“what are the steps to clone/mirror this as my new system disk (C drive) within windows 10? I don't want to have to install all the programs again. just want a perfect mirror and then make it a bootable disk (then get rid of old disk).”
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THANKS FOR THE COMMENTS. I tried a lot of different cloneware software and the only 2 I found that would do a FULL CLONE without paying for the full version was DISKGENIUS and MACRIUM REFLECT. I was able to get a FULL CLONE with disk genius. for some reason, I always got a ERROR 9 while cloning at the 32 percent level when using MACRIUM REFLECT. I think CloneZILLA (FREE VERSION) will also do a full clone without paying. but, it's not a windows based program. you have to load it from a bootable CD or usb drive (which you have to create) when you turn the computer one.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.I've personally used Macrium Reflect. But the free version might not let you clone, I dont remember. As an alternative, I also clone via an external drive docking station (Startech, Sabrent, Orico, etc.). These sometimes have 2 modes. 1 is with you connected to the dock with your computer, and the new drive inserted into the dock. The other is without connecting to your conputer. Just put the drive you're copying from as the master drive, and the one you want to copy to as the slave drive. The dock itself will have the designated positions, or they will be listed in documentation for your device. Mine is an inateck dock, but about any will do. 1a. Make sure the new drive you have is of equal or greater size than your current one 1b. Format your new drive, especially if it is of a greater size (this way you do not need to expand your partition later, by default I think it will copy the whole partition from the old drive, meaning if your new one is 1tb, and this old one is 500gb then it will create a partition of 500gb onto the 1tb leaving 500gb unavailable until you increase the partition's size to 1tb) 1c. Formatting it is easy, connect the drive to a computer and when Windows finds it, right-click and then select format (quick is fine). Select NTFS, choose GPT or MBR if it asks. GPT is likely the better option. 1d. As a precaution, power off your computer or/and the drive 2. Put a drive into drive bay A (Master) and the new drive into Drive bay B (Slave) A copies to B 3. Press the button to initiate the cloning 4. Wait, probably 30 minutes or a bit longer, tour dock should show you what progress is reached. Mine has 4 LED lights, which are quarters finished. 5. Once finished, put the new drive into your computer and power on the computer.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.I tried to clone it with my PC but I keep getting a blue screen. I tried it by attaching the drive as a second drive on my PC that didn't work. I tried it with my imaging software with the SSD attached externally, but that didn't work either. I used Lazesoft Disk Image & Clone software. So, I ended up reinstalling Windows on the SSD drive. I don't think it will be a problem with cloning SSD with another SSD.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.macrium reflect didn't work. I got an ERROR 9 about 33 percent in. the only other software I could find that would do a full clone without charging me was DISK GENIUS (actually, clonezilla is the only other FREE option I have yet to try). but DISK GENIUS SORT OF worked. it did the full clone fine (took about 5 hours). but when I made this new SSD my boot drive (in bios) and tried to boot to it, I get an error, UNABLE TO LOAD WINDLOAD. EXE. so now I gotta try and find a copy of winload.exe for win 10 and copy it into the correct folder on the new SSD and then try booting again. I hope it works.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.UPDATE: well, thought I had a 500GB hard drive. but I just stuck it into my desktop (windows 10) (as the slave drive) and booted up (getting ready to do the image). but the disk doesn't show as 500GB. it only shows as 464 GB (in windows 10 disk manager and in macrium reflect). any idea on how to fix this? I am assume the 500GB is there somewhere.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Use a cloning software, like Macrium reflect (that's what I used). It's easy, free, and there are tutorials on youtube for it.
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