless. Thanks again.

@jordmangaming6990 4 года назад

this program made my SSD unavailable to open or do anything with. any help would be appreciated

@kozkiroify 3 года назад

Same here, I have no idea what to do

@joeworpole2295 7 лет назад

God this would have been useful before I wiped my pc, haha

@jaxonmyren7451 5 лет назад

Joe Worpole how do u wipe ur pc

@Wilkotheminer 5 лет назад

@@jaxonmyren7451 on windows go into settings, type reset this pc, get started, choose either to remove everything or keep some personal files , next and reset. note it may take 30 minutes to a few hours to do. good day!

@bryanswaggbeast8194 5 лет назад

@@Wilkotheminer hes just being sarcastic lol

@krishnabaro532 5 лет назад

@@bryanswaggbeast8194 he gave an honest reply to a sarcasm. He's a Gandhi lol

@neotwr 5 лет назад

@@krishnabaro532 he's zeus

@ralfeguia8792 2 года назад

I followed step by step and it worked! Thank you very much.

@ravells 3 года назад

Really helpful thank you! Followed your video on upgrading my GPU and it worked like a dream for a novice like me.

@i-know-alice3874 5 лет назад

Same thing for a m.2 ssd? Never mind I see you did mention it. Thanks for the help. This video is great

@TyryanosaurusRex 5 лет назад

I am getting a gray screen with a cursor that disappears until moved when I boot up my PC with the SSD after doing all the steps shown. Help please!

@muhnameyeff6353 4 года назад

same

@goodgaminggab6496 4 года назад

@@muhnameyeff6353 did you figure it out?

@humanbleach2616 Год назад

Just used this video in 2022 for my Asus laptop (HDD --> SDD). Had no issues following these steps 5 years later.

@alex_gibson 3 года назад

By chance I actually bought the crucial ssd before watching and am excited to try this out!

@tawn248 2 года назад

I would not ever reccomend using Macrium. It bricked my pc. I followed all the directions. The clone completed 100% successfully, I went into BIOS and made my computer boot from the new ssd. Everything was working fine, I booted and restarted several times. I then decide it is safe to format my old hard drive for more storage. After doing that I restart my pc again to confirm. Sends me to recovery and won't let me do anything. I disconnected my new ssd and left my old hard drive connected to make sure that I didn't format the wrong drive. Turns out I formatted the correct drive because my old hard drive is empty. My only guess is that the Macrium software failed to clone all of my system files correctly. Which resulted in me losing all of my data. Sucks that I have to run a new copy of windows.

@elizabethanges5469 3 года назад

Just curious. If I clone my HDD to the new SDD, and disconnect the HDD, when I restart the computer, will it automatically know to boot from the SDD, or do I need to set that boot priority in the BIOS setup on restart?

@AnasHart 3 года назад

If there's no other drives that have higher priority, then it should boot from the SSD, but its very easy to change boot priority from BIOS anyways!

@adamwayne487 3 года назад

was also thinking about that

@louiefriesen 4 года назад

Thank you so much! This worked for transferring my files from a SATA SSD to a NVMe SSD.

@Blackout987 2 года назад

This was quite helpful. My drive cloning of about 120gb only took about 7 minutes which was surprising.

@clumsy124 5 лет назад

Help, I did exactly like you said, the cloning was a success until I went to boot. I get a black screen after the windows 10 logo appears during boot. Then I only see my cursor in the darkness with the loading blue circle next to it and nothing happens. help

@muhnameyeff6353 4 года назад

same