wow, this is one of the most straight forward and detailed explanation I have seen for os cloning. The amount of information you gave in 7mins is crazy
Thanks EJ Tech ! i just installed ssd with the caddy method and cloning the windows os using macrium reflect. i followed every steps and it works just fine. now the boot up process took only 18 seconds. Thanks again !
Now I might be able to use the SSD that I purchased about the time you made this video. Thanks for the great info. I feel confident to proceed with the modification.
Thank you dude! I was soo frustrated trying to make this work but out of nowhere you appear with a nicely edited video and a nice explanation of what are you doing and i managed to make this SSD work, thank you dude! keep up the good work!
Awesome man .. its simple but still you explained as expected and helped a lot ...Am on the process still hope all completes successfully. Saved good amount by doing it myself and not going to professional services .... good work ... excellent
I was trying to find a good software to do the job... I've tried aomei easeus acronisdisk and others .. NONE worked out .. the one showing in the video did the exact job that I wanted ... props ... excellent video really helped
For entering BIOS or UEFI easy: Press Shift while you click on restart, then a screen with menus appears and select the more options icon and select the one who says UEFI (has a gear or sth)
Man, I did this once before with a different program and it worked, but this time the same program wouldnt work. But this one did. Sweet sweet ssd responsiveness.
Take your HDD out and plug only your ssd in. download windows installer on a different device and save it to a usb drive (need at least 16gb usb drive but you prob have one laying around or there only 10 bucks or so.) once you have windows on the usb drive plug it into your Pc Which has the Ssd in it but not your HDD. Your operating system will load up like it’s a new version of windows. Do your clean setup and download all updates and everything you want on the SSD. Then, turn off pc unplug it and reinstall the HDD now, so now both SSD and HDD are installed. Plug back in PC and turn on, spam delete key or F2 and open bios. Select the SSD as the boot drive. Your Pc will now boot with the SSD using the windows you just installed, with your hard drive as the D drive with all of its data. It still has windows on it but it does not interfere with your OS on the SSD. You can actually switch between versions of windows by selecting different boot drive because both your ssd and HDD have windows on it.. I’m about to make a video on this
Today I migrated my dual boot system (W7&Ubuntu) to ssd. Your explanations helped a lot and I used Macrium Reflect Free for cloning. But the process was not straightforward though as I had to reinstall grub. Thank you for the video.
I have to say, this video is great! I spent maybe 2 hours watching other videos and trying other programs that were "free", but in the end you had to pay to clone between different drive types (ex. HDD to SSD). This video is very straightforward and you even go into detail on how to format the old drive. Thank you for posting this!
I recognize either HDD or SSD boots up by looking at the performance tab on Task Manager. If the SSD is running and HDD at 0%, then I'm running windows on the SSD. And since I've backed up all my data, I could simply format the HDD. Simple!
Hahaha.. if you look closely at the time, you'll know he ACTUALLY recorded it again to include that joke. I'm sure the second time he left that box checked and that's why you see the icon on the desktop
I have reached up to this point 4:08 but my laptop still boots from my HDD. My HDD is still my C drive. The only way I can boot from my SSD is by pressing F12 and select boot from my SSD option. But the thing is, I have to do it every time I turn on my laptop 😭
02:12 No. The HDD is larger than the SSD, but the space used on the HDD is smaller than the SSD, but MACRION says I don't have enough space... WEIRD, Windows and its inherent sea of weirdness... (After 2h49m; job done! Very good!)
I would love to do this on my laptop but my SSD is quite small (64GB). I wish you have a step by step guide in PDF format that I can use so that I may able to do this on my laptop (Dell Inspiron N4110).
wow thank you so much for this. my dad and i would have gotten to a tech shop and spend hundreds since we were doubting if we could install and replace my drive by ourselves. hehehe thanksss for thiss!!! ❤❤❤
OK, I bought an HP Laptop with Windows 7 in 2009. Overtime my HDD got full. So this week I bought a Samsung 2 TB SSD (Solid State Drive); and I was going to use my external full "backup" HDD, with "system image", "OS" and all "files" on it; to restore all of this to the new internal SSD. But try as I may, I was NOT able to restore it Even though I watched a zillion videos on it; and even talked in person to PC technician; NO one could tell me how to do it. But one said, "You need to clone it". Apparently that is the trick. So I contacted Samsung and they sent me free "cloning" software. So last night at midnight I started the cloning (which was SO easy to use and so simple) All it needed was an adapter cable to go from PC USB to Sata socket on the SSD. Then I downloaded the software from Samsung. It only took 3 steps to set up the cloning. When I hit the "start icon" it started cloning. Everything was SO easy to use. NOTHING complex. 9.5 hours later, the software said it was done and turned off my Laptop. Note: my old HDD had 767 GB of data plus 12.9 GB for recovery. So I removed the old existing internal HDD from my laptop; and replaced it with my new 2TB SSD. When I hit the start button; and after just a few moments; my Windows 7 was exactly the same that it was always. It is like nothing was done. All of the desktop icons were in the exact place where they were. It appears that the cloning transferred EVERY byte from the internal HDD to my new SSD. Wow! Praise Jesus! I am so pleased with the ease this Samsung software provided. Again, I have watched many, many and many videos, but NOT one single one, including this video, made it simple. All they do is go here, go there, do this and do that and on and on and on. That is ridiculous. "CUT to the chase" folks! Make it simple. Don't try to make us expert technicians. Just tell us How to do it simply. It is that simple. Sorry I had to vent my spleen, but it is the truth. I am sure that many have gone through this nightmare.
I had some confusions based upon perhaps not hearing correctly. In one of the senarios you install the SSD into the new caddy and in another into the hdd caddy with the hdd transferred to the optical drive caddy. In all of the toing and froing I lost track, completely. I had intended to clone to the ssd with the ssd in an external usb carrier then put it into the main bay with the hdd in the optical caddy. I am totally confused. Need to watch the video again and see if my preferred is a no no but then I have to make sense of your convoluted instructions.
I'd like to see an update. I often see "Windows Boot Manager" as the thing that the UEFI bios calls and I do not understand how to adjust the boot order in the WBM.
Probably it's a needless question...however...is it possible to clone the HDD to the SSD with the SSD connected through the caddy, or you need to use the SATA to USB adapter?
Question: During the cloning process, where was your hard drive and SSD? In the video your laptop couldn't boot up with HDD in caddy and SSD in laptops right?
For the cloning process, the HDD with the Windows install is in the 2.5" bay while the SSD is in the caddy. Then after the clone, I switched the two drives again.
@@ej_tech so if it is possible to clone the HDD to the SSD with the SSD connected through the caddy, what is the point on using a SATA to USB adapter for the cloning process? I don't understand why in many guides the use of such an adapter seems to be necessary
@@ej_tech Can you answer one question? I got an entire new pc (zen 3800x, b450, 32GB ram, etc) but im still waiting for SSD, im still waiting for shipping due to virus and will take at least one more month of wait. The question is if i install win 10 pro on a spare WD blue 1 TB drive, when i clone it to my 1 TB ssd did it affect my ssd performance or the clone of macrium do it perfectly and would perform the same as a clean install from ssd? I mean ssd with cloned data would perform the same (read speed, write, durability) as fresh installed ssd with same software installed? I have to install many stuff on my current drive and would take too much time to do that again on the arriving ssd.
My cloning was successful but it doesn't seem any faster. Should I put the SSD into the hard drive location and the HDD in the caddy for best performance?
Thank you , i cloned C drive to SSD(in dvd) from Existing hhd and changed bootsetup but getting error with black screen:media test failure, check cable
Can't I just move my os on to the ssd then use the existing HDD as an external hard drive with all my media and data? I only want the os and the subsequent programs I will install on it in the future.
Can we use the SSD as a replacement drive for the HDD? That is install Windows + updates, programs etc. on the SSD? Would that affect the life of the SSD in any way?
Hi Sir, I have a question, just installed ssd with the caddy method and cloning the windows OS. I followed every steps and the system detech the SSD, but my UEFI Bios doesn't allow to boot on the SSD due to "secure boot" and also I can't configure the UEFI BIOS setup only user level access... Please Help!!!!
great video but i have a question if i already have my personal data on my destination SSD can i follow these steps and clone windows to the extra blank area in that SSD without damagin my personal files?
I have tried below 3rd party s/w as ffg: 1. EaseUS 2. Minipartition Tools 3. Acronis 4. Samsung migratio tools 5. Macrium using SSD 860 Samsung Evo 500GB and HDD Toshiba 500GB.. They are all failed... I still did not know what cause.. maybe the software are free
I get the concept of SSD speed vs HDD speed but when you keep your data (media) on the HDD - would loading a pic / video be as slow as before ? I am wondering cos the the file would still reside on the slow HDD but the opening program (windows gallery / media player whatever) would be on the new fast SSD C:\
So, you cannot merge the un-allocated with the D: Data? I'm planning to do what have you shown on the video but I do not have an external drive to transfer my data files. I will delete the old C: windows drive and now that it is unallocated wanted to merge the D:Data which I have files in there to make it a bigger partition. I'm not sure if you get my point
Hey would you know how to switch a laptop from hdd to sdd. I bought a laptop that has both but on the setup for the laptop I accidentally did hdd not sdd it said it couldn't be switched even with factory reset. Is there away to switch it?
Very nice video. Agree about the clean install of windows but many manufacturers offers an OS recovery tool (e.g. DELL) and with that license comes for free.. with a clean install you lose your license basically.
You don't loose your licence as long as you install the correct edition of Windows (Home, Pro, etc.). For Windows 7, there's a sticker somewhere on your computer with the licence key. For Windows 8 and 10, it's tied to the hardware and it activates automatically.
I did all job Instead of hard disk I located SSD and instead of cd driver I putted caddy hard disk and then I cloned divers to SSD and the end Changed boot priority. But when the laptop reset or turn on, it is coming up by windows on hard disk and not by windows on SSD!!! There is any body to help me? Thanks 🙏
if you use same ssd as he did you can use the WD ssd dashboard on scandisk and WD ssd, on samsung one it is magician. Those will monitor your ssd life, then if your to paranoid you can do a bit of cmd command ninja to move temp folder, tmp folder, turn off hybernate, and move pagefile.sys to hdd, but..... as of 2015 on ward the ssd have good endurance more or less you will not write 50 to 100 Gb a day unless your pc is a server that leave on a data center.
U forgot to mention that the ssd would need to be initialized. Also I ran into an error while cloning (Error 8). Now my laptop does not boot from the hdd. 😞
I accidently format the new drive created from macrium reflect so I cannot see it from "this pc". However when checking Macrium reflect, it shows my ssd has all the clones. How should i proceed?
Hi sir! Can i ask about the part where you are in the boot setup, is your ssd already inserted inside your laptop or it is still connected in the sata cable?(only if you use a sata cable) Thank you in advance. Another question Can i boot the ssd when it is still connected at the sata cable?
Hi, I am using dell inspiron pc and installed kingston ssd but i am unable to set boot priority to ssd as i cannot see ssd option there. The ssd is cloned and installed. Can you please guide me here?
wow, this is one of the most straight forward and detailed explanation I have seen for os cloning. The amount of information you gave in 7mins is crazy
X2
This guy is REALLY a no-frills WYSIWYG tutor! Perfect!!!
No lie, first video I had to put at .75
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Thanks EJ Tech ! i just installed ssd with the caddy method and cloning the windows os using macrium reflect. i followed every steps and it works just fine. now the boot up process took only 18 seconds. Thanks again !
Like 2 minutes in and you've solved the issues I was having. I didn't realize that box for showing what was going on was there, I didn't
I feel blessed to found this channel..
Thanks, just what I needed, my cpu gets here in a few days and this was the last step of my 6 month journey of pc parts research
It took me so long to figure this out without being paranoid that I would break something. Thank you so much.
Dang... this guy deserves way more subscribers for the content quality.
Thank you so much! The guide worked and I no longer have to start my laptop 30 minutes before my classes ;-;
Some of you want the "D"
Dreco Filmz lmao I’m done
Lol
I can't hear that..
LMFAO dead
Omg I went straight to the comments right when I heard, “Some of you want the D”. 🤣
Now I might be able to use the SSD that I purchased about the time you made this video. Thanks for the great info. I feel confident to proceed with the modification.
Thank you dude!
I was soo frustrated trying to make this work but out of nowhere you appear with a nicely edited video and a nice explanation of what are you doing and i managed to make this SSD work, thank you dude! keep up the good work!
Thanks man! Just switched my HDD to an SSD. I only had a slight problem but one quick restart and everything started working nicely!
This step by step is so good I feel like I knew what I was doing. But had to slow down to .5x to soak it in.
Thanks so much
Awesome man .. its simple but still you explained as expected and helped a lot ...Am on the process still hope all completes successfully. Saved good amount by doing it myself and not going to professional services .... good work ... excellent
Best video I found until now to clone Windows to SSD. Thanks!
I was trying to find a good software to do the job... I've tried aomei easeus acronisdisk and others .. NONE worked out .. the one showing in the video did the exact job that I wanted ... props ... excellent video really helped
I'm thinking of changing my laptop's HDD to SSD and this is very helpful!
For entering BIOS or UEFI easy: Press Shift while you click on restart, then a screen with menus appears and select the more options icon and select the one who says UEFI (has a gear or sth)
Your pretty good. Keep at it. I like that you explains slowly and in great detail.
Thank you so much, I followed every step to completion. The best tutorial on UA-cam for this situation!
thank you bro. I've gone through a ton of videos and this was the first one to actually work. Good looks!
Could not find a single other video besides this one for what I needed, thanks a bunch for the help!
Do I need to format the ssd first? Or can I keep the files I have on it?
Booting before replacing is quite a good tip! Btw celery! Yeah, i read descriptions.
Man, I did this once before with a different program and it worked, but this time the same program wouldnt work. But this one did. Sweet sweet ssd responsiveness.
Just set up my m.2 drive! Thank you for going into so much detail and explaining everything with the whiteboard. MVP!
You have a cool style explaining the process keep it up bro
Inspite of Cloning and Changing the Boot Priority
It is not Opening
Does that Mean Cloning Process was Not Proper?
Same problem
You can alterntively do diskpart and clean the disk you want to remove the partition, this gives you a clean and empty secondary drive nice video
Thanks mate! Moved Windows from a RAID 0 SSD pair to a new M.2 and this made things clearer for me.
Boy that was a snappy video! Good work.
how can I clean install windows on SSD and delete the OS on HDD while keeping my data on HDD?
Yeah, that's what I need.
that's what he showed in the vid
Take your HDD out and plug only your ssd in. download windows installer on a different device and save it to a usb drive (need at least 16gb usb drive but you prob have one laying around or there only 10 bucks or so.) once you have windows on the usb drive plug it into your Pc Which has the Ssd in it but not your HDD. Your operating system will load up like it’s a new version of windows. Do your clean setup and download all updates and everything you want on the SSD. Then, turn off pc unplug it and reinstall the HDD now, so now both SSD and HDD are installed. Plug back in PC and turn on, spam delete key or F2 and open bios. Select the SSD as the boot drive. Your Pc will now boot with the SSD using the windows you just installed, with your hard drive as the D drive with all of its data. It still has windows on it but it does not interfere with your OS on the SSD. You can actually switch between versions of windows by selecting different boot drive because both your ssd and HDD have windows on it.. I’m about to make a video on this
My HDD crashed (being replaced in the service ctr). Can i still copy esp the OS into the SSD from my defective HDD?
@@datmanbrooksiehd875 is there any video of it???
Today I migrated my dual boot system (W7&Ubuntu) to ssd. Your explanations helped a lot and I used Macrium Reflect Free for cloning. But the process was not straightforward though as I had to reinstall grub.
Thank you for the video.
Can you help me by telling how u did it? Im looking to do the same. Copy a dual booted hdd to a ssd
Do I need to format the ssd first? Or can I keep the files I have on it?
I have to say, this video is great! I spent maybe 2 hours watching other videos and trying other programs that were "free", but in the end you had to pay to clone between different drive types (ex. HDD to SSD). This video is very straightforward and you even go into detail on how to format the old drive. Thank you for posting this!
Do I need to format the ssd first? Or can I keep the files I have on it?
Wow that's the easiest explanation of something this technical
, thanks man.
Excellent video. Humorous and informative. Keep it up
One of the best tutorials I have ever seen.
best video for cloning so far! thumbs up! will try later...
Best explaination ever
100% Clear
Thanks a lot
I recognize either HDD or SSD boots up by looking at the performance tab on Task Manager. If the SSD is running and HDD at 0%, then I'm running windows on the SSD. And since I've backed up all my data, I could simply format the HDD. Simple!
Finally a simple and efective solution!! It worked!! New suscriber for you, good job!!
2:44
EJTech: "I want a clean desktop..."
Macrium: *I dOn't cArE lEt's CrEaTe A sHoRtCut 🙂
Hahaha.. if you look closely at the time, you'll know he ACTUALLY recorded it again to include that joke. I'm sure the second time he left that box checked and that's why you see the icon on the desktop
Well explained video. Goes through many videos final found this and my work stops here.. great work 👍👍👍
I have reached up to this point 4:08 but my laptop still boots from my HDD. My HDD is still my C drive. The only way I can boot from my SSD is by pressing F12 and select boot from my SSD option. But the thing is, I have to do it every time I turn on my laptop 😭
It works! Such a clean explanation. Thank you!
02:12 No. The HDD is larger than the SSD, but the space used on the HDD is smaller than the SSD, but MACRION says I don't have enough space... WEIRD, Windows and its inherent sea of weirdness... (After 2h49m; job done! Very good!)
Good post though - I hadn't thought to try using Macrium to migrate the drive before I saw this.
Ez guide from A to Z. Ty mate!
Straight forward and simple. Loved it.
I would love to do this on my laptop but my SSD is quite small (64GB). I wish you have a step by step guide in PDF format that I can use so that I may able to do this on my laptop (Dell Inspiron N4110).
Tried it. Was really helpful. Thank you.
wow thank you so much for this. my dad and i would have gotten to a tech shop and spend hundreds since we were doubting if we could install and replace my drive by ourselves. hehehe thanksss for thiss!!! ❤❤❤
OK, I bought an HP Laptop with Windows 7 in 2009. Overtime my HDD got full. So this week I bought a Samsung 2 TB SSD (Solid State Drive); and I was going to use my external full "backup" HDD, with "system image", "OS" and all "files" on it; to restore all of this to the new internal SSD. But try as I may, I was NOT able to restore it Even though I watched a zillion videos on it; and even talked in person to PC technician; NO one could tell me how to do it. But one said, "You need to clone it". Apparently that is the trick.
So I contacted Samsung and they sent me free "cloning" software. So last night at midnight I started the cloning (which was SO easy to use and so simple) All it needed was an adapter cable to go from PC USB to Sata socket on the SSD. Then I downloaded the software from Samsung. It only took 3 steps to set up the cloning. When I hit the "start icon" it started cloning. Everything was SO easy to use. NOTHING complex.
9.5 hours later, the software said it was done and turned off my Laptop. Note: my old HDD had 767 GB of data plus 12.9 GB for recovery. So I removed the old existing internal HDD from my laptop; and replaced it with my new 2TB SSD.
When I hit the start button; and after just a few moments; my Windows 7 was exactly the same that it was always. It is like nothing was done. All of the desktop icons were in the exact place where they were. It appears that the cloning transferred EVERY byte from the internal HDD to my new SSD. Wow! Praise Jesus!
I am so pleased with the ease this Samsung software provided. Again, I have watched many, many and many videos, but NOT one single one, including this video, made it simple. All they do is go here, go there, do this and do that and on and on and on. That is ridiculous.
"CUT to the chase" folks! Make it simple. Don't try to make us expert technicians. Just tell us How to do it simply. It is that simple.
Sorry I had to vent my spleen, but it is the truth. I am sure that many have gone through this nightmare.
the only problem that macrium has is that it cannot clone disk with bad sectors not like aomei
Hi, is it safe to directly clone my HDD into SSD installed already in caddy and not by using a SATA to USB cable?
yeah, already done it
Also Is it safe after i clone win to the ssd on the Caddy. To change the hhd to rhe Caddy AND put the ssd into de hhd slot?
This guy is too genius to teach/tutor.
It was like all the people around him were dumb.
Anyway, Thanks.
I had some confusions based upon perhaps not hearing correctly. In one of the senarios you install the SSD into the new caddy and in another into the hdd caddy with the hdd transferred to the optical drive caddy. In all of the toing and froing I lost track, completely. I had intended to clone to the ssd with the ssd in an external usb carrier then put it into the main bay with the hdd in the optical caddy. I am totally confused. Need to watch the video again and see if my preferred is a no no but then I have to make sense of your convoluted instructions.
I'd like to see an update. I often see "Windows Boot Manager" as the thing that the UEFI bios calls and I do not understand how to adjust the boot order in the WBM.
Nice video man, I love macrium, absolutely amazing and never had an issue.
Probably it's a needless question...however...is it possible to clone the HDD to the SSD with the SSD connected through the caddy, or you need to use the SATA to USB adapter?
Same question here
Any answer ??
Very easy to understand, thanks mate 👍
Question: During the cloning process, where was your hard drive and SSD? In the video your laptop couldn't boot up with HDD in caddy and SSD in laptops right?
For the cloning process, the HDD with the Windows install is in the 2.5" bay while the SSD is in the caddy. Then after the clone, I switched the two drives again.
@@ej_tech can i do it in reverse?
@@ej_tech so if it is possible to clone the HDD to the SSD with the SSD connected through the caddy, what is the point on using a SATA to USB adapter for the cloning process? I don't understand why in many guides the use of such an adapter seems to be necessary
@@ej_tech Can you answer one question? I got an entire new pc (zen 3800x, b450, 32GB ram, etc) but im still waiting for SSD, im still waiting for shipping due to virus and will take at least one more month of wait.
The question is if i install win 10 pro on a spare WD blue 1 TB drive, when i clone it to my 1 TB ssd did it affect my ssd performance or the clone of macrium do it perfectly and would perform the same as a clean install from ssd?
I mean ssd with cloned data would perform the same (read speed, write, durability) as fresh installed ssd with same software installed?
I have to install many stuff on my current drive and would take too much time to do that again on the arriving ssd.
You are smart. Very good explanation. Thanks for the help.
The cleanest tutorial i found. Thanks man!
you're eentertaining man...keep it up!
Best guide, all the other sucks. And i love that you write on an whiteboard so its as simple as it can get.
My cloning was successful but it doesn't seem any faster. Should I put the SSD into the hard drive location and the HDD in the caddy for best performance?
Yess
Thanks.
@@jameskemper215 works faster now?
Cool. Thank you brother. Much appreciated.
Simple and Nice explanation. Good job thanks 👍
Thank you , i cloned C drive to SSD(in dvd) from Existing hhd and changed bootsetup but getting error with black screen:media test failure, check cable
THANKS BUDDY IM VERY happy with your clear explanation 👍👌
Can't I just move my os on to the ssd then use the existing HDD as an external hard drive with all my media and data? I only want the os and the subsequent programs I will install on it in the future.
i think you can as long as your ssd is set to primary boot
Can we use the SSD as a replacement drive for the HDD? That is install Windows + updates, programs etc. on the SSD? Would that affect the life of the SSD in any way?
When I clicked my HDD, the action displayed was copy partition instead of cloning it. What should I do?
Hi Sir, I have a question, just installed ssd with the caddy method and cloning the windows OS. I followed every steps and the system detech the SSD, but my UEFI Bios doesn't allow to boot on the SSD due to "secure boot" and also I can't configure the UEFI BIOS setup only user level access... Please Help!!!!
well done. You did a great job on this video.
great video but i have a question
if i already have my personal data on my destination SSD can i follow these steps and clone windows to the extra blank area in that SSD without damagin my personal files?
This guy deserves a thumbs up!
By the way sir. I’m using a Fujitsu Lifebook AH77/H. Thank you 🙏
How can i get back the old files from the SSD? Seems like Macrium reflect replace it with the new one
Exactly to the point. Thank you so much!
I have tried below 3rd party s/w as ffg:
1. EaseUS
2. Minipartition Tools
3. Acronis
4. Samsung migratio tools
5. Macrium
using SSD 860 Samsung Evo 500GB and HDD Toshiba 500GB..
They are all failed... I still did not know what cause.. maybe the software are free
Excellent, it worked perfect.
Thank you
Does this work when changing from an ssd to a larger ssd? I want to make my MBR a larger MBR with a new internal SSD. Do steps vary?
it should work yea
Can I only move the OS to my SSD but keep the data on my HDD.
doesn't work for me, i did adjustment in all the partitions cutting down the extra space, don't know if that could be de problem, help pls!
I get the concept of SSD speed vs HDD speed but when you keep your data (media) on the HDD - would loading a pic / video be as slow as before ? I am wondering cos the the file would still reside on the slow HDD but the opening program (windows gallery / media player whatever) would be on the new fast SSD C:\
So, you cannot merge the un-allocated with the D: Data? I'm planning to do what have you shown on the video but I do not have an external drive to transfer my data files. I will delete the old C: windows drive and now that it is unallocated wanted to merge the D:Data which I have files in there to make it a bigger partition. I'm not sure if you get my point
Hey would you know how to switch a laptop from hdd to sdd. I bought a laptop that has both but on the setup for the laptop I accidentally did hdd not sdd it said it couldn't be switched even with factory reset. Is there away to switch it?
Very nice video. Agree about the clean install of windows but many manufacturers offers an OS recovery tool (e.g. DELL) and with that license comes for free.. with a clean install you lose your license basically.
You don't loose your licence as long as you install the correct edition of Windows (Home, Pro, etc.). For Windows 7, there's a sticker somewhere on your computer with the licence key. For Windows 8 and 10, it's tied to the hardware and it activates automatically.
I did all job
Instead of hard disk I located SSD and instead of cd driver I putted caddy hard disk and then I cloned divers to SSD and the end Changed boot priority.
But when the laptop reset or turn on, it is coming up by windows on hard disk and not by windows on SSD!!!
There is any body to help me?
Thanks 🙏
I succeed in ssd working on my computer but the caddy won't work. How can i set up on hp pavilion g4? Thanks in advance
if i put os on ssd. wwhat do i need to disable inorder keep 100% ssd health.??
like disable windows index etc etc
None. SSDs under normal use will not wear out during the lifetime of the computer.
i finally upgrade to ssd. win 10 automatically adjust the settings if he detect ssd
if you use same ssd as he did you can use the WD ssd dashboard on scandisk and WD ssd, on samsung one it is magician. Those will monitor your ssd life, then if your to paranoid you can do a bit of cmd command ninja to move temp folder, tmp folder, turn off hybernate, and move pagefile.sys to hdd, but..... as of 2015 on ward the ssd have good endurance more or less you will not write 50 to 100 Gb a day unless your pc is a server that leave on a data center.
I have a question sir. What if have 320gb hdd but it has only 40gb files on it. Can i buy only 240gb ssd for cloning?
U forgot to mention that the ssd would need to be initialized. Also I ran into an error while cloning (Error 8). Now my laptop does not boot from the hdd. 😞
are your primary boot is the hdd or ssd?
Thank you so much. Easy to follow tutorial. And it worked great!
I accidently format the new drive created from macrium reflect so I cannot see it from "this pc". However when checking Macrium reflect, it shows my ssd has all the clones. How should i proceed?
Hi sir! Can i ask about the part where you are in the boot setup, is your ssd already inserted inside your laptop or it is still connected in the sata cable?(only if you use a sata cable) Thank you in advance.
Another question
Can i boot the ssd when it is still connected at the sata cable?
Hi, I am using dell inspiron pc and installed kingston ssd but i am unable to set boot priority to ssd as i cannot see ssd option there. The ssd is cloned and installed. Can you please guide me here?
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pretty sweet video thanks