Just a note, the clone feature is behind a paywall if your disk is GPT instead of MBR. There is no work around, confirmed on their forum. So this will only work if both of your disks are MBR, so no partition over 2TB. Might be an issue for you, might not. But if by any change your disk is GPT you are stuck and this won't work for you.
This is not a good process if your new disk has more space than the previous one because the cloning process will allocate the exact same amount of space as your existing disk. The other space will stay unallocated and to edit the partition size you need the pro version of this tool.
What an amazing tutorial. First I was very excited to get my ssd, then I had complications finding a good tutorial, finally I found yours and I’m on my way to smooth booting! I hope your food is warm and your pillows are cold friend.
Wanted to let anyone trying this out know if it doesn't work, you may have incompatibility issues. Since there are two different partition styles, where you might have to change it, they are GPT and MBR. Meaning your main drive's partition style has to be the same as the one you're cloning it to. So you'll have to change it through the windows command prompt by clicking the search box next to START and type in diskpart and run it till the black box appears. Now type in: list disk, and select the correct new drive that you want to be the new boot drive. By typing in for example: select disk 1. Afterwards type: clean. Once successfully you'll lastly just type in convert to either GPT or MBR, for mine I had to type in: convert gpt. Hope this helps anyone, if not it'll help guide you.
Currently cloning everything over now! I love how concise yet informative this is. It hits every point and shows clearly how to do it. I also like that you show you are using an M.2 drive and not a SETA cable, because looking at other videos, it’s a completely different process doing it that way. Keep up the awesome work!
Can i do the same from ssd to nvme? I want to transfer everything from the ssd that includes windows to the nvme. Also should i first allocate the nvme?
This answered all my questions other people were making it very confusing you were very straight forward and got to the point quick thanks earned a sub.
I wish more creators respected our time like you did here. Thank you. I hate sitting through minutes of fluff and people rambling about stuff that is unnecessary or extremely over complicated just for the sale of making a long video they can throw more ads on.
Thank you very much, I built my pc with a sata drive, and now just got an nvme m.2, with double the capacity, I didn't really know what to search on RU-vid to actually find a tutorial on, but this fit the description of what I wanted to do, The tutorial was incredibly useful, and the little things are what shows that you know what you are doing, so it makes me feel confident that you didn't just get me to install a virus/trojan/malware under the cover of "moving windows from a hard drive to an SSD" things like; showing how to open the bios, not trying to get everyone to buy something, clicking the box to make sure we don't have to sign up and just keeping this under 5 minutes (thanks for not trying to make this a 10 min vid just to get it monetized.
also, I don't know if it is just me, but I just noticed that when you move the AOMEI tab, it has a lot of latency, so you can shake it and let go of your mouse and watch it move Yeah, I don't know how to describe it.
Can’t thank you enough for this easy to follow and simple tutorial!! I was so worried because someone told me I flat out couldn’t move windows over so thanks for proving them wrong! My PC boots MUCH faster now! 😃
Wow, so easy and simple. Thank-you! I was running out of space on an older SSD and wanted to simply get a new, larger SSD. I did the swap and worked perfectly just like you said. AND.... your video was short, to the point and clear to understand. So much better than starting a fresh. Thanks!
Instructions were clear and very simple to follow. I was able to get 6.3 running without a paywall and now my computer boots up lighting fast then before. Really appreciate the help.
Best tutorial on youtube! Short and simple. I encountered some trouble as my SSD newly installed showed MBR type while my hdd was GPT type. However after refreshing everything they were both GPT and I transferred everything. Changed the boot sequence and it worked PERFECTLY! My computer is SOO much faster now.
For anyone stuck at the “Upgrade to pro”, make sure the drives are both configured to GPT to continue. To do this: Right click on Command prompt and click “Run as administrator”. type “diskpart” > “list disk” > “select disk (#)” > “clean” > and finally “convert gpt”.
the main drive and destination drive are both gpt but it still wont clone. I tried converting them to mbr but the main disk could not. Do you know what to do?
@@james.briley (Cited) The format used to define the hard disk partitions in computer. Theres two formats, GPT and MBR. GPT is more modern and basically replaces MBR, which is why you have to convert it to work properly with the cloning software.
I've put this off for the last 5 or so years. I had no Idea it was this easy! Something to note is AOMEI's site doesnt seem to load 6.3 ( probably because they know people are using that one instead ) but 6.0 worked fine
I installed 6.3 and faced the problem of the paywall even after changing both discs to GPT. The solution for me was to install version 4.0.5 and did the clone perfectly. I took about 4 hours to move 200Gb.
This seems pretty simple. My brother got me an SSD last chistmas and said he would install it, then procrastinated and said it was complex and tricky to convert windows over to the SSD, and has yet to do so. Upon watching this video I am pretty sure I could figure it out possibly.
Update: Link in description doesn't work anymore. Couldn't find version 6.3 on the website but found an installer elsewhere. I'm not sure when/why it changed, but the clone function is still paywalled (even though it *says* it isn't). Newer version is paywalled as well.
Hi Roo Tech. I wish I'd found this last week, before I installed my new M.2 Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB SSD into my new MSI A520M-A Pro Mobo. Could have saved myself a lot of work, but That's Life. Russ. UK.
Thank you tons for the quick and straightforeward tutorial, im getting an ssd in the mail soon and i wanted to move the operating system over without a hassle and so far you are the only person to make a tutorial thats quick and straight to the point
Seems like it doesn't work anymore. When I click on start clone on the final step, the pop up window shows up and there is no other option than upgrade the program, I cannot skip it.
I tried 6.3 like he said in the video, and still a pay wall. will uninstall, reboot, and install 5.3 and see if that works. If only that company would have a fair price for this ONE function (clone) that we need one time, I would buy it. Also if you look online there are TONS of complaints about people who paid the $50, getting charged in a year automatically for $105 and having an impossible time getting it turned off. What a shame, if this company was honest and just charged a fair price for the clone option, it would be worth it.
ok, update, I think you meant 6.3, as there is no 5.3 on the link he provided. Also, 6.3 is about the oldest version (based on date) that would support windows 11. With that being said, I believe they have replaced the 6.3 version that used to be there with one that has a pay wall now. I unchecked everything during the install, yet it still wants to sell me on the Pro version. Does anyone have a download of the 6.3 that is referenced in this video? Clearly they have gotten wind of this and have put the pay walls up in the 6.3 now unfortunately.
it seems that they've updated their website and wont allow for version 6.3 to be downloaded. I clicked older versions and it goes back to 7.1.2 from March 2023 :(
Have you had any problems? and what if I just wanted windows to be switched to the ssd I don’t care about anything else. Could I possibly click that option that says system clone?
Behind paywall if your disk is GPT instead of MBR. There is no work around, confirmed on their forum. So this will only work if both of your disks are MBR, so no partition over 2TB. Might be an issue for you, might not. But if by any change your disk is GPT you are stuck and should search in another place.
Damnit this is so frustrating. I've spent all my money to upgrade my hd to an ssd, then it arrived without any cords so I had to go out and buy them, and now every free software won't work. This seriously shouldn't be so difficult.
@@PhilosoFeed depending on the size of your ssd and if you don't care for partitions over 2 TB, then you can convert it to MBR and it should work (if your HHD is already MBR, which it should tbh). As for the cables, no idea why people buy SATA SSDs, the speed is around 500MB/s, you can get 2000MB/s (for low spec) up to 7000MB/s for M2 SSDs.
@@alext8406 I have a Lenovo ThinkCentre M93p, so this upgrade should be plenty for me. I just want a bit more loading speed for basic tasks. Can you explain what you mean by converting to mbr? I actually don't care about any of the data on hdd, just want windows to boot from my ssd and don't have the install key.
@@PhilosoFeed in “disk management” it should show All of your hard drives and their partitions. When you install a new SSD it should pop up in this disk management and ask to install it with either MBR or EPT. That’s what he is talking about. MBR is older and like this guy was saying, it can’t process partitions over 2TB. So if you have a 2TB SSD you won’t be able to use MBR on the SSD. You have to use EPT. And you need both your hard drive and your SSD to be MBR for this method shown in the video to work. It’s hard to explain or understand, I barely get it. I don’t really know what MBR or EPT do or what they mean, but I know they have to be the same for you to easily clone your shit over!
This worked great, only hiccup is the link in description is outdated and doesn’t work properly anymore. Just had to find aomei 6.3 elsewhere and then continue the tutorial.
Hi roo and everyone ...i get a message. Saying ....the size of the partition on the destination disk remains unchanged by default ...to add unallocated space to all partitions click edit disk..what do I do or how do I do that?
@@jakesternad6675 you have to go to disk management in your windows settings. And my HDD is MDR not GPT, so I had to change my SSD to MDR to match my HDD. That’s basically what this comment is saying, if your original hard drive is MDR choose that. If your original hard drive is GPT, make sure your new SSD is GPT as well.
Thanks ! Feb 4, 2024 still works! People don't comment first, look for the 6.3 version and follow his steps, don't be dumb! Internet is free to search!
@@oskarw3027 Unfortunately, I went ahead and bought a bigger nvme. If you want to install windows fresh on a new drive, you can always do that; but you can't clone a drive that's got 1tb to a drive that's got 500gb. Best solution there is to either get a bigger drive and clone that way, or go the long way and manually move your files.
@@warrenreilly3948 If you're really desperate and willing to take the time, you could install windows onto the HDD - SSD you want using the windows media creation tool. However this is an inconvenient method as it will only create a new install of windows. No drivers or files will be transfered. Once complete you'll have to manually transfered the desired files and re install drivers. This basically means any games or programs you had that had registry files won't be able to locate those either.
@@warrenreilly3948 perhaps try uninstalling. Disconnect your internet connection. Then reinstall and proceed with the explained process in the tutorial. ?
@@brianheskin1654 I downloaded 6.3, and followed the instructions. Tried your method of disconnecting the internet connection before reinstalling the program, just to see if that would bypass it, but it would still ask me to upgrade.
@@hcapistran perhaps you'll be able to find an archived version somewhere online before the paywall was added. Be careful downloading any sort of files from anywhere other than the developers website.
Jesus. Glad I found this video. I was trying to follow this super complex unclear long ass guide on how to do this downloading several programs and using a flash drive.
Thanks! I saw other videos but they looked hard and complicated and didn't really explain everything well. Yours was the fastest and easiest and it just works!
IS there a way to transfer just my OS on my hdd to ssd without cloning the whole drive? Im still going to use my hdd as a backup storage for my stuffs.
Exactly… I migrated everything and now I can’t use both correctly. The SSD won’t come up in the BIOS and it will only boot to my larger disk drive, not my SSD:/
@@Kidnampa I spent 4 hours trying to figure out my problem and the reason my second drive wasn't showing was because I finally noticed it said it needed a driver update but it had the most updated driver. I was about to throw my computer out the window.
@@deanfrederick2838 lmao finally. In my case my pc cant set my SSD as boot prio for some reason always wanting to boot on my HDD. So i just installed a fresh windows on my SSD, unplug my HDD then plug it backed onced ive set my SSD to boot prio and then formatted my HDD. I spent almost 5 hrs repeating the cloning process 😂
Have u figured it out, I wanna add an nvme ssd to my pc a While keeping my 1tb hdd for extra storage and my windows came with my hdd so idk how to reinstall to ssd
Thank you very much for this helpful guide. The instructions can be easily followed even if you have limited knowledge with computers. Specific and substantial. Thumbs up!
Hi i have msi mag b550 bazooka motherboard, i followed your steps but the m.2 ssd isn't detected in boot priority. Please help, i use 980 evo samsung m.2 nvme ssd 500gb
This is super fast and helpful! Is there a way to do this without cloning all of the other files (like all the games and photos and videos etc. on the original HDD) I essentially just want to move Windows to the SSD but still use the HDD for storage
Fellas, if you do this and your SSD shows the size of the disk your merged from, check disk management and see if this extra space is now allocated and sort it out from there. Happened to me, but easy to fix so don't stress if you find yourself in this situation
@@isakgoodnoe yeah cant even find the 6.3 version on the link left above either, no more free ): , but still da best guide by far i can find on youtube.
Thank you sir, basically preparing myself to do this when I get off work today and seeing your video was definitely a lot easier than the other videos. Follower++
This is not a good process if your new disk has more space than the previous one because the cloning process will allocate the exact same amount of space as your existing disk. The other space will stay unallocated and to edit the partition size you need the pro version of this tool.
Good video, this tool is amazing! I failed with other tools for many times until I try this one, and by the way it is AOMEI not AEOMI in your description.
when I go to download from the link you provided, Malwarebytes give me a warning: Website blocked due to trojan We strongly recommend you do not continue What's up with that?
for anyone getting a popup ad that won't let you clone the disk: you need to use diskpart to wipe the drive completely before you start cloning. otherwise the paywall comes up because it's saying that if you want to clean the drive first, that's part of the paid package.
@@kienbenedictperea2879 i found out, i had to do a clean reinstall with a Windows build i had on a USB drive. It’s the only way because it can’t boot when the SSD is corrupted.
@@SYNC13 i found out, i had to do a clean reinstall with a Windows build i had on a USB drive. It’s the only way because it can’t boot when the SSD is corrupted.
