[How to] Clone HDD to SSD for free | Larger HDD to Smaller SSD | Windows 10 | DiskGenius (2022)

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[@TatianaPWBios]

Thank you so much, I spent hours with other softwares and nothing was working until this one.

[@kiritpur]

Same problame

[@Joe-xy7ef]

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[@rmt74358]

Ok I notice this clear as day. The title of the video says " Larger HDD to Smaller SSD ". Problem is in this video you are cloning 161.1GB to 512GB SSD. I was unable to clone 1TB to 500GB hard drive. The program does not let me choose 500GB hard drive as the Target disk.

[@rakeshwasnik9327]

If your total data in the 1tb disk is less than your 500gb target disk, then it'll work.

[@cracknfix7938]

This software worked while other paid/free/freemium software failed for me. While they focus on eye candy UI and making their software look as pretty as possible, the functionality just isn't up to par with dev's that actually care about the product and distribute it with passion and for free. Doesn't have to look pretty, just needs to work, DiskGenius is the TOOL to USE!

[@mt4ds]

People are not exaggerating when they say you have saved them...thank you so much

[@OfficialSonOfRock]

After 16 hours of frustration I found this video. Worked beautifully! Thank you! Liked and subscribed.

[@Poncha56]

I felt that

[@Joe-xy7ef]

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[@lenny108]

Clone yes, but does it also boot?

[@gustavovm491]

A relative's laptop had a mech drive of about 480gigs which was struggling so I got a ssd for it but it was a bit smaller, like 450gigs, but the actual space taken on the HDD was less than 100 gb. Tried the method described in the video but the target drive ended up corrupted and did not boot. Then tried again but with the Migrate OS option instead of Clone, also opted for windows pe method for the process instead of hot migration, the copy rate was much faster outside of Windows. It worked.

[@marcopinho3108]

Same here, it worked after i see you coment. Thanks!

[@EganTalpario-rf2gp]

Exactly the same for me. Only worked with migrate option. Windows PE mode was twice as fast. So, I don't see any reason not to use either of the options. But still, thanks a lot for the video, I wouldn't have found DiskGenius without it.

[@DerekWilson-u9p]

this just what i was looking for. first video watched. to the point, no bla bla .

[@rhinoboo]

worked for me too, other providers used to be free, so brought me to this.. thanks man!

[@KrishnanandSinghGeek]

You saved me. After watching other videos which led me to paid softwares finally I landed upon this video. Thanks a ton.

[@jerzykaczmarczyk8657]

THANK YOU MY BROTHER FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY AND ANOTHER FAMILY!!!

[@olegyamleq7796]

After 4 hours of frustration I found this video. Worked beautifully! Thank you! Liked and subscribed.

[@faniejeremiah3473]

Came across this after 4hours of struggling, Thanks for this.

[@standtallvets5386]

Great video. The only thing I can think of is make sure the small boot partition on the cloned disk is marked active, which disk genius can also do. When I first tried it the primary partition was marked active for some reason. Didn't notice that, so the new disk would not boot.

[@TTAK85]

Thank you All other tutorials mention apps that are now paid, this tool is free and worked fine

[@erichepperlewp]

You said "make sure the boot partition have the same size", but the "boot" partition is traditionally the "C:" drive, is it not? However, in the video and the description you seem to be calling the "system reserved" the "boot" partition. Can you clarify?

[@altafahmed3322]

Very simply described. Thanks.

[@TechINtn]

you're welcome :)

[@johnc4134]

Not true at 3:40, but solved: clicking No to migrate system did not work for me. It stilled cloned all files and partitions, but the cloned drive would not boot. I had to go back and re-clone and click Yes to migrate system to get it to boot. The other key was to boot the first time with the new drive installed and the old drive not connected (don't restart with the old drive installed and the new drive connected via USB). This method worked for me..

[@spencercourtis9371]

well done and spotted! ☝

[@v1rgo_1409]

if i choose "YES" when you said it just move "system partition" option B, is it the same as choose option B in Minitool Partition. I asked from both vids, i really need an answer, cause i just want to move Windows 10 from HDD to SSD. 1 more thing that i wondered is System Partition the same with Windows

[@Nxtdoorguy]

Same doubt! Pls update

[@nagesharas5136]

I have a laptop with 1 TB HDD, in which the Windows 11 partition is 150 GB. The laptop has a free slot for a 256 GB SSD. I would like to install an SSD in this internal slot, and then migrate the Windows 11 OS along with all apps (such as browsers, LibreOffice, image editors, video players, video editors, etc) to the SSD. In other words, at 3:32, I would like to select "Yes". After the migration, Windows 11 and all my apps should run from the SSD instead of HDD. (I intend to merge the erstwhile Windows partition on my HDD with the other partition, and use the full 1 TB for data.) Is this possible with DiskGenius?

[@davionwest9300]

Glad i found this after 3 other video attemps for this walk through thx

[@you_phail]

partition wizard wasn't working for you too, huh?

[@felicitybrown368]

I failed with it and tried many times still doesn't work for me any idea plz?

[@darkestblueman200210]

very easy instructions and fully easy to understand , congratulation thump-up👌✌👍

[@vagnsbjerg8601]

can i use this if both my hdd and ssd is connected in my pc

[@rockhead69]

Thank you so much, dude. All software I tried before this tried to squeeze money out of me for registration. Kudos.

[@rubyzeng9017]

I want to know if this work for the drive with bad sectors, I got a lot of important files in it.

[@lauryn1111]

only aomei worked for my disk's cloning because I got bad sectors on the disk.

[@maknunheesan9593]

Does the windows run properly?

[@sucmadic6426]

can someone help? if i clone ssd to ssd with macrium reflect it progresses only 1% per 2 hours can anyone tell me why? old ssd= Kingston 447 GB New ssd= 1TB and i used other clone programes like AOMEI Backupper and the first clone it showed me the blue screen with recovery and the second time it just was stuck at 50% for 4 hours and i cancled it.

[@bhooshan25]

used the superb software and was successful. Thanks

[@Azeveco]

Did this and it cloned the HDD without a problem. But when I try to boot with the SSD, I get an error about permission, like I don't have access to the drive. Weird. Any clues?

[@InteloPL]

Encryption?

[@nareshguruprakash]

I have followed the exact same process in this video for cloning my 500 GB Toshiba HDD to 250GB Crucial MX500, grasped the concept and applied accordingly. The cloning has started now and I am waiting for it to work for me, you'll earn a sub and like it if does soon.

[@maxitalksfishing]

Did it work? I'd like to hear an update from you.

[@jerzykaczmarczyk8657]

Still working as of today! Thank you!

[@daniloborges3861]

Thanks. It helped me

[@darknez09240]

DAMN CLONE 1TB TO 123GB SSD WORKED LMAO THKS, hope there is no bug tho, just in case i use dism restore health for windows 10 just to fix some potential issue with the os

[@justineardiza9199]

This is very helpful. Thanks mate!

[@sasai]

I am having boot error: winload.efi error 0xc000000e. Am I doing something wrong?

[@ETSG2018]

Got me to right now

[@HalfLife333]

What is the difference between clone disk and system migration?

[@neampojma8676]

what is the difference between cloning and migrating it?

[@generalcommentor5354]

I followed the video exactly, but my cloned drive throws an error after replacing: \Windows\system32\winload.exe Error Code: 0xc000000e solution: @3:30 the instructions say NOT to "System Migrate". However, without migrating the system, your new drive is not bootable.

[@syedeemdnoh2874]

So that mean he scam us?

[@grandzone9377]

Hi TechIN, How can I move just the Windows OS to the new drive. Maybe aslo move all my important apps with it and use the old drive just for storage? Thank you

[@Nxtdoorguy]

Same doubt! Did you find out how?

[@Roanovadinskovicov]

You are a HERO my friend. Thank you and keep up the good work!

[@morlanallen]

thank you it worked flawlessly!!!

[@Alkaladibandar22]

We’ll explained , however, it did not work with me .. I have no idea what the problem is , it cloned successfully . When I changed the hdd to ssd After cloning I switched on my laptop but gave the blue screen error code 0xc00000e , can you help me out with that ? Thanks a lot

[@TechINtn]

the problem appear with corrupted system file try to repair this with a bootable windows then repair your computer

[@notajp]

Same thing here. “A required device isn’t connected or can’t be accessed.”

[@tisbonus]

I have the same problem with same error code.

[@enamtujuh2920]

Finally I found what I need in this video, thank you so much.

[@Joe-xy7ef]

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[@kristinar9801]

Instructions were easy to follow but the size of my new SDD shrunk from 500 GB to 118 GB after cloning. I was trying to increase my disc space, not decrease it.

[@z01k1]

press windows key and x, go to disk management, the remaining disk will be shown perhaps as u allocated space, right click, make new drive

[@ridemfast7625]

Want to "clone" a 1 gb hd to a 500gb ssd nvme. The hd RE Tools partition is 600gb with 380gb used. Do I need this partition to clone to the ssd and make the ssd bootable?

[@Kiwi_ecker]

Tried this on two different laptops but it would not work. The cloned disk would not boot at all ?? Do you change anything in the bios at 6minutes 55seconds in the video?? I Gave up and just installed fresh from recovery disk

[@allaboymm]

Best free Tool ever, thanks!!!!

[@bunny52879]

I continue to get "copy snapshot" as soon as i click hot migration. Then around 20 to 25 seconds later it gives me "Unknown Error" and stops the program

[@ChrisKadaver]

I tried this by putting the laptops internal harddrive into my desktop PC and also the SSD I wanted to clone to and it didn't work. When trying to boot from the SSD it gives me error on windows boot. I wonder if it has to do with the fact that my windows gives the laptops harddrive the drive letter E: instead of C:? When I got back to the computer after starting the cloning process windows was shutting down and applying updates so I'm not fully certain that the cloning process was complete. Can windows decide to restart and applying updates during the cloning process? Is windows that stupid?

[@siminye8037]

I used to clone with this tool but recently I find out the bug which is really cumbersome

[@Cimex090]

what bug?

[@lyubomirkuzmanov1302]

very good work,men

[@JamesBond-bd3pz]

Good job 👍

[@Tempuru_]

If i do this will my other files also be moved or just my windows os i only want my windows to move so i have faster boot times I dont want my games pictures videos and stuff to move

[@Nxtdoorguy]

Update pls?

[@emmanuelnkanta1415]

Been getting many "write sector errors!" while cloning mine. I'm wondering if anyone else had such experience and what did they do to resolve it. Any response will be appreciated. Thank you.

[@emmanuelnkanta1415]

I later got it working. If "clone disk doesn't work for you, then use migrate. "Migrate" worked for me. It is located a few options above clone disk

[@InteloPL]

@@emmanuelnkanta1415 thank you man. I was looking for any criticism/doubts people have as no software is perfect. Gonna try it now.

[@urbienbryllejamellep.2318]

yo man, after ive cloned my things and i setup and changed drives... it boots and says the advance options in which you have to restart it or advanced options; in that options it has reset, off, or somthin like download windows again. what went wrong? does diskgenius cloned the w10 ?

[@aftabafsal3032]

I cloned it succesfully but the laptop is not booting from the new ssd it is showning no boot device found

[@zolanisiphamla2561]

Thanks a lot from all the recommended didn't work but this was work and very easy to use

[@MrLegantWong]

Learnt a lot ! Tkx

[@raihanmasdal7493]

Thank you so much i tried using partition wizard and it say my disk to small now with disk genius my problem has been solved.

[@lilshik69]

I did everything you did, and when I turned my computer on, it said that my pc needs to be repaired.

[@FUGLY-RUGLY]

i got the same error it told me \WINDOWS\system32\windloader/efi is missing or corrupted did you ever figured out how to fix it? both of my disk's are the same capacity and both are gpt i evene went into the bios and disabled secure boot but none of that worked

[@hrhsii2]

Same problem

[@Quiller4k]

Thx Bro!!! Gracias Totales!!! ❤

[@rayberger2694]

I just tried to do this but when I put the SSD drive in my laptop and started it my laptop said it could not find a boot able device or a boot able drive, What did I do wrong, ??? I will try it again. Well I tried it again and now it works. I am not sure what I did wrong the 1st time. I may have installed the SSD wrong in my laptop putting the contacts to low. But anyway it is all good now. Thanks so much for the video.

[@spencercourtis9371]

this is the solution - do this: Not true at 3:40, but solved: clicking No to migrate system did not work for me. It stilled cloned all files and partitions, but the cloned drive would not boot. I had to go back and re-clone and click Yes to migrate system to get it to boot. The other key was to boot the first time with the new drive installed and the old drive not connected (don't restart with the old drive installed and the new drive connected via USB). This method worked for me..

[@rayberger2694]

@@spencercourtis9371 When my laptop said it could not find a bootable drive, I remember that I had made a repair disk, So I put that in my dvd player and it ran and did some stuff, Ha ha ha but now it works. Now my laptop went from 4 gb of ram to 8 gb of ram and it now has a SSD drive. I feel better now.

[@gullipp]

A massive THANK YOU!

[@Ahmad-xv9dr]

on window 11 dell 11th. generation its clone but not boot the nvme 2 drive

[@arjunsaluja4644]

Hi, im trying to change my hdd to a ssd, but my ssd is smaller than the hdd. Can you guide me how i can clone everything including my OS. So that i can just sawp my disks and start using it after the cloning

[@TechINtn]

Hi, what is shown in the video

[@frozenhouse5362]

@@TechINtn ?

[@OC714CM]

He means, what you are asking is EXACTLY what this video does. Rewatch the video.

[@matrixmodulator]

what is the point of cloning a drive that has a OS on it instead of using the os migration function? When using the cloning it will not boot properly from the os on the cloned disk...

[@syedeemdnoh2874]

What will happen when I finished system migration. I migrate the system from hdd to ssd

[@Furi98]

Is usb adapter necessary? Can I just plug my ssd into mb? Thx

[@matheusmeneghini1196]

In your case you don't need a USB adapter. He uses a usb adapter because the notebook don't accepts 2 drives connected directly at same time.

[@ysaya3666]

worked!!!!! FREEEEEEE !!! like & suscribed

[@hellojyai]

My dell is showing no boot device found 😕

[@menendez6218]

It didn't work 😭 and now I tried to put the original back and it the c drive is getting fixed -_-

[@ryoshi091]

Its says recovery after switching the ssd. Please help?

[@qsenboqnov2821]

after installation erorr 0xc00000e comes out

[@beraty482]

Same

[@darioperez6695]

This was real helpful. I'm doing the transfer as I write this. LOL

[@andreimc6973]

It works for windows 8.1?

[@craningan3109]

Thank you soo much you saved me alot of time its the only working software 😭

[@rishav0804]

*The used space of source disk exceeds the capacity of the target disk*

[@mdd1963]

One can't fit 300 GB of used space (from a 500 GB drive, for example) onto a destination /target 250 GB SSD....

[@rishav0804]

@@mdd1963 I know bro😅

[@SBL972-one]

use v5.4.5 v5.4.6 poses clone problems and + this blocks at 20% (clone or restore image test on 2 pc

[@rhomis]

I tried to clone SSD to HDD. Doesn't work. That's what I need to do.

[@olymozy]

its work, thanks

[@hellobye5952]

I tried cloning from a 1 tb hhd to 240 gb ssd using aomei back upper but it said I needed a larger ssd, any ways to go around this?

[@TechINtn]

I m not tested aomei tools. but you must have the used disk space in 1TB disk less than 240GB

[@neomokgosi68]

Also have the same issue. Thought this vid would help.

[@sidetraksidetrak879]

same problem tried aomei , tried this and still stuck. Going from a 240 to 120

[@marcopinho3108]

Hi, I have a Dell E7450 and i cloned the SSHD Seagate 500gb to a Crucial BX100 256gb, with Windows 10. Bios recognizes the SSD but won't boot up. Blue screen and error code appeared 0xc00000e! I've tried to repair the disk with a Windows 10 Pen drive but didn't work! Any ideas?

[@marcopinho3108]

Problem solved, i formated again. Then, I cloned the SO and it worked. Windows is active.

[@abdulaziz-1]

how you solve it , i have same problem

[@AbdallahBenSelam]

This Is not work for me i got a problem recovery système 0*000000e error

[@spencercourtis9371]

this is the solution - do this: Not true at 3:40, but solved: clicking No to migrate system did not work for me. It stilled cloned all files and partitions, but the cloned drive would not boot. I had to go back and re-clone and click Yes to migrate system to get it to boot. The other key was to boot the first time with the new drive installed and the old drive not connected (don't restart with the old drive installed and the new drive connected via USB). This method worked for me..

[@DaWali1000]

That solution wasn't bootable for me :(

[@vilmerpakh5789]

This made my pc loose all Windows information and my computer is now broken🤬 and yes i followed all the steps

[@Vicky-zd3uv]

complete the task with ao mei wonderful one

[@InteloPL]

The one with the paywall on any demo functions?

[@sean4190]

Thanks champ!

[@Demertech]

Can't select source disk

[@kiritpur]

Thanks my problame is solved I live in india

[@cowneloalvaroids2387]

winload.efi error after clone

[@chrispacheco9977]

I have bought an used PC and did the ssd clone however after the process, my PC prompted that I need to activate the windows. How is this?

[@TechINtn]

I don't have any idea. on HDD your windows is activated?

[@TwistedSoul2002]

@@TechINtn When first installing Windows 10, the digital license associates itself with your computer’s hardware. If you make significant hardware changes on your computer, such as replacing your motherboard, or if you move/clone Windows 10 to a different hard drive, Windows will no longer find a license that matches your computer, and you will need to reactivate Windows.

[@antsfur]

@@TwistedSoul2002 i think its to do with motherboard/cpu codes and if use/clone a drive from another pc then most likely it will ask you for a license.

[@antsfur]

It could be that the person you bought it off has retained their licence ? Or its been registered as scrap with ms. May be the seller has to transfer the license to you?

[@ccthejason123]

I got error , can I show u my picture

[@nacion_organica]

Winload error

[@tvyoutube7795]

After i did everything after i boot it shows non in first hdd

[@TechINtn]

show this video may be it help you kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4nUd42daMtgbsk

[@umitbattal7354]

Didn't work for me

[@hemantmdhamgaye6256]

Thank you sir

[@aaron47tv74]

what if you only want to move the os to sdd, not the entire disk?

[@OG_Oddball]

that bell is really annoying

[@nageshtagadur]

why all sorts of music,.. is it some disco

[@richmansvideo]

Thanks 🙏