How To Clone Hard Drive Or SSD Using Macrium Reflect FREE

How To Clone Hard Drive Or SSD Using Macrium Reflect FREE

[desertgecko]

1:43 The new storage _does not_ have to be larger than the original device! Drag and drop the small partitions into the new drive, then when you drag and drop the largest partition, Macrium will resize it according to the space you have left. Last night I cloned a 250GB HDD to a 240GB SSD. I might note that the HDD had only ~40GB used, and this wouldn't work if the source drive has more data than the size of the destination drive, but you can easily clone a larger drive to a smaller drive.

Why, then, am I watching YT vids about Macrium? Because it left an entry for Macrium in the boot manager, a recovery option I think. Out of curiosity I selected it on my second reboot and it apparently messed with the cloned drive's boot sector. I cannot boot to the clone.

[Benji-Lindz]

I have now used your video to clone two drives. This video is fantastic. Thank you so much!!

[YakovGYP]

Good video, I'll have to test out that application myself since I do have to sometimes migrate an OS from one drive to another.

[Duran]

The fact you missed a crucial step to first partition/format the new drive is a problem. Made me and plenty others start over because of this.

[keijosandvik]

Thanks for your time efficient vid. Very useful. My only criticism is that you did not address partition resizing when cloning to a larger drive. I had to find another video for that and then redo the entire process. No biggie though. All done now.

[finnthehuman]

How do I avoid Macrium splitting my new SSD into 4 partitions when cloning windows? It's splitting the drive into a D, an E (Which is the windows install along with all other files on the old drive), a Recovery Partition and an Unallocated partition. I just need to know how to properly resize the partition when cloning. Thanks, bud!

[smyahoosm]

Completely free and perfect app. Worked as intended in cloning 500 gb hdd to 500 gb ssd

[shadowAOD]

Is there any particular reason why my cloned drive split into 2 letter drives? one named drive the other boot, did I only have to clone ntfs primary(the bigger size chunk that holds, data, program etc) or did I have to copy the fat32 with it in a particular way?

[lce_Poseidon]

so is it safe to delete the original clone after the process is complete

[josephbenson]

I am intend to clone from an aging hard drive to an unformatted SSD. Will Macrium format the SSD automatically? Or do I need to format it first?

[Mrgamezombie]

Could I remove my old hard drive once I cloned it to my new one?

[jalejo]

Thank you Brother. This really helped. God Bless you man!

[Len_J_]

What cable did you use to clone the HDD to SSD. You said external adapter but how do I know what to buy/which cable?

[sandvichenjoyer]

Can I transfer my stuff from the hdd if the ssd is already installed inside the pc?

[DereckR]

what i want to clone my 500gb m.2 to a 1tb ssd gen4. can i still have the reset of the storage of the 1tb m.2?

[muhammedmetwaly]

Hi, i just got (clone competed) but I can’t see any files on the new SSD no files has been moved . Any help ?

[solosick]

So after your done coping to the ssd can you delete everything on your hard drive so everything will run off your ssd??? Please let me know

[melvzzz]

after backing up the system image do you guys have the same note file "Reflect_Install" plus a flie named "boot" that has another note file named "SearchPaths" can those files be deleted? thanks for your answers ☺️

[MrJohnnyIbarra]

if I replace my original C: with a bigger size ssd "clone", will it always be named "D:" (any other letter) or after just using this new one it will turn to "c:"?

[anigarzat]

Hi, I follow instructions to clone a SDD 128 (c:) to SSD 512 (e:); now I can see it cloned everything perfectly, but now I see e: as just 128 instead of 512. How can I see the extra space in my ssd 512 drive? thanks, -Ana