How to Upgrade Laptop Hard Drive to SSD without Reinstalling Windows

[@geeuk]

Anyone trying this in 2020, please make sure its the version 10 of the partition tool as the current version (12) does not allow os migration in the free version. Good luck all and thanks for the tutorial.

[@muhdzaidani2134]

Thank you, just a question, do I have to backup my files/documents before swapping them? Or can I just transfer them into the SSD after swapped?

[@miniweeddeerz1820]

@@muhdzaidani2134 no everything from the hdd(or SSD in my case) clones to the new SSD. So all files and everything. And then the drive you are replacing becomes your backup

[@Jokersmoke106]

How do you get V 10 then? I only see V 12

[@miniweeddeerz1820]

@mykilL Ay-naku yeah I cloned an SSD to another SSD yesterday. It all works as shown in the video.

[@Jokersmoke106]

@@miniweeddeerz1820 thanks man will need to try it.

[@jennercalubiglesias4198]

Still working in Febraury 1,2021. Thanks to this I become like a “1 day technician” 😂

[@vijeyyyy431]

does it work. is there any new differences in the software..

[@paulebineshar9238]

Bro if I use this method on Cloning my orginal os it work or not?????

[@RedskullPro]

Ive done this exact thing about a year ago on a windows laptop. SSDs make a huge performance difference

[@catchaser52]

And they are updating PCs with ssds Very Slowly, with very Small ones,, Greedy !

[@catsbyondrepair]

Yep it gets real slow.

[@nawazwaseem2219]

Redskull RAM does too but not as much as an SSD upgrade :)

[@dwightstewart7181]

Trinitrophenylnitramine .. I found no difference whatsoever with 16g on my laptop, so went back to 8g (less power, less heat, less wear & tear on the fan).

[@dwightstewart7181]

I had to replace a dead fan in my HP laptop, so used the opportunity to install a 1TB SSD, upgrade to a faster processor, install more RAM, and add bluetooth. Used Acronis True Image instead of his MiniTool Partition Wizard. Everything went smoothly, mainly because I was very careful in selecting the correct processor and bluetooth board. RAM did nothing, so went back to original 8g.

[@zoyo968]

Just did this using your tutorial.. i have the same laptop as yours.. i upgraded to ssd and it worked like a dream! At first i dowloaded the version 12 of the partition app but realised its not free.. but i dowloaded the version10 and it worked perfectly! Laptop now is super fast!! Thank you so much mate!

[@zoyo968]

@@CB-kq3ui it should still do the job..

[@vindobonaawstriae3692]

Perfect clear step by step tutorial. Laconic instructions, good sound and visibility. Damn good no nonsense stuff, as usual. Thank you very much. It was very helpful.

[@dmferrey]

Thanks

[@MrOhgoodgolly]

Thanks for doing such a great job on this article. I hate the geeks and gamer kids that have mastered the computer languages and try to give directions while assuming that everyone can understand what they are trying to tell us. I constantly see people who attempt to tell me to do this and that but don't bother telling me how. Even worse is how some use a ton of acronyms that are meaningless to most people.

[@devilnagamagic]

Agreed alright & thanks.

[@zerothehero7840]

The Pope has saved us!

[@林锦俤]

Thank you very much

[@RobertStebbins]

Used this to add new drive to my old desktop & worked great. Turned an old slow system into something usable again for under $70.00.

[@CnCDune]

What system was that?

[@latin625]

You sir are exceptional! You made a task that I struggled with for 3 days into a simple, FREE 1 hour masterpiece. My boot times are off the wall! SSD is a HUGE difference and I can not thank you enough. SUBSCRIBED!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Egbert_Souse]

I just about gave up trying to swap out my old HDD to an SSD. Tried multiple cloning software and watched dizzying videos of how easy it was. It wasn't (error, error everywhere)...until I happened upon your rock solid tutorial. Thank you! My thank you thanks you!!

[@eloquentlyspoken1525]

Thank you for taking the time to create this video. Changing anything on a computer can be a frightening task, but after watching this, I feel more confident than ever.

[@amarub]

Followed your steps exactly and it worked a charm, thank you! For $157 ($150 for a 1tb SSD EVO and $7 for the Sabrent cable) my six year old laptop is humming again.

[@normanpettit]

Excellent tutorial for even those with very limited PC experience. I especially liked the part where things went a little sideways because a couple of apps were left open during the process. I'm looking to do this to my laptop and this video is certainly helpful and clear.

[@normanpettit]

One difference I ran into was that my SSD was new from the manufacturer and came un-formatted. The PC wouldn't even recognize that there was a device attached via USB which gave me pause. I proceeded with the the manufacturer-provided disc-cloning software (rather than the one mentioned in this video) and it recognized the new SSD and formatted it before proceeding. Everything went smoothly from there. These directions are very helpful for those not quite sure of the process. My laptop is now unbelievably faster. Anyone struggling with a slow PC should really consider this upgrade.

[@madebykame]

Extremely useful, changed by SSD today with no issue following this guide!

[@kranosdainese423]

Can you transfer the files with the operation system ?

[@fergalkennedy8334]

@@kranosdainese423 make sure you have version 10, not the most recent version 12.

[@peteranderson9881]

I want to thank you for your clear and concise instructions in how to do this. I followed your tutorial step by step and replaced the hard drive on my Dell Latitude D630 laptop to an SSD (which cost $35 at Amazon for a 250 gig drive!) It boots up quicker and works like a champ. Much faster at loading web pages and starting up programs. Thanks again! ~from a fan in Pennsylvania, on the east coast of the United States

[@Acer_Triplex]

Followed instructions worked like a charm 3/3/2019. My laptop no longer crawls when starting up or opening files. Thanks!

[@gijshaze7379]

This method worked for me it was so well explained, and I never changed software or hardware ever before in my life! Now I can enjoy my fast laptop again!

[@breggsu569]

congrats man. im planning to do it soon. im just waiting for my ssd. are there really no other stuffs not explained in the video??

[@vimaengineers1418]

Fantastic brilliant way to do this. I was extremely worried about installing the entire system again but this was such a life saver finished in maybe an hr or so and nothings changed in my laptop other than the speed which is fantastic..

[@yosoydavid6429]

Just done! Worked like a charm! Instead of minutes, starting up takes only seconds! By upgrading memory to 8GB and SSD, this laptop has never been this fast not even when brand new. Toshiba Satellite C670 from 2011. Great for the environment and my pocket :) Thanks a lot! PS I used the Samsung DATA MIGRATION free software. Very simple and stress free :)

[@puffinbird2725]

thanks for saying this cus my mother didnt think the software in the video as safe (ik it is safe) but she said samsung is fine.

[@sundaresenb5702]

Worked as mentioned in the video!! Typing this comment from my updated ssd upon first boot. :)

[@redeyepirates4059]

Hi Every time I try to continue it pops up with a upgrade ad and won't allow me to continue did you have the same issue?

[@chiricuttcomepapt5100]

The software is not free anymore, but you can still download the free version 10 from other sites. This is useful video even 6 years after its release. Thank you!

[@TheMocholoco]

Just bought a SSD drive and updated my laptop....thank you for this helpful video...

[@itrueman7]

Just want to say thank you so much for this guidance. I got a Western Digital Blue SSD 1TB and cloned the old 1TB SATA 5400rpm drive. I had never used cloning software before but gave this a go because I didn’t want the faff of installing Windows 10 from scratch. I found the version 10 download easily thanks to recent comments and guidance. Very happy.

[@sawekb8102]

If you are looking for the best program and guide you're in good place. I tried various approaches and only this one worked.

[@karlgrimm7200]

BOOTING UP TO LOGIN SCREEN NOW TAKES 20 SECONDS, INSTEAD OF 2 MINUTES Word 365 loads in 6 seconds, instead of 30 seconds. And so on - I followed these instructions and switched to a Crucial MX500 1TB, and it has significantly improved performance on my Lenovo z50. I am literally writing this during what used to be my "bootup and go have coffee for 10 minutes" period. Thanks for a very useful video. I have one more useful IT Tip to add: 1) If you use Partition Wizard to copy to SSD, all of your previously hidden partitions will be assigned a Drive letter. Eg. WINRE_DRV should be hidden, but it ended up visible in My Computer. This is easily fixed by again running Partition Wizard, and changing the Drive Letter on those partitions to "none".

[@pranavnambiar1699]

Hey bro, i have a lenovo z 50 -70 . After tranfering os...were all your files present or just the os... Also did you have any problems...

[@karlgrimm7200]

@@pranavnambiar1699 Hi Pranav. After transferring all of Hard Disk 0 to the new SSD, everything got transferred, including Drive C: (WIN10), Drive D: (my Data partition), and several smaller system partitions, such as WIN_RE. If you are having problems with Partition Wizard, you can try EaseUS ToDo Backup free version. I have several paid versions of this, which I use regularly for image backups: - install it on Windows 10 - use it to save your entire hard drive to image (eg. onto USB hard drive) - create an Easeus bootable Emergency Disk (very simple, its one of the menu options) - remove Hard Disk and put in the new SSD - use the Emergency Disk to restore (and tick the box for Optimise for SSD). I did this on a 2nd identical z50, and it worked also. A bit slower though - it took quite a few hours.

[@pranavnambiar1699]

@@karlgrimm7200 thankyou karl.😁

[@luvsik]

You need version 10 of partition wizard to do this and it’s on a site called puma file one of the first results on google search. Just be careful navigating the ads, the actual file has to say mini tool partition wizard free 10. Don’t download anything else!

[@godfather7339]

why dont people just use linux? I landed here trying to find if I can upgrade to an ssd, all I can see are people crying in the comments, like its just a one liner in linux, sudo update-grub . why do people take the hard route?

[@luvsik]

@@godfather7339 lol cuz newbies don’t know what linux even is

[@HISPOPINESS]

I've just done this on a Sony Vaio i5 and put in a 1Tb SSD. Had to look for Partition Wizard Edition 10 but that was easy. Followed the instructions and now have a better than new machine. Thanks for the article.

[@duonis112]

I’ve just done it. Perfect video. I just had to change boot order to launch windows from ssd for the first time.

[@tvs3497]

Yes, this is a smart trick and well worth the effort. Keep in mind not all laptop hard drives are that easy to remove. Newer laptops require removing the entire bottom cover. And a brand new SSD will need to be formatted either in Windows Disk Management or Minitool Partition Wizard.

[@ndwelch427]

Great video. I'm about to try this with a spare HDD just to make sure that it works. If it does, I'll get the SSD to breath new life into my old computer. Thank you for the concise video!

[@antonios4926]

Thanks for the video. Gave my HP mini laptop to the computer guy. He phones me saying can't upgrade it. Seeing you i will do it myself. From Cyprus

[@KNHSynths]

Version 11 of the tool that is now available is slightly different but it works the same way. Thanks for the video !

[@bizulk]

Thumbs up for the quality of the video, and links in comments. what did you use to record the screen please ? I'll try to do this just right now

[@bizulk]

well the tool is not free anymore....

[@bizulk]

Hello. I managed to get thé 10.0 version that still deliver freely the HDD to SSD feature. It worked . Thanks

[@AlexErika]

Great explanation! It's rare that I take my laptop apart and have it work again but it's up and running so much better with this new SSD hard drive!

[@realangelo]

S.S.D Solid State Drive. not Solid State Drive Hard Drive

[@ivjay5741]

i find it baffling you are the clearest tutorial i could find on the entire interwebs. Good job! thanks alot.

[@KhenzKnight]

Very nice tutorial straight to the point! No annoying introduction

[@erneststef2823]

This is a very good presentation. Have watched a few before this one. They were not especially good meaning complete. The person in this video seems to have his act together to make it easier for us novices to complete the task. My hat off to you! Thank you.

[@Chhayachitre]

Thanks boss! You've made the SSD migration procedure so easy and hassle free with this extremely crystal clear tutorial! Top notch work! Thanks once again!

[@Jadisons]

About to do this on my brother's PC because he's been complaining about it being slow. Thanks a bunch!

[@BURAKCINAR]

It worked like a charm! Thank you so much for this detailed, hence brief video. To the friends out there and need the same procedure here, I would like to inform that Mini Tool's newest free version (v. 12 in this case) does not allow any of this. So I had to install v.10.0 as shown in the video and it worked perfectly.

[@EnglishTurbines]

Thanks, I found a free download of version 10.1 also....

[@tysmiracle]

May I ask are you doing this in Windows 7?

[@jjnava7949]

EnglishTurbines can you provide the link to the free version

[@BURAKCINAR]

@@tysmiracle no, sorry I use win 10. However the website says that it supports win 7 and up.

[@BURAKCINAR]

@@jjnava7949 just google it, I'm sure you will find it easily.

[@bishop7534]

Hello Britec09, I have to thank you for this video (though over a year old), it saved me from having a mini-meltdown. Downloaded Acronis and followed the instructions step-by-step only to restart the laptop to no OS...saddeden I found your video, now after adding Partition Wizard, the laptop is now functional. Didn't see the prompt on installing WebDiscover but uninstalling it through the control panel was easy enough (for those who get stuck with it too).

[@杰杰-o9l]

thank you those who recommended version 10 and this video helps a lot, having an old notebook old bios couldn't disable secure boot or change UEIF but found this video that is even more convenient!

[@ShadowSmelt]

i cant give you praise enough. it was a brilliant step by step video. and ive upgraded my 5 year old laptop and bootup is now almost instant. bravo.. and as Gokhan B said. search web for the version 10. and worked like a charm. i did use a hard drive caddy instead of the cable. so i can re use the old hd as an external drive..

[@Elijah-wo8bm]

Ok I will followyour tutorial. I already upgrade my 10yr old dual core laptop into windows10. It slow, have delays everytime and sometimes its hanging when doing multi tab search on chrome or ms edge. So I upgraded the ram to its maximum , from 2gb to 8gb, what can i say its very fast now no delay no freeze or hanging. But because my 320gb hard drive is nearly full, well i need to upgrade now and I found this steps so instead of hard drive, I will buying SSD instead. I do research which is better to. Sorry for my bad english.

[@ilovelinus777]

I got an SSD hard drive for Christmas, had already bought the cable so finding this video was a great help. My husband installed it while I was at work earlier, my laptop flies now, I love it. Only issue is the new SSD has a EFI system partition that is assigned the drive letter F, how do I change that? My external drives that I use for storage are no longer recognized.

[@CrazyKennyBear]

Such a great tutorial, everything planed and explained quickly and really smooth. Thank you so much for your help!

[@leanmeanmo]

The 'little note about the BIOOS' at 5:10. Do I need to reconfigure the BIOS to a new drive letter, or will the SSD autmaticaly become the default drive, ie. driveC?

[@hogakala07]

Need help. When I hit "restart now" my pc restarts however it gets out of the boot mode right after it shows partition wizard would load in 5 seconds. Instead of loading consol lines my pc just goes back to windows log on screen. would greatly appreciate your guidance.thanks

[@johnb6477]

I have the same problem. I've changed the bios settings to boot from the new SSD but this hasn't helped. Have you found a solution yet?

[@hogakala07]

@@johnb6477 not yet. Trying today again starting fresh. Let's see how it goes. I would keep you posted.

[@johnb6477]

@@hogakala07 I thought I'd got it sorted with a programme called Macrium but I think it copied everything but the OS. Back to square one now. There's plenty of videos showing how it works, but none on how to resolve this..

[@hogakala07]

@@johnb6477 alrighty it did not work. The funny thing is it somehow broke ability to create an image backup through windows as I am getting 0x80 error. Now I can't even do that. This is bad.

[@hogakala07]

@@johnb6477 did it work for you? I tried it again on a totally different laptop. It didn't work either. When I asked minitools they are asking to use shadow maker to clone. Which did not work either. I have a feeling it's one of the newer windows updates that's causing this.

[@Adi_vk]

Thanks a lot brother ... you help me a lot in this process ... now my pc is very very fast and smooth .... keep it up ......

[@mfuller1093]

Great concise tutorial without naff music, thank you.

[@Edmundo7911o]

I just want to make sure of something. When the partition is being copied at around 6:47 do I have to wait until my computer reboots to start switching out the physical drive?

[@shakenama]

I'd recommend letting it reboot first, then shut the laptop down.

[@johnschuett176]

Extremely well done. I was about to look for a PC shop to perform the swap but your video has explained the process very well. So easy a caveman could do it. Great use of the camera btw. Thanks.

[@israelosilva]

thanks very much , I did it without any sort of trouble and it took me around 4 hours to do all the procedure , thanks for the great video and the great help. I am now a subscriber and recommending to all my mates your channel .

[@mukaofssn]

Mine is 30 minutes in and processing % hasn't moved up from 0%. Fingers crossed! 🤞

[@NgGavin]

Will it automatically configure the SSD or do I have to go into the bios and tell it which drive? , sorry I am a newbie. Great video thanks

[@elkingmoya5772]

I'm getting a laptop soon and ordered an SSD, I was wondering could I just swap the HDD with the SDD before setting up the computer

[@carolmiller6659]

When I went to transfer the files I got a pop up that said essentially you had to buy an upgrade I uninstalled it and went to cnet and downloaded lazy soft disk image and clone and it worked fine

[@olegariomoralesi8038]

How did it go?

[@doncharles9298]

Echoing the other comments - thanks for taking the time to post and explain clearly what needed to be done. Enjoyed the experiences of doing it myself and it all starting up as you outlined.

[@vladislavvalev8186]

Do I have to get a new Windows license key, after I change my old hard drive?

[@dcthebear1]

No. You licence key is linked to your computer not your hard drive.

[@UlyssesM]

@@dcthebear1 Thought it was link to your microsoft account

[@japotstv9437]

it worked 100%..now my laptop is as good as new,maybe much faster now..thank you for the lesson..new subs here..👍👍👍

[@chrisb8772]

FYI The latest verion of MiniTool Partition Wizard (12) no longer gives free OS migration

[@Britec09]

Lot of these types of software end up putting these features behind a paywall

[@bunny52879]

Have you found a free version that works?

[@chrisb8772]

My solution was to use the trial version of a paid one. Not all offer it but some do. Only needed it once so would be awful to fork out for one use

[@bunny52879]

@@chrisb8772 Finally got mine figured out, I got my brother to use his old MS-DOS Tricks on Command Prompt

[@LevyOliver]

Indeed, but you can use Macrium Reflect instead.

[@ThresholdZhor]

Excellent video to help us to improve our computers, one important thing to point out is that the boot time will be almost half of a good hard drive, and almost 4 times faster than hard drive with bad or delayed sectors, thumbs up.

[@KevinBrown-ih4yb]

This was a bit fiddly, maybe partially because I was trying to replace an HDD that which I suspect had problems. To get MiniTool Partition Tool to run, I had to: 1. Scan my old disk, and repair. The MiniTool choked on my HDD the first few times, until I cleaned it up. 2. Have to shut off EVERYTHING else that's running while MiniTool does the migration. That's not just closing apps that are obviously open. I had to use Windows Task Manager to kill a bunch of programs running in the background (e.g., McAfee security, various others). Otherwise the MiniTool would stop, and it did NOT proceed after a restart (as the pop-up indicated it would). Since it took about 8 hours to run each time (before hanging), it took several days overall to get my HDD migrated. But eventually it worked, and my new drive runs fine, w/o loss of data. Suggestion: If you have a way, you might want to backup all your data on the old drive to a network drive, and then delete it from your old drive. By minimizing the total size of data to be migrating, the MiniTool app runs a lot faster. Then you can restore your data from the network drive onto the new disk. For my system, it was faster to move data off the old HDD to Network Attached Storage, and then restore it later, rather than have MiniTool transfer all the data itself. And you get a backup of your data anyway, just in case something goes wrong.

[@knowwork9]

Is that for just take windows to ssd drive or all the files i have in c partition?? Some help

[@TJAMES19831]

One the easiest to follow yet most comprehensive tutorials for this subject. Thank you and keep up the good work!

[@oldsarge8608]

Thanks Brian. I am going to swap out my old laptop drive for an SSD drive. This will make it much easier. I have seen a lot of your videos and have learned quite a bit from them.

[@Britec09]

Thanks.

[@porterbennett7041]

@@Britec09 could it be posible that you do a update on how to clone the files over to a ssd

[@AmigoRigo]

what happens after 6:49 ? Does the laptop say completed then it shuts off? What lets me know that I can remove the HDD?

[@roythomasbaker]

Nice app! Just installed. The most recent edition 11 adds the option to install Shadowmaker (backup & restore) and oddly removes the option to delete partitions as shown at 3:30. Still quite a handy little tool.

[@ilyasjaweed6112]

To boost up the speed, is it compulsory to change HDD to SSD or higher RAM will also help? whats the difference,

[@Jack-Corvus]

@ilyas jaweed Both will be helpful. As long as you have more than 8 gigabytes of ram you should be alright. Do a google search for how to check. Upgrading from an HDD to an SSD will be an immediate and large improvement.

[@kavyaandaarav1107]

664 dislikes are those shopkeepers who would do the same but for money💰😂

[@Tammy_Ammy]

Exactly Guleria saab

[@antonios4926]

Definitely. From Cyprus

[@lucianomartins5663]

Excellent video. Please, could you let me know what is the time with HD and SSD after turning the PC?

[@scotthsmith8635]

You made this so easy that between you and my brother (computer geek pro) I’ve got the confidence to do this. Thanks mate. I’ve been putting this off although I have everything to do it. Got the important work out of my way so that if anything goes wrong I’m not pressed for time pulling back ups. Blessings to you and yours

[@cameronbrown9858]

Thank you very much for this tutorial. Other videos were not very clear but this one was easy to follow. I used this on a desktop rather than a laptop and the performance difference is insane!!!

[@martinskn]

Just tried it - don't bother with the MiniTool Partition Wizard! Now it doesn't support the migration in the free version, and even if you choose not to install their bloatware, you still end up with a tool that doesn't migrate your OS unless you buy the Pro version, and you also get Avast Anitivirus, MiniTool backup and whatnot installed, so you need to clean up your OS after this.

[@smokingstan2501]

martinskn thanks for the update , I would screwed that up

[@martinskn]

@@smokingstan2501 , Your welcome. I just did the migration for my own laptop to a new Samsung Pro 860 SSD, and just used the tool (Samsung Data Migration Tool) they provide from their website. Looks a bit dodgy, but gets the job done and works fine, including using the whole space (they state that it only works from same- to larger size disk) - all with defaults settings. Win10 activation code and all was still intact, so looks like M$ doesn't tie it to the HD serial anymore.

[@therandomguy1039]

Install version 10, it works as of September 2020

[@colincampbell3679]

I've just brought a new HP Laptop with AMD Ryzen 3 fitted, But with the pre-installed Windows 11, The SSD drive has very limited space left over. So I brought a new 2.5 inch HD of 1 TB and will use this video as a way to do the OS move over! I also got now a Wavlink USB 3.0 Dual Bay Docking Station which states it can automatically move one HD ( 2.5 or 3.5 ) over to another of either size the full drive with one button press no PC needed! Or you can just plug in the USB cable and use the PC to move stuff. And it was only under £30 on Amazon. Thanks for the help video BTW.

[@novisiblemeans]

Thanks for this video - incredibly useful and helpful. Just given my 7 year old Asus laptop a whole new lease on life.

[@ryanr6240]

At 5:13 a note about the bios popped up. He kind of glossed over that without explanation. Since he replaced the old hard drive with the new SSD I guess he didn't have to mess with the bios since the new SSD was the only drive connected? If 2 drives were connected then I guess changes would have to be made to the bios.

[@kieranfitz]

Went looking for a tutorial on how to do this, the first one that shows up features my exact laptop. Winning.

[@NurArafatShomik]

This is a great guide for upgrading to an SSD. I'd mention though, the free version of the MiniTool software does NOT allow you to migrate your OS, they ask for you to get a paid subscription. I simply googled and found another (EaseUS) that let you install a 7-day trial version to get the job done. I am going to cancel the subscription before they start charging me.

[@johnhadlow1918]

Great tutorial. One question: the cloning software mentions possible need to change BIOS. Could you please tell me what needs changing in BIOS; is it the boot up order? Thanks

[@errolmcinnes7938]

yes, the reference is to the boot order. Using Partition magic, you always want to use USB boot first. at the start the usb drive is unbootable. At the point where you saw him get the error, the system reboots to the newly bootable usb drive to complete the clone. Failing to do so will result in the clone not completing.

[@MrAltheArtist]

errol mcinnes Could there be an issue if the laptop is configured for duel-boot? I am thinking of changing my SSD for a larger one, but my laptop can boot with both Windows and Linux. Might this cause problems or should the partition wizard sort it all out?

[@xxycom8963]

Alex L, though you asked your question a while back, and probably resolved the issue, let me answer your question if a new user is curious. The answer to your question is that the video applies to dual boot drives too. I have a Win 7, and Win 10 dual boot arrangement which I copied from a sluggish hard drive to the SSD. It made my laptop useable again.

[@rolandgo6744]

Just converted my asus to ssd, performance improvement was very satisfying. Thank you for the guide!

[@adaw90]

Always happy to see a Fujitsu user

[@liameneuk]

Hello. Some manufacturers put a hidden partition to store the data for customers' restoration. Let's say if I am upgrading from a ThinkPad, how the hidden partition and its functions could be migrated to the SSD? Or if I am really care about moving everything single thing from my original HDD, shall I just pull it out first and then clone it to the new SSD and then put the SSD in? Thanks!

[@markathompson]

EXCELLENT VIDEO - YOUR STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS WERE VERY GOOD

[@breggsu569]

i also want to do it soon. may i ask if are there really no other stuffs not explained in the video??

[@nejamediarobertreich5125]

I dont get it something: at 3:38 you delete partitions, then at 4:56 Drive is separated on 6 partitions? Why?

[@ThePa1nterhowto]

bloody awesome, you take so much time and pride doing your videos, it is appreciated

[@Britec09]

Thanks mate, glad you like them.

[@rauls4884]

I did the migrating with the ssd connected internally in the optical drive. I chose the option to transfer and keep the old drive, not remove. It seems the system is not booting from the new drive. It is still booting from the old one as everything was copied, not loved. Did I go wrong somewhere? Would it be different if I do start off with the USB connection? How do I now make it boot off the new drive?

[@gapos0180]

I´d like to know the same

[@JosephatKennedy]

@Britec09 this is practically amazing rebranding laptop to higher performance. Cheers man

[@alexcomet08]

Very instructive video, thanks. Are errors in the registers area transferred with this method as well?

[@williampollard4759]

I just realized that you can also use this technique to setup a new drive. Setup essentially a GHOST drive with the activated operating system, and all the programs in a "fresh" state, free of viruses.

[@ComputerHelpHawaii]

Would you mind sharing a bit more detail on this method?

[@albertchung7641]

Good idea :o. Then install back into the drive without total reset

[@chuchinj22]

Good video and instructions... But does this method still make ur laptop faster ..asking cuz I have a 500 gb 4 ram laptop and it's been acting slow just for basic things opening and closing software like the CPU as soon as it starts it bumps to 100 immediately... And what about the ram can it be upgraded??? Or how can I check ???

[@Angelcain0666]

U just save my 2013 laptops life shes running like a champ now

[@machelvet9594]

Thanks a lot. This is exactly what I was looking for. Demoted my laptop just for traveling. So I didn't need a big SSD anymore. Transferred what I wanted to a smaller older SSD which I didn't use anymore (including the settings and the OS) and it worked like a charm. I have been trying other programs for cloning before but they would only allow you same size or bigger ones as the destination drive. Which makes sense in most cases but not in mine. Sometimes you want to use your old stuff because it's still good enough for the things you need it for.

[@viajerozz]

Good video thanks, but unclear on whether this only transfers the OS or also all installed programs and user files?

[@jasonlefebvre2197]

that's what im wondering about, but the mini tool he used have option A and B i think Option A is telling us that it will move all the data in the new SSD/HDD drive while the Option B is for the System only @Britec09 Please correct me if im wrong i dont want to waste my save games and other files in my laptop

[@jakobhovman]

Hello...I hope you got it...He takes out the old Hard drive after this cloning. Which means, all is transferred.Then, the laptop starts from the new SSD Choice A is: Transfer all (Move) and B is: Transfer and Keep (Copy)

[@errolmcinnes7938]

using Partition Magic, you want to clone the ENTIRE hard drive, sector for sector, bit for bit. That ensures that all files are properly copied, including boot sector.

[@treyhilton5036]

Is their any way to just clone the boot sector and not any other files to a new SSD? Because my 1tb HDD is almost filled up and when I try to clone it using the program to my new 250gb SSD, it says theirs not enough space, of course.

[@psdaengr911]

Trey Hilton A hard drive or SSD has a boot sector from the factory. The act of creating a partition initializes the MBR in the boot sector to locate the partition(s). You do not clone the MBR or boot sector becasue it is matched to the logical geometry of the drive.

[@mrgrumpy5116]

hi Bri, did you follow through with using the old drive to back up the system and data?

[@amirn1121]

Thank you very much for the video. Clear step by step tutorial. without distractions.

[@pf5109]

This video procedure worked well for me eventually. For some reason the Minitool didn't work when migrating Windows 7 to the new SSD, but it worked after I upgraded to Windows 10. Thanks

[@ooGQoo]

Great video BUT........You don’t explain the options clearly enough ie the OS options and the partitions options

[@2011zurich]

Quite agree.

[@Kolian1274]

ooGQoo yes can redo completely more Deatail

[@Argyll9846]

I have a RAID array on an older PC. Will this transfer work if I clone the disks to an SSD and change the settings in the PC's BIOS so that it no longer sees the RAID settings? I've previously cloned the HD on my laptop onto an SSD and swapping the disk for the SSD and it worked flawlessly.

[@55whiplash]

Nice, I never heard of this program, I've just been using full cloning applications. Thanks!

[@AlexErika]

Question, I upgraded my first laptop and this worked perfectly. No issues but I have been trying to upgrade another laptop and having issues. I do the exact same thing. I am moving my primary hard drive, 750 gb to a new 500 gb ssd hard drive. 750 gb hard drive only has about 50 gb's of data on it so there is plenty of space. I run the minitool program, do the restart to finish option. It restarts but the 500 gb hard drive now says I have 204 mb free of 796 mg. Obviously it's not bringing all the data over. It just brings over files that say, Bin, Root, Recovery, RicaTools, TFR, bootmgr WinREPartition and that's it! I have done this several times, I have used the disk management took to make sure I delete all partitions. I assign it a letter, Drive D, I plug it in again via USB 3.0, it shows 500 GB's of space. I run the MiniTool program and again I am left with the SSD hard drive showing 204 mb free of 796 mb. Any ideas? I am at a loss.

[@XEyedN00b]

I love it. I was unable to migrate OS to SSD because I forgot that if you alocate the space it won't actually count as boot drive so I got error: "Invalid partition table" and was pulling my hair out until I came across this and then I self facepalmed.

[@kurtr1181]

What did you do after getting the "invalid partition table" error?

[@markhoffman552]

What does "GPT" mean? What's the boot and BIOS message at 5:10 all about?