[Tutorial] Cloning an SSD with Acronis True Image
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- Опубліковано 3 сер 2024
- Today we have a little tutorial on how to clone a Solid State Drive (SSD) using Acronis True Image. I did this with going from a 500GB NVMe ssd to a 1TB NVMe ssd. (This can also be done with a Hard Disk Drive or HDD)
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After I pussy fussy around with so many tutorials, blogs, confused, and frustrated. I came across with this unique video, and it did really help a lot, the rest was just common sense. Scuappy made it so easy to comprehend , no discombobulated explanations, pretty straight forward.👍
I didn't know what to expect from the preview of your comment, but then I read the straightforward response. Thank you :-) and of course don't forget to subscribe ;-)
@@ScuappysDroneVideos1 done deal:)
This guy actually answers every question in the comment section. This guy is rare. Your channel will be booming with subs soon
Thank you, I try to as best as I can.
Randomly clicked on this video looking for a guide to do this and noticed your shirt and realized that not only do i own the shirt but was also wearing it... so random. good vid though. I saw the shirt and said yeah im gonna sub haha
What a coincidence! Thanks!
I spent 3 days after work trying to clone following the guide I was given by the site I got the ssd from. Turns out this video right here is exactly what I should have been doing 3 days ago lol
Gotta say a huge thanks for this vid as this has now saved me time and my weekend lol
Yay for saving the weekend! Glad I could help, don't forget to subscribe!
Good video, very clear on what you're saying. I knew how to do this but haven't done this in years. Just needed confirmation for confidence. Thanks :)
I appreciate the kind words! :-)
Thanks Scuappy!! This video was the missing piece! Just successfully cloned a new 1TB NVME drive to replace the old 128GB NVME drive that was bursting at the seems, worked perfectly!!
Awesome, glad it worked!
This was very helpful when I cloned my old SSD to a larger one. The only additional thing I had to do was initialize the new SSD before cloning and give it a drive letter after cloning to be able to boot from it.
That is awesome to hear, glad it helped!
I will do manual partitioning, as my source HDD is a bit smaller than the destination SSD. Will the cloning software automatically initialize the new destination SSD, or is this something I have to do beforehand?
That depends on the SSD manufacturer
I think Acronis will do the initializing during the cloning process.
@@ScuappysDroneVideos1 I've got a Crucial MX500.
Very Helpful. If you are running out of room in your C drive, you need to have 3.5GB free to install Acronis, and get the ball rolling. Otherwise, the swap went swimmingly. Thanks!
Thanks!
such a helpfull video!!!! thanks i really needed this since ive never cloned any oftware from one drive to another but thanks😁 works may 2021!!!!
Awesome to hear, thank you for watching and don't forget to subscribe
Thanks for the video , very helpful thanks , I notice you take the time to reply to all the comments , not like some you tubers who can't be bothered, Take care
I find it a good thing to respond, but I almost though of not responding as a joke. Thanks for watching, and don't forget to subscribe if you haven't already!
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thank you so much, this helps a lot
No problem!
Thank you soo!!! Much Man!!! You have save me time and you saved me from my problems Thanks again !!!
No problem!
Thank you!
Good work my friend...now if I can only remember where I turn this thing on.
Oh yes, there it is...
Nice, and thank you
Hey crang, good video, it is helpful, thanks there for.
Your name is Crang?
Thanks, and lol my name is Kraig
That wife will become my computer, you almost said it !!!! great video just installed 2TB SN580's dives with the use of this video.
But bro, too many dabs before, eh? lol XD Thank you !
Thanks! And yes I almost said it.
Thanks for the excellent video. Can you answer a few quick questions? I will be doing the cloning with Acronis 2021 as well. I am replacing my 120 gig SSD with w 2T SSD.
1. Do I have to have to format the new drive first before I do the cloning or will Acronis format it as part of the clone process?
2. Do I have to make any changes to the BIOS?
Thanks ahead of time. I subscribed.
Thanks for watching! Acronis should do the formatting and the only thing you would need to do in the bios is change which drive you are booting from (if you are leaving both drives in
@@ScuappysDroneVideos1 THANKS!!
When target of the cloning is larger than the source, Acronis creates Unallocated partition which is not adjacent main user partition. So it is necessary to use Acronis disk director to merge these 2 partitions. Let’s provide step by step instructions for that
I realized that afterward, and have not had an opportunity to make a new video about it
I need to purchase a 2 TB SSD to have on hand for the next HDD crash. Would you go with Crucial MX500 or Western Digital Blue? I need to decide between these two.
1 thing i didn't understand how to make those 2 little recovery partitions in the new(destinatio)hdd or ssd
Wow this is nice video❤️ but i have question, if i want to clone my SSD storage from 512gb to 1tb, should i buy a enclosure m.2 nvme ?? Or maybe i just only plug and cloning ?
I just plugged in and cloned
@@ScuappysDroneVideos1 Does that mean your motherboard can take more than one nvme ssd? Otherwise I don't see how you can plug it in without an enclosure or adapter or something.
@@ralphwatson7036 yes mine does have 2 NVMe slots. You should also be able to use an NVMe enclosure as well
Craig, one major item not mentioned was where did you hook up the new drive to make the clone? I am about to do the same (500GB m.2 to 1TB m.2), but I only have one m.2 slot in my PC.
Also, I have seen a couple of videos where they have Acronis, but they make a bootable drive on a USB drive, and then boot to that USB by changing the boot options in BIOS. Is one method better than the other? And finally, if I use the automatic option, won't the new drive show up as 1TB? If not, how would I re-size the partitions? Thanks for the video.
Your method should work, and I believe Acronis will resize the partition to the new 1tb size
i have a few questions
1. is there a options to let me choose to copy only os to new ssd and keep others personal files and apps in my old hdd? If there have this option is that available in free version of Acronis True Image?
2. Once i migrate the os is,that ok to keep the os in the old hdd and just leave it as a storage without format it?
1 I'm not sure that there is in the free version. 2 yes you can
Thanks for the video bro, I used this abt 10yrs ago, but if I may ask how do I get the acronic software?
There is a link to buy the software in the video description ;-) but if you need it, here you go:
Link to buy Acronis True Image: amzn.to/3ijZKst
Thanks very much bro
No prob, and if I helped you out, don't forget to subscribe! :-)
Hey dude love the video but I have one question. I added an ssd to my laptop and cloned my hard drive to my ssd but I want to keep my hard drive in my system for unimportant documents and some other stuff but Acronis doesn’t have an option for that and now I don’t know what to do because I want to remove the hard drive
check ur ssd manufacturer's site...i got a free acronic software from Crucial site
Once you cloned your source drive, can you still use that source on your computer while having the cloned drive in it? For example I have an SSD but i’m cloning it so I can put the data on my 2TB hard drive.
Yes you can!
@@ScuappysDroneVideos1 alr thx
Is the target drive inside your computer? Can you perform the same task if the NVMe is inside an enclosure connected to the computer via USB 3.0 or USB C.
Yes, and you should be able to.
I have Acronis 2021. Can I use this Clone Disk to clone a new PC? How do they connect/communicate with one another to make the transfer?
Yes you can, you have to have both drives hooked up to the computer for it to be able to clone
I’ve moved three of my family members from a regular HD to an SSD and each time used the free miniTool partition to mirror the drive product and it took about 5-10 minutes for a 500GB. I’m now trying a clone using Acronis and it’s telling me it will take 19h for a 250GB drive? Am I missing something? Is there a difference in cloning vs mirroring?
Most of the time it will estimate high while it is scanning all of the data, just keep an eye on it, as the time will probably go down.
so, how do I do this on my MacPro?
they have a MacOS version too!
my destination hard drive have a windows 7 installed and other programmes. do I need to format this hard drive befor cloning.
I always suggest it
2 Quick questions:
1/ If I am cloning a 1 TB HDD to a 500 GB SDD do I choose proportional or manual?
2/ In other videos they stated that the new drive should be internal and the old drive external, otherwise the new drive will not be bootable. Can you clarify for me? Thank-you
1. Proportional 2. I did both of mine internal honestly
Thank-you. Great video and excellent response time.
@@kirkbennett2210 no prob, glad I could help
I have an HP Omen and only have one m.2 nvme slot. How do I go from a OEM 256GB to a WD Black 1TB when I only have one slot? Do I need an external enclosure or can I use the backup and recovery process in Acronis?
You may need an external enclosure or a PCI-express adapter for the 2nd drive. Or of you have a sacrificial sata drive to use as an in between. For example 256gb to sacrificia sata drive, then to wd black 1tb.
@@ScuappysDroneVideos1 BTW, Awesome video! Very informative. Well done!
Thank you! Check out some of my other videos too!
Hey, I have a question:
I have a 128GB ssd in which OS is running and I want to upgrade to 500GB SSD but I have a laptop with only one slot of SSD , can I make a copy of my 128GB into any external HDD? and then clone the data from HDD to new SSD ? with Acronis?
please do let me know thank you
Yes you can do that.
Hello, thank you for the thoughtful video! I was able to follow it & clone a new bigger hard drive. I am more of a software person by nature so I am really grateful for this video!
Would you be willing to try & assist me with an issue I’m running into? I cloned my main C drive with Windows, maming it bootable, switched out the SSD’s after, then played some games, but notice that my Windows now completely locks up after sitting idle for a little bit. I did run sfc /scannow in CMD, which found some corrupted Windows files & repaired, Windows update says I’m up to date, & Acronis is showing no issues with the new SSD. I went from 512 GB Western Digital Blue to 2TB Western Digital Black SN850x, & I’m running Windows 11. There were thermal pads behind the old SSD that I maintained in place behind the new. My rig is an MSI Raider 75. I unseated & reseated my 32gigs of ram back into place.
Thank you for any thoughts you can provide!
Hi I have a hdd which I used to run windows and an external ssd for my apps, data, games, etc. I bought an nvme and downloaded windows 10 onto it.
So if possible I would like my computer to have all the programas and settings it used to but use the new nvme so what should I do?
When I boot up the nvme while the external ssd for storage is attached it obviously doesn't have the same layout so is my request possible?
Boot into your original boot drive, but still have your name installed too, install Acronis True Image on the old drive. And then follow my video from there. You will clone from old to new
@@ScuappysDroneVideos1 Thank you for the swift reply so for some reason when I start my computer I get the message "windows failed to restart due to a recent hardware or software update..." do you know how I can fix this?
I'm sorry, but I don't.
@@ScuappysDroneVideos1 no worries after much tweaking I was able to make it work! Quick question I created a windows downloader on my external storage device, can I have other stuff in there or will my pc not read it if I ever want to download windows onto a new ssd?
I don't know for sure, I say try it, and if it works great. If it doesn't work, remake the drive
I did it in the automatic mode because I had no partitions on the SSD and was cloning to M.2, but afterwards it says it could not boot to the M.2 drive so I'm stuck. I have also left my other drives in there but I did unplug the one I cloned from. My M.2 drive is a Samsung 980 NVMe M.2 by the way.
You may need to replug in your old drive to boot, and make sure you select the option for the bootable partition too
Hey i have the exact same problem did you manage to find a solution?
Hey dude love the video but I have one question. I added an ssd to my laptop and cloned my hard drive to my ssd but I want to keep my hard drive in my system for unimportant documents and some other stuff but Acronis doesn’t have an option for that and now I don’t know what to do because I want to remove the hard drive
You can use windows explorer to just format the old hard drive once you have booted into the new ssd and then you will have an extra drive ;-)
@@ScuappysDroneVideos1 oh thank you 🙏 you are a truly great UA-camr keep it up some day I’m sure you’ll be as famous as Linus tech tips or gamers nexus.
Ps thanks for the lightning fast reply
Thanks! Don't forget to subscribe to help me get to their levels ;-)
Oh wait where do I format it in windows explorer
@@marougarkovic3765 right click on the old drive and select format
I did this but when I booted it up with the new ssd my laptop automatically "repaired" my new drive and now its corrupted. Was I meant to do some BIOS setting changes or something before booting it? I'm cloning from my old Hdd to my new ssd
I would retry this it sounds like something didn't clone properly
@@ScuappysDroneVideos1 cool man. BTW I had to format my ssd to fix the corrupted issue. Is that okay? Like I didn't damage it by formatting it right? Thanks for the quick reply BTW!
Formatting isn't a bad thing, you gotta do it some times ;-)
How is it now?
Bro, this part 3:09, will the partitions will be really deleted? After the cloning procedure is complete, will both hdd( which is the source) and ssd (which i am about to clone all the data from the hdd) be the same? Will it be the same from square 1?
The original partitions of the new drive will be deleted, and then both drive will be the same.
@@ScuappysDroneVideos1 thx bro luv u! You earn a sub
@@ScuappysDroneVideos1 yea one thing, God bless u! I think about this everyday because I want to copy all data from hdd to ssd for my family. 😊
Back it up asap, you never know when something could happen. I have had data loss because i haven't backed up. Never again
@@ScuappysDroneVideos1 ok!
How can I clone without removing the source drive? I have both nvme’s plugged in and want to migrate the os to the newer one and keep using the older one as a blank drive.
Once you are done cloning the drive, make sure it is bootable by selecting it in the bios. After you boot format the old drive with windows or the same program
@@ScuappysDroneVideos1 ty for prompt reply 👌🏻 . ok, after booting will the new drive have the same letter C as old one? Wanted to know in case it would cause issues with previous installed apps n games.
Yes and the old drive will then be a different letter
@@ScuappysDroneVideos1 thank you 🙏🏻
No prob, don't forget to subscribe if you haven't already ;-)
Trying to download a tonics image but it says not enough memory - advice pl
Tonics image?
Question. I have a Dell 3593 Inspiron laptop. I installed a 500GB Sabrent NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD. I installed the Acronis True Image app. Why can’t I clone my hard drive to the new SSD and power down. Then boot up in bios mode and change which drive is primary i.e. the new SSD. Then restart and it should boot from the SSD. I want to keep the 1T drive installed and use it for data after I delete everything on it. Will that work?
You should be able to do that, as long as your bios supports it
@@ScuappysDroneVideos1 thanks for quick reply. I’m a novice at this so I’ll continue to research before starting the clone process.
My problem is when I'm starting to clone the drive it will ask to be reboot or the cloning won't start. How do I fix this issue? Pls help 😣
I am not understanding what you mean by this
@@ScuappysDroneVideos1 when i want to clone the disk it will ask to reboot and it will enter the acronis interface. But after rebooting my display just go blank even though my pc is on. Sorry maybe im not using the right technical words.
That makes sense. Do you have a different port on your computer that you can connect your monitor to?
can you clone to an m.2 that you have in an enclosure and connected through usb ?
Yes you can
Bought this software and had my drive cloned and working for about a week then it stopped booting and wasn't available in the bios. Ended up doing a fresh install and consider acronis a total waste of my money.
I'm sorry to hear that. I have been booting off my cloned drive since I made my video.
Quick question after the clone do we need to swap the new nvme to the old nvme slot?
You don't have to, but you can
@@ScuappysDroneVideos1 thank you for the fast response and the video helps alot!
No problem
Did you use the Acronis WD free edition or the paid edition ?
Paid
hi dear. I want to recover my M2 hard disk, however when we go throughout the recovery steps it can not detect the M2 hard disk. just wander weather acronis support recovering M2 hard disks! if yes which version. any advices and comments will be much appreciated
Yes it does (I went from sata to M.2). Make sure that windows detects the M.2 and that it is formatted, just in case.
thanks for reply. when I reboot thesystem using USB acronis midia boot, we don't seethe M2 hard among the list of other partitions. I have already installed a window 10 on M2 hard. bearing mind Im using acronis 14 if it makes andy different
@@s.rezaie8385 Acronis 14 might be the difference, sorry :-(
Try to allow it from the windows security settings, sometimes it won't allow to add a hard drive and then try again. Make sure to use same company hard drive if you use the software from eg western digital. The acronis will work only with the brand if you have downloaded from the SSD manufacturer website. Wish you the success.
So if I get this correctly I can just use a USB enclosure to connect the bigger NVMe drive, clone it and then swap them out? Seems too easy...
That's correct, and it is that easy ;-)
Crazy. When is anything ever that easy? THX much! I just ordered a new PC and forgot to bump the SSD so I have this brand new PC with a teeny Win drive. This saves me so much trouble. I was able to get a new SSD and an enclosure in one day. THX so much for this video and your prompt reply!
No prob, glad you enjoyed, don't forget to subscribe if you haven't already ;-)
@@ScuappysDroneVideos1 I did! Already done. Took 10 minutes to clone the drive and 10 min for me to swap it out. Amazing
That is awesome, got to love NVMe
After I click “proceed” it gets stuck at estimated time, it doesn’t load at all
Do you get any error?
I'm doing this right now from a sata ssd to an M.2 and when it starts cloning it keeps saying restart required. When I restart its as if nothing happened. Its a huge cycle of start/restart... Any ideas?
Is that all it is saying or is there more to the message?
@@ScuappysDroneVideos1 the exact message is "Computer restart is required
Note that the operation will be canceled if you chose not to restart your computer now"
I hit restart and windows boots. Then nothing else. Its a Neverending cycle
@@thecman26 are you able to select the new drive to boot from in your bios boot selection?
@@ScuappysDroneVideos1 I got Acronis to work after I made a boot disc
Nice!
Hey, your video was very informative.
Still, I'm having bit of a problem while trying to add an SSD to my laptop. I'm trying to clone my laptop's 1 TB HDD (only 380 GB used space) to a new Crucial 500GB P1 NVMe M.2 SSD, but the Acronis software keeps on showing error message saying "you need additional 254 GB of free disk space available on the target hard drive to complete the operation with the current filter. Please exclude more files or folders and then try again." even though the total used space on my original HDD is less than 400 GB.
I only want to clone the OS drive, so I have already excluded everything other than C: drive (120 GB) but it still shows that i need additional 109.4 GB of Disk space!!!
I'm unable to see any logic here.Kindly make a video regarding such problem or point me towards a solution.Thanks again
Sorry to say I have never seen this problem, I will see if I can replict it but no guarantees
@@ScuappysDroneVideos1 no worries.. it's kind of doing its job after 8 tries in 3 days.. will update on the final result..
Do we need to reinstall the apps and games from old drive after migrating?
No, all of that should move over
@@ScuappysDroneVideos1 so we directly can play the games without any issues such as installing again?
If you are cloning the drive that everything is installed on, then yes
I've just tried to clone my C drive using Acronis, but the C drive is greyed out so I can't select it as source. Suggestions please?
I think I need a bit more information to help.
@@ScuappysDroneVideos1 Thanks for the response! I'm trying to replace the nearly full hard drive on my W10 laptop with a larger Crucial ssd using the Crucial version of Acronis. Both the laptop's disk management system and Acronis can see the Cdrive and the new ssd attached via usb but I cannot select C as source in Acronis.
Maybe your C drive is too full? How much space do you have left?
@@ScuappysDroneVideos1 6.94G free from 99.7G. I can easly delete some files & re-install later.
I would just in case, also make sure you are running the program as an Administrator
hey I cloned the drive using Acronis OEM, from a Crucial sata SSD 500 gb to a kingston Nvme 1 tb. I removed the sata drive and my other storage drive but it said boot sector cannot be found? Whats wrong? Acronis completed successfully
Did you check in the BIOS that you have the right drive selected?
@@ScuappysDroneVideos1 yes, its the only drive attached
Re-try the cloning process.
@@ScuappysDroneVideos1 i did same issue
I wish I have more to tell you, I'm sorry
was it a bootable/system disk you cloned?
Yes it was
Do I need to worry about bad sectors on a source HDD when cloning to an SSD? I noticed you ignored bad sectors on your source drive.
I only ignored bad sectors because the drives were pretty new. Bad sectors can cause data loss on a transfer, but could be done just with that risk
@@ScuappysDroneVideos1 Thanks for the quick reply. I'm in emergency mode pulling an all-nighter to recover from a boot drive crash.
I hear ya, good luck with it, I hope you get all you data
@@ScuappysDroneVideos1 If error checking under disk management doesn't find anything wrong with the source HDD, should I just go forward with the cloning, or should I do a lower-level sector scan?
@@pequodexpress you should be fine, but no guarantees
Can i still use the old ssd that I cloned?
Yes!
@@ScuappysDroneVideos1 how? what's the procedure after I cloned?
@@StephenAbang use your bios to select the other drive.
@@ScuappysDroneVideos1 after i boot the new clone drive. Can i insert the old ssd? Im planning to use the other old ssd drive for games and the new cloned ssd for os
@@StephenAbang yes, just format it when you are booted into the new drive
All apps and os from my old hdd will be copied from my ssd? Will it boot without errors?
It should, as long as it is successful
@@ScuappysDroneVideos1 i used minitool partition wizard, when i boot im stuck with letter j blinking on black screen. Couldn't find the solution, so ill try acronis i hope it will work now 😣.
There are ways of getting it for free, the version I used was not
@@ScuappysDroneVideos1 i edited it after finding out it's not xD. I hope the free ver works without error 🥺
No, but there are legit ways of getting it for free, I believe Western digital or crucial has a free version
can u use the free trial version for cloning?
Yes
@@ScuappysDroneVideos1 thankyouuu!
and after cloning? Does my old drive will auto delete the files?
No it doesn't delete files automatically
11th gen notebook os clone & mygrated, video please ?
Should be the same process
11th gen notebook os clone & mygrated, hdd , ssd, m.2, nvme, not showing, process & solution please ?
What is, do you mean Windows 11?
I am stuck , there is no proportional option
What are the options you are seeing
How do I get this to work after the clone was successful
Do you mean how do you boot from the new disk afterwards?
Yes sir
I have tried booting it but it come up with an error
You should be able to set it as your main boot drive in your bios/uefi
It doesn't show up as an option for boot #1
I realized there was a dog in the background and totally lost focus
Yeah, that is my Shar-Pei, Leeloo. She just passed away 2 weeks ago :-(
@@ScuappysDroneVideos1 oh my gosh I'm so sorry for your loss. She looks like she was really comfortable with you
Why don’t just recovery ? Why millions process
Honestly this was pretty straightforward and easy to move over, I was booting from the new drive in about 20mins
Good reply. Well as long as it does work that’s all matter. Cheers brother
This tutorial has lost my c drive. Not only did it not work for me but I now can't get into the original c drive
Sorry to hear this, the process shouldn't have made you lose data on your original drive. Have you attempted to select your old drive in the bios at all?
@@ScuappysDroneVideos1 yep. Exactly my thoughts, why would the original c drive be affected. First time It done a repair which took 20 mins. Not it won't boot at all. Next thing to try is a bootable USB with recovery option.
Good luck, and keep me up to date.
@@ScuappysDroneVideos1 yeah didn't work. Original c drive I'm completely locked out of. Won't boot. New ssd I have formatted in the wrong file system and now I even install Windows onto the new ssd. It won't format from the bootable drive either. Only option is to find someone with a second m.2 slot and format in windows.
Damn, that sucks
as I said before all computer GURUS always make the mistake that they think and assume that all viewers and audience are versed in technology. Once the cloning took place, viewers do need to see how to get into BIOS and select Primary disc and Windows Boot Manager for this cloning process to be completed successfully. I do not know if these gurus are lazy or cocky, they all seem to show the easy stuff never go the extra mile, for that reason, I seldom or never subscribe to them let alone play with their little bell.
Not everyone has the same steps to get into the BIOS, but thanks for the suggestion.
garbage the worst back up software on Internet extremely intrusive
Sorry that you feel that way, it does work well for what it is supposed to do. I understand concerns of it being intrusive, you can just uninstall it after you clone your drive