How to clone Windows 10 - The Free and Easy way!

[@seasearch]

I know this video is over 2 years old now, but I have to mention this for anyone who came to this video to have instruction on cloning their main drive to a new drive. AOMEI no longer allows system clones in the freeware version or the pro trial of their software. You have to purchase the pro version license. Just an FYI.

[@FunIsGoingOn]

Yesterday I tried it to clone a SSD to a HDD so I can use the SSD in a different PC. And it worked with the Standard version. (both drives MBR)

[@RuschFamilyAZ]

So for me to be able to clone my hdd to an ssd and then get rid of the HDD entirely, will I need to also install an operating system to the new(never used) SSD or will the O's being copied also? I do not have a windows disc to do so. Is this the difference between disk clone and system clone in AOMEI?

[@seasearch]

@@RuschFamilyAZ Yes. Disk clone and system clone are different. I tried using disk close to clone the drive my os was on to a new ssd and the program, at least for me, wouldn't even allow me to clone the os.

[@RuschFamilyAZ]

@@seasearch Bummer, we are trying to clone my son's sluggish HDD to an ssd. This is frustrating to know I bought an SSD and can't even do what we thought we could.

[@seasearch]

@@RuschFamilyAZ you still can you will just have to pay for the program. It’s not terribly expensive and it does work really good i will say that. I ended up paying for it and had zero problems.

[@nsuinteger-au]

For those of who are late to the party, use Macrium Reflect Free edition to clone your drives as the AOMEI is no longer supporting cloning on the free version. I just completed cloning pcie3 250GB drive to a pcie4 500GB drive in just 13 minutes without any dramas. Cheers

[@GL011]

Thanks Was going to image the drive and restore with WinPE, then found Macrium Reflect and skipped all that 😂

[@MichaelMoore99]

They still support cloning in the free version... for MBR disks, but not GPT disks.

[@gerydblackmore5484]

have always used MR good software. Free version is being stopped in Jan of 2024

[@sparkcone]

Can you clone Windows using same SW to micro SD Card?

[@mrljgibson]

Yeah, that's also no longer free. About time Microsoft built an OS utility to emigrate installations.

[@MrPaul3d]

When he felt the need to clarify the "Kids Videos" folder 😂

[@RaiderOfTheLost]

@Hyi Vittu so could your parents giving you a name like that

[@Iucebowel]

@@RaiderOfTheLost friendly fire cadet, secure that weapon!

[@mrvk699]

😂😂

[@lordi2009k]

@@RaiderOfTheLost no need to burn that guy he already had it bad to begin with lol

[@NorwegianImposter]

Doth protest too much? ;)

[@YaBoiJoosh]

If I'm being completely honest, I had better luck with Samsung Data Migration, fully free and since I had a Samsung SSD I think it definitely helped. Managed to boot up from the SSD successfully which is awesome, so if anyone is looking to do this but is still running into issues with AOMEI or any other cloning software, Samsung Data Migration might be your next best bet

[@hrbie_]

Tysm

[@erfanakhtarjahan7814]

Thank you!! The Samsung Data Migration option worked for me since I have both Samsung SSDs. Thanks for plugging the comment in there 😊

[@GhostlyGG]

just got this for xmas (ssd980) so thank you for this

[@huskers1278]

@HeavenlyGG Just got myself a 2tb 980 Pro like 5 minutes ago!

[@davidtriune8028]

thanks but only works when cloning to a samsung

[@ShugarJunki]

This video was fantastic! I just did a complete rebuild, went from an SAMSUNG PRO 1TB nve TO A 2TB, took an hour for the clone and 30 seconds to fix the partition. This is the smoothest build I'ver ever gone through. Not a single mess up or hitch. That never happens lol. Even when I opened chrome for the first time it asked if it could restore my pages that I had open just before I cloned. Incredible. Thanks man.

[@taunteratwill1787]

Maybe that's why it's called a clone. 😂

[@RR-ho3td]

It's asking me to buy it? Did it ask you to do that too?

[@mrlocomotion164]

@@RR-ho3td yeah I’m trying currently and is asking me to buy it. It does not give an option to skip and continue.

[@One.Zero.One101]

This is amazing, it even automatically changed the drive letter to C: and moved the original drive to E:. No need for manual name changing.

[@FissionChips1983]

EDIT 11/8/21: Apparently, the below advice no longer works on later versions that restrict GPT to GPT transfers. Oh well. EDIT 6/9/22: DON'T USE THIS SOFTWARE! THE FREE RIDE IS OVER. USE SOMETHING ELSE NOW. ORIGINAL POST: IF YOU GET THE PROMPT TO PAY ON THE FREE VERSION: Go into disk management and initialize your new disk first. Make sure to match it to the same disk type as your source disk (MBR or GPT). When you re-run AOMEI it will let you past the paywall. Apparently it's a premium feature to clone to a different disk type, but if they match it goes right through.

[@MD-ot3nl]

Thanks for this tip! I had gave up and was in the process of looking for an new software. This tip fixed me up, though. Preesh!!!!

[@erraddict]

Thank you! Very helpful, I ran in to this issue as well

[@jasonpw]

Worked for me - nice one Trent.

[@rakimlee]

I had this problem as well but thanks to you I found out what it was

[@hammockmonk]

I still can't get past the paywall *scratches head*. Am I doing something wrong? I formatted the new SSD, same NTFS format as the source, and restarted AOMEI, but in the cloning process I can't get past the upgrade screen, after choosing the source and destination disks.

[@funknugget6334]

Jay’s heart rate when he saw the ‘Kids Videos’ folder 📈📈📈

[@joshhibbert2781]

This software is dodgy. Once you pass the paywall, most clones WILL NOT boot properly and they crash randomly due to dx???? Errors

[@magneter100]

@@joshhibbert2781 This software is not dodgy. I am an it professional and have used the free version many times and prefer it to the others eg Acronis etc. Now have the paid version. Never found any issues with the free version. Best free software that I have come across. I recommend it.

[@joshhibbert2781]

@@magneter100 first 3 backups finished and appeared successful but once trying to use the cloned system as the boot drive, they continually crashed with stop code errors and sudden blue screen hangups. Regular back ups were fine but system clones to move c: drive to an ssd or other drive were very problematic and hard to be confident that they will work

[@RealButcher]

Hahahahhaa

[@larrymoran_THE_CODGER]

@@magneter100 It would be interesting to know why Mr. Hibbert has/had those problems. Of course, there are always variables like "operator error" or the way various computers are set up. In my experience, trying to trouble shoot a computer problem without physically working on the machine. Is like trying to teach someone to fly an airplane, without actually being in the plane with them.😊

[@nuversion8673]

I just went to western digital and downloaded Acronis software for free and it cloned my OS with absolutely zero issues. It copied from my old Samsung ssd to the new Western digital ssd in around twenty minutes and I didn't have join anything or pay a penny. When it finished cloning it asked me to shut down my PC and remove the original drive. When I did that it booted from the new ssd with no problems at all. The software is called Acronis True image for Western digital.

[@ScottyCrawford]

I wasted countless hours on Acronis bad products. It's a terrible company. STAY AWAY FROM ACRONIS, TOO, EVERYBODY!

[@thudhard2665]

I tried cloning a hdd to SSD for a friend 1 yr after this video was made and this software company put the cloning ability behind a $50 pay wall.

[@buxtech]

Yup, I literally just tried it and "free cloning" is gone. BOO!!

[@doom6699]

@@buxtech download version 6.3

[@Blaq_Phantom]

@@doom6699 That still didnt work. I have to try something else

[@SNKRHEAD69]

@@Blaq_Phantom i found a license activation key online this one worked for me: AMAB-0ELGU-P79T6-F0FN7

[@TheSlickmicks]

Yup. I am getting the same pay wall. It says, "The size of the partition on the destination disk remains unchanged by default. To add unallocated space to all partitions, click Edit Disk." There is a OK button below. Click that and there's the damn pay wall.

[@RaiderOfTheLost]

3:14 Jay: "You can't just clone a drive" Also Jay: *"so anyway i started cloning"*

[@cp37373]

3:18 try again

[@HonestAuntyElle]

@@Shpoony it's a reference to always sunny

[@rowni]

The timing of this video coming out is impeccable.

[@charlescrittenden5410]

i was literally struggling with this tday

[@innerinquiry]

12 hour late for me but still

[@arifhaikal4027]

I literally bought an ssd yesterday and wanted to transfer everything from my old hdd to it lmao

[@asimepuse]

Yesss I just bought an ssd for my girlfriends computer

[@maxwellgreenfield4117]

NOT FREE THOUGH. ALSO PROBABLY MALAWARE... The uninstall took me to a web browser and you shouldn't have to give your information for a download of a cloning tool.

[@thehohoshow1]

went from an HDD to an SSD, using this method about a year ago and it worked flawlessly. just recently deleted the old windows of the the HDD. Thank you very much for this video

[@MrSandy28]

Jay:- You need to be patient. Me who has downloaded 1gb movie files back in 2G days during daytime:- not a problem at all

[@frankiemadrid9030]

Lol I know right!!!

[@kenweller2032]

HaHa!! I remember Napster on dial-up, and oh, how about Hotline servers?

[@mdkitty7439]

Waiiit, before you download a 1gb stuff just took 2 days ?! Man,back in the day in my country , I downloaded 1gb game took me 1 month to downloaded it :/

[@danrazART]

Legends! I remember clicking on a picture to open and going to the kitchen to make coffee while it is opening! 😂 Dial up networking was a beast. Now, everything works on a blink! Can't make decent coffee now!

[@anuragkat66]

LOL

[@Boxkid351]

I am a fan of macrium reflect myself.

[@bepbep7418]

I find Reflect easier to use

[@shejmus]

my man

[@spaceboundrhino3246]

I went from a 1tb drive to an 8tb drive and I used macrum reflect to clone the drive and it booted up perfectly. Paired up with optane perfectly too, so that’s my recommendation as well

[@KevinIrish]

Same here. I've done it twice now. Once from a 1TB HDD to 1TB SSD, then again from that 1TB SSD to a 500GB M.2. Getting it cloned to the smaller drive was a little more difficult, but I eventually figured it out and everything works perfectly. Now the HDD and SSD are mainly photo/video back up space.

[@nmdelrio]

Macrium Reflect all the way.

[@1leggeddog]

"You wouldn't clone a car." Jay: "Watch me do it for free!"

[@khaoticpenguin3945]

Lol I would then sell em

[@ial01]

I would download a car in heart beat though :D

[@tr1gger810]

@@ial01 and then I'll pirate your car and sell it for free all over the internet

[@doggzydzy2382]

is that a CREAM reference?

[@ial01]

@@doggzydzy2382 old movie anti-piracy messages before the movie actually started. "You wouldn't download a car".

[@Daniel-tc6tm]

Tried to clone disk from one SSD to another larger SSD but the free version does not support it anymore from the comments I'm reading. It kept prompting me to pay for the pro version. Its $40 USD for a year, no other options of than lifetime which is around $70 USD. I paid for it and its working fine, there are other ways by using a flash drive to move an OS over to another hard drive but it doesn't partition anything and you'll have to do it manually. I just wanted it for convenience sake lol

[@sherwinbigueras8552]

DL the standard version, not the PRO.

[@stuartjephcott7628]

I had the same, So purchased it and it works great. Also i was concerned about my drive letter but when booting from the new volume it automatically assigns the C:drive to the new volume. :)

[@monstamoo7360]

Interesting, this is great info!

[@DaceLmao]

@@stuartjephcott7628 do you have to go in the bios and change it to the new ssd to boot windows or its does it automaticly?

[@stuartjephcott7628]

@@DaceLmao I changed the boot order and when I logged i to windows it had assigned the new drive to C:

[@TomBaito]

Jay: "Kids Videos... these are videos for my daughters." FBI: "Understandable have a nice day!"

[@lordi2009k]

yh thats the sort of reason he felt like he needed to clarifie what that folder was to many dumb asses would have gone thing the wrong thing otherwise

[@brady6819]

On 4/20 btw

[@Journetta]

Kids videos... there's nothign wrong with that that's like Nursey ryme videos or something, Now if it was like "Videos of Kids" then maybe.. but even then it's probs just his kids... on their first birthday or some shit.. like...

[@akhilleusuggo]

@My Seventy what are you talking about ? Are you OK ? You had problems with your dad ? xD

[@akhilleusuggo]

@My Seventy I'm sorry , but we're not all like you . What ever happens on your mind , is not what happens on everybody's mind . I recommend you to go to a psychologist before you commit a crime and destroy the future of someone . Good luck on your life , I'm out of here .

[@alfredosaus1545]

If you are having trouble with the paywall, make sure to initialize your new drive in the same format as your old drive. My old HDD was GPT while my freshly installed SSD was MBR (you can see these details in AOMEI as well). Using "create and format hard disk partitions," I was able to initialize my new SSD as GPT to avoid the paywall. (Converting and cloning a GPT drive to an MBR drive was only in the pro version). There are still other locked functions like expanding partition sizes to fill up bigger drives than the original disk, but luckily I did not have to deal with that in my case and I was able to use AOMEI with no other problems.

[@rat2128]

Both of my drives are in GPT but I still got the paywall

[@alfredosaus1545]

@@rat2128 what version are you using? And what feature does it say is locked?

[@jamesclements3463]

@@alfredosaus1545 it looks like gpt to gpt is also paywalled

[@retroa-go-go6888]

@@jamesclements3463 Yep, same here, I tried using the "free 30 day pro trial" and it's still paywalled, it won't let me clone GPT -> GPT. Complete waste of time and I'm not going to use it more than once really, so I'm not paying $40 for a 1 year licence, that's like half the price of the SSD!

[@rikmorel4870]

note: Disk clone of the system drive is no longer available on the free version. Even if simply doing the same process as in the video and bypassing 'system clone' and going simply to Disk Clone as shown the app will recognize the GPT partition and force you to upgrade to the paid version. :(

[@kevkawm3939]

Looks like it's become a Ransomware===> manufacturer lies to you to installed then make you pay or not working. Also on the description, it says the "standard version" is ONLY PARTIAL clone.

[@rikmorel4870]

I ended up using Macrium Reflect Free. Was able to clone the system drive with absolutely no hassle. They do have other versions which I'll consider should I need to do more and I highly recommend them.

[@longnwen._media]

@@rikmorel4870 how easy was it

[@marshalls4094]

I even downloaded an older version thinking I could get a clone. NOPE!

[@rose95524]

@GoldenQueenDiva I used Macrium Reflect Free for the cloning and followed the video for everything else (which isn't much tbh) and it worked great and made a bootable drive for me (went from a hard drive to a smaller ssd)

[@goatmototours]

Something kept bringing me back to this video. There's something about your cadence that made me watch this video several times until last week my C drive hit maximum capacity. I ordered the docking station and an SSD drive, downloaded the pirated version of AOMEI Backupper because the free version wouldn't allow cloning and cloning my drive right now at 68%. Thank you so much for the encouragement and all the details. Also, you uploaded the video on my birthday so maybe that was a sign that I kept coming back to it lol. Cheers Mate!

[@TheOneDI]

This worked perfectly for me. Cloned my 500GB SSD to 1TB NVMe. Then used the partition assistant to adjust partitions and erase the SSD. Was easy and quick for me.

[@billjamal4764]

I was just wondering if I would be able to do this. If this works you just saved someone dying over fixing their ssd for weeks

[@Hortencii]

can you put link for what adapter you used

[@iyendeezont]

can you atleast help others out? Link the adapter you used, instead of being selfish and staying quiet when people clearly need help

[@billjamal4764]

@@iyendeezont I was gonna respond to help butt your comment was so entitled you'll never know

[@iyendeezont]

@@billjamal4764 you wasn’t gonna respond to help, stop lying man

[@dylanirt3905]

I know I won't be using this anytime soon-- but boy when I need it I can always count on Jay to tell me every detail. I would trust this dude to fix anything.

[@thewelder3538]

If you trust Jay implicitly, then you're a bit of an idiot. He tinkers with hardware, but when it comes to software he doesn't know very much. Firstly, cloning a running Windows installation is not a straight-forward process because of in-use files. Secondly, you do NOT get an unused partition if you clone onto a larger HD. Unused space is NOT the same a partition or even close. So, by all means, trust Jay, but since this kind of stuff is my job, I know that's he's taking crap and way out of his depth.

[@Inuuu]

GUYS JUST REGISTER WITH THIS PRO CODE "AMPR-8YFUT-H6819-778MV" FOR FREE (go on next then say use licenscode in the bottom left and copy paste it)

[@dylanirt3905]

@@thewelder3538 no one cares

[@thewelder3538]

@@dylanirt3905 So true, but that's always the case that stupid people are oblivious to the fact that they're stupid.

[@Eunostos]

@@thewelder3538 'this is my job' doesn't make you seem more credible than the man proven to have skill and ethics. Sorry, random self-declared expert~

[@celticlofts]

I think it's important that you guys who do these videos try and get across to the uninitiated the benefits of spending a little extra cash to purchase an extra drive and have it there just in case. I've been cloning my drives for years (I go back to the early days of Ghost) and it's always a comfort to know that if my drive goes bad I can just pop the other (cloned) drive in and be back up and running in no time. It's an easy way of dealing with a nasty virus too. I usually re-clone the drive if I install new software or make any major changes to the setup. That way both drives have the same software and configurations.

[@JamieR]

Literally 20-60 minutes with SSD ~ NVME transfers to be back up and running, or just boot directly from the drive and begin working if necessary. I've been doing it for years myself and it's saved me from so much grief.

[@celticlofts]

@@JamieR : Yep - It's a pity not more people do it. I can do a complete clone in about 19 to 22 minutes as I keep most of my data stuff on the network drives. Another thing I generally do is create a restore point before I install applications.

[@wobble108]

Yes I do this because if your drive packs up just put the cloned drive in.

[@robertroe1956]

I agree. IMO much better than making traditional backups

[@prophecy0731]

If your unable to boot from your "cloned" drive, your cloned drive is probably missing boot files: -create windows installation media via usb drive -boot from the usb drive -go to troubleshoot > advanced options > command prompt -run "bcdboot c:\windows" (assuming your cloned drive is your c: drive) This will create the boot files necessary to boot up windows from your cloned drive. ...your welcome....glad it works👍🏾

[@DrgnSlyr47]

Jay is like a dad to all of us in the fact that he goes deep into explaining and put in extra work to spit game 💯 subbed for life

[@LUckybones25]

Thanks Jay for the great content. 👍🏼👍🏼

[@ActuallyAwesomeName]

Spit game? Jesus

[@chrisbullock6477]

I'm 43 so not sure how much of a percentage of his subs are under 23 years old?

[@whalemonstre]

Macrium Reflect Free is also very good for cloning/backup up.

[@Duder_abides]

Not to mention you can clone drives WAY faster with Macrium.

[@adamharris-batt6333]

hmm I used it last week and both my drives got messed up

[@SamiKing888]

It's mush faster with Macrium, 200 GB in 10 minutes ( 2 sata ssds ).

[@Punisher971]

I can also recommend to look at Software from EaseUS ... they have an identical Portfolio, it is also featuring free versions of backupper and partioner, which is sufficent for most operations and have regulary updates for their Software.

[@djr8585]

Jay, Phil, and Nick...you three have spoiled us this month with all these wonderful videos! Thanks guys. I appreciate it.

[@5izzy557]

Spoiled? They are a business making money. You have spoiled them with your viewership if anything.

[@5izzy557]

@Trump-4- Prison Wow, you must have been really lacklustre. I'm glad you have had success.

[@JACKSPARROW-iy7rw]

He has spoiled us so much, i just want to see u trumbone him

[@carymatthubbard]

This Method is no Longer free on the Basic package and is locked on the Pro Status package. Trying to help people save some time & this was the top comment so hopefully, some will find it.

[@miko8572]

@@carymatthubbard tnx

[@liboud22]

Just for FYI: The software mentioned in this video The Aomei Backupper doesn't provide the system and boot disk cloning feature in the free version. The website or the software doesn't tell you that. When you install and try to clone the disk, it will just keep prompting you pay up the moolah! Very sneaky practice by a garbage company.

[@der_erdmann]

can confirm this. @JayzTwoCents pls put this in the description or something

[@kenno69]

You can actually adjust the partition sizes in the "edit partition" option on the bottom before you click start/finish

[@VndNvwYvvSvv]

Won't let me do this without buying a higher package.

[@thebamplayer]

@@VndNvwYvvSvv Just use Macrium Reflect, it can expand the partition in the free version.

[@improvementTime10.3.17]

10:00 smaller to larger drive 11:10 test booting from the other drive to test if os and programs work the same

[@gromash]

[@dorminnimrod]

I don’t understand so if I get a SSD that’s 1TB I can buy another SSD that is like 256 GB and clone it to be 1TB for a second PC I have? I just heard about cloning HDD and SSD a few minutes ago. Anyone got a quick explanation of what cloning is for?

[@6thHokageJuan]

@@dorminnimrod just transfers the data it doesn't magically add more memory to the drive my guy

[@justincider8892]

@@dorminnimrodNo. If you have a 1tb drive and clone it onto a 256gb drive it does not increase the size of the drive. What would happen in that scenario is the data would be cloned exactly as is. If you had the 1tb drive filled with 200gbs of data the cloning process would write all 200gbs of data to the 256 drive and you would have 56 left. However, if the 1tb drive had 500gbs of data on it the cloning software would scan the 256 drive and detect that the drive isn't large enough to hold all the data and the process would quit.

[@dorminnimrod]

@@justincider8892 ah well explained dude. Thank you

[@normangreenbomb]

Had a 5 year old HDD start clicking - panic bought a new larger HDD and used the freeware AOMEI products listed here to successfully clone the HDD before it died. Much appreciated Jay!

[@Cleisthenes607]

You should really clone to an SSD. I just did it from an HDD and the speed gain is amazing. For example, photos would constantly crash now I can load all my photos in seconds in the photos app without crashes. A three hour virus scan took about 15 mins.

[@galloe]

Two reasons why people might be running into a pay wall instead of being able to go through the steps in this video. 1. During installation you clicked on "Better Choice: Try AOMEI Backupper Pro For Free" instead of choosing "Skip" and installing the Standard Version. 2. If you did install the Standard free version, you clicked on "Clone System" instead of "Clone Disk." In this video Jay tells us to click on Clone Disk. I was able to go through the cloning process as shown exactly in this video twice already, once yesterday (12/9/2022) and once today, without running into a pay wall at all.

[@wiselylost1192]

I followed your directions and the video directions and I'm still blocked by a paywall. I even used a seperate Aomei disc cloning software. I have no idea how you managed to get around it

[@galloe]

@@wiselylost1192 It's weird, reading the comments I'm not the only one who's been able to clone a drive successfully. It seems some people are blocked and others are not, and I have no idea why. I do agree with some comments that Macrium seems to be easier, if not more less of a hassle than AOMEI. Worse case scenario you can download an older version. Another video mentions that version 6.3 was the last release without a pay wall.

[@galloe]

@@wiselylost1192 Just a question though, by "instructions" did you mean what I said in this comment?? These weren't instructions, my comment is pointing out what you're NOT supposed to do.

[@TotalDbag24]

@@galloe Couldn't you just create a system image on the new drive with windows own software and then "repair" it during the windows install?

[@galloe]

@@TotalDbag24 Well, if the the new drive is blank, your options are to either use it as storage, clone an existing drive into it, or do a fresh install. If you create an image you would need the space to save that image, and the new drive would already need to have Windows in it so you can run the restore utility using that image. It's definitely doable, it's just extra steps and more time.

[@AnthonyPa10]

Please Note, Make sure you initialize the Disk as GPT, if your source disk is GPT. If it is a GPT disk, cloning to an MBR disk, it will ask you to upgrade.

[@connorbrenneman1634]

How do you do that?

[@prestono1101]

nope pay walled that shit too this is bulls shit '

[@vaporainwaves]

Yep all of it is paywalled now. Useless.

[@zaclaplant3001]

Asked me to upgrade, anyway.

[@bradleywalton970]

@@vaporainwaves use version 6.3, it’s still free

[@CyPHerzZ_ZA]

Just the vid i needed ! right on time im getting my pc tomorrow thanx jay xD

[@timbersrcadventures]

Bra I just tried it and sadly it doesn’t work

[@impy1980]

Clean install! Do it properly, you don't want all the random old system files, temp files, old unused registry entries, and other residual files being copied. Plus it'll be way quicker to clean install Windows, and reinstall all the programs you use.

[@wittyfleek3323]

@@impy1980 Agree! I always do a fresh install

[@dylangroen2552]

The amount of time and agony that could’ve been avoided if this had been posted a month ago...

[@sombrero4316]

you didn't realize it's possible to copy a drive?

[@burnsyd17]

There's literally HUNDREDS of web sites that explain this process.

[@SchoolforHackers]

Yes, but you never know what you don’t know.

[@sombrero4316]

@@SchoolforHackers as an intelligent being, it is not difficult to make some assumptions. They send cloning instructions with some ssd's ffs...

[@angeleocorrodead]

@@sombrero4316 as an intelligent being, it is not difficult to make some assumptions. Not everyone got those ssd's ffs...

[@joed2392]

The " Two Cents" analogy pales in comparison to it's real value ! True knowledge, is Priceless ! So, Thanks for sharing !!

[@PabloSantos-xt9ut]

no joke the timing on this is gods work

[@HARSHAKNV95]

Its Google's work xD

[@daviddesfosses7692]

Cloning functionality of the software recommended in this video is no longer available on the free version. Most SSD manufacturers have a utility to clone drives that’s free to use as long as you have one of their drives in your system.

[@hwathai]

Any particular app? Thanks in advance.

[@jkristia2011]

I'm trying to clone a 500GB Samsung SATA SSD to a 2TB Samsung NVMW using Samsungs data migration tool. And each time (twice now) it at the very end says 'data migration function has been interrupted for an unknown reason'. I tried free version of this tool, but yes, it does not support System Clone anymore. For that it seems liek you need to get the $50 pro version unfortunately

[@suicidelxrd]

i just downloaded it to test what u said. it no longer has the clone in the free plan but, u can try pro for free. so i assume u can take ur trial, do the cloning and get away with that

[@davidma22]

@@suicidelxrd No you can't. When you try they force you to the payment page.

[@alfredosaus1545]

In my experience, converting and cloning my old HDD (GPT partitioning) to my new SSD (MBR) was not supported in the standard version. I suggest you use an older version (6.3) and initiate the new drive as GPT using *create and format hard disk partitions* before trying to clone with AOMEI.

[@callmeseanpsycho]

Even in 2021 still a great tutorial. Only have to use the version of this video (6.3, December 2020) and it works!

[@Zeina107]

Thank you so much for jump cutting into the bios menu. People looking up how to do stuff never need instructions. You should be a teacher

[@SeMake]

Yo, i just bought an nvme ssd and was searching for a tool.

[@acquacow]

EaseUS

[@Journetta]

reinstall if u dont care bout ur install.. like if there's nothing on it that can't be redownloaded imo.. considering u have to wait loke 4 hours for this cloning process.. anyway, Depending on how old ur installnis.. it can make windows feel fresh and less cluttered

[@DuBstep115]

@@Journetta I copied my windows from samsung 960 evo to 980 evo with samsung data migration tool and it took like 30 mins to copy 400gb.

[@SeMake]

@@Journetta nah i don't want to download my 80GB games again with my slow internet.

[@jameslaine2472]

Check the drive manufacturer's website; most have cloning or migration software available for free.

[@RandomguyMr]

IMPORTANT: AOMEI no longer offers the ability to clone a drive for free. it's now a premium feature that you have to pay 45$ for. I reccoment Macrium Reflect (free version) it's a similar process.

[@jtburgess7226]

I think Jay needs to edit the video because this is no longer valid under the free moniker!

[@Le4th3r]

i literally did this today, could’ve done with this

[@L39T]

Cool

[@hunterbowman4207]

I did it yesterday lol

[@trbr6705]

I just did yesterday!

[@oid__]

same here bro lmao

[@TheKillian413]

jpnewpic88.men

[@rogersmith5183]

Thank you for the Video sir! 1. Never ever, ever, ever... never, ever, ever... Never, "save" any data/information, etc., on the OS (usually C:) drive!!! 2. ALWAYS "SAVE" YOUR WORK ON ANY OTHER DRIVE THAN THE OS DRIVE!!! Because, you should always "Clone" your OS drive, and "backup" your data drive.This will make "Cloning", and OS recovery, faster and more efficient, with data separated and secure (WHEN the OS drive ages/crashes.) The data drive migrates more efficiently to another computer when it is not mixed with OS programs(Apps for you millennials), drivers, etc. This idea comes from my work with Servers and it seems to be an effective working philosophy for client computers as well.

[@johnbuchter1271]

Without even going through the steps to clone a drive I already feel 99.99% confident this is the best way of going about doing this. I am not one to normally comment on vids of any kind but I would like to say this particular video spelled everything out perfectly and was super easy to understand from start to finish. Now wish me luck as I tackle this small project....thanks Jay for the info!

[@OriginalMergatroid]

How can you say this is the best way if you have never done it? That's like me commenting on the best way to do brain surgery.

[@Thorocious]

I agree with what the other guy said... and having said this you can't actually clone it for free anymore anyway - you HAVE to pay to use this software for anything, even the trial version.

[@OriginalMergatroid]

@@Thorocious I am not sure which software you are referring to, but just a couple of days ago I used Backupper for free, and yesterday I used Reflect for free.

[@Thorocious]

@@OriginalMergatroid reflect worked for me. But try backupper now, trial or the free version.. You can't do anything useful with it

[@OriginalMergatroid]

@@Thorocious That sucks. I have a version that is a year or two old. Still works great.

[@MrB10N1CLE]

People commenting "liar" or "clickbait", just know that AOMEI was the one that removed cloning from the free version. Imagine getting made at someone trying to help

[@keyiwan5947]

this is a very useful tool i think no matter from its function or compatibility, Jayz is so right.

[@robine5280]

Now, for the next 10 years, we want to see this done with open source software like clonezilla 🤪🤣

[@mattdowling7261]

I also use Clonezilla. I highly recommend it.

[@Markane.]

Macrium Reflect, free, easy, works flawlessly, been using it for years now.

[@mikgus]

@Horus Panters If you have basic computer knowledge it should be easy.

[@TeddehSpaghetti]

Right? I was sure he'd at least use Gparted but I guess this is for the end-user Winda's simps? I guess FOSS can be kind of hands-onsy sometimes and people don't want to deal with it.

[@4polelowpass]

One nice feature of CloneZilla is that you can backup/restore/clone your drives/partitions to/from another computer over the network. No need to buy a dock.

[@0hrwurms]

I'm finally about to migrate from HDD to SSD so this video came at a perfect time!

[@impy1980]

Clean install! Do it properly, you don't want all the random old system files, temp files, old unused registry entries, and other residual files being copied. Plus it'll be way quicker to clean install Windows, and reinstall all the programs you use.

[@Reaper_1994]

Only clone SSD to SSD. Windows does some funky stuff during the install of Windows on a SSD to make it perform better including but not limited to enabling TRIM.

[@XueSlick]

I use Macrium as that can resize partitions and do the clone

[@MichaelHowarthUK]

Thanks Jay. I know this is an older video, but it was really useful for me in cloning a bunch of PC's from spinning HDD's to SSD's. One thing I'd say to anyone following this is that if you have the ability, then definitley connect your new/destination SSD via SATA and do the clone from there rather than a USB hub as I've found it MUCH quicker (less than an hour doe 500GB drive) than in the video using a USB type hub (I have one, too). Once the clone is done, I simpy detach the old HDD and plug in the new SSD to the same port as the previous drive on the Motherboard (I'm not even sure that's necessary, but I guess it's minor OCD or something).

[@mohamedsabry9975]

bro, did the windows also cloned and worked with option clone disk ?

[@MichaelHowarthUK]

Yes it did.

[@mohamedsabry9975]

Thanks a lot bro 🤝

[@cjj1120]

make sure to change ur new ssd/ hard drive to GPT in disk management (format same as the disk u wanna clone from), I used 6.3 AOMEI and it's working.

[@Frostgiantbutsmall]

You literally have PERFECT timing! Thank you!

[@Platinum_Tugboat]

Same for me lol.

[@chriss.7772]

Switching to an M.2 SSD eh? Same here haha. Stuff is cheap right now.

[@Frostgiantbutsmall]

@@chriss.7772 You know it, haha!

[@tomschuurmans894]

You shouldnt use this application, use Macrium Reflect Free. I use it all the time as Laptop / PC servicer.

[@esonli3799]

I used the free edition of Macrium Reflect instead. As my new SSD (128GB) is smaller than the original SSD (256GB), I had to manually copy each partition and adjust the main partition size so there's 520MB remaining for the recovery partition. Once that was done, the clone worked perfectly.

[@swb1410]

Pretty much this. Why the hell isn't there a free software that can do this automatically yet?... Also if there is one, why the hell isn't it more popular? EDIT: You can do it with this tool (Kinda) but you need to adjust the partition sizes with another tool after. He explains further into the video. Should have said that before starting IMO.

[@armyofcats]

In case it helps anyone who can't clone with the free version of Aomei, I just used Macrium Reflect free version and it did the job. Good luck cloners!

[@rubyzeng9017]

Worked for me, this tool is actually nice because it's easy to handle and also powerful.

[@ewoudmeertens6956]

How did you do it for free? For me it says I have to pay for it

[@vb2099]

@@ewoudmeertens6956 same. I'm trying but keeps telling me to buy the pro version

[@lirena8444]

The Clone feature in AOMEI Backupper is partial but it works for MBR disks so it that's not bad, I think this tool is useful in general.

[@TheThenewdiabolic]

Yeah, actually trying to do this now but it is trying to make me pay to do the simple disk clone. Guessing I'll have to find another way. Edit: Was able to do it with Macrium Reflect. Super simple and no BS. Cloned 350GB~ from SSD to NVMe in about 8 minutes. Pretty amazing.

[@idabagusraiwidnyana4590]

@@TheThenewdiabolic can it clone os?

[@TheThenewdiabolic]

@@idabagusraiwidnyana4590 yes, I cloned a SATA SSD that had Windows 10 installed. It cloned to the NVMe, I unplugged the SSD, and it booted to the NVMe with no issue. Super simple and cloned way quicker than I thought it would.

[@idabagusraiwidnyana4590]

@@TheThenewdiabolic wow. Thanks a lot dude!

[@Vicky-zd3uv]

This tool aomei is just worth it, never regret to have it, its function is useful and powerful, just amazing.

[@dguerrero115]

I paid for their pro tool. Took under 30min and worked flawlessly. It was from identical nvme ssd, just larger size.

[@salsaproductions6286]

wow, just as i start thinking about doing this, Jay uploads a guide 😭

[@MrDarkcore]

Samsung’s data migration is my go to cloner! Haven’t had an issue with it yet.

[@chriss.7772]

Yeah I was about to ask about that one. I just bought a SAMSUNG M.2 SSD. Did you have to do anything after the cloning process except changing the boot priority?

[@Chromov113]

@@chriss.7772 I installed a Samsung SATA drive into laptop with only a Flash memory, cloned the system partition with Samsung magician, and basically it doesn't require anything else than changing boot priority. But I also decided to disable the Flash memory, just to be safe.

[@MrDarkcore]

@@chriss.7772 if I can remember correctly no, it’s been awhile but I will bring doing it again when I get EVO 980 m.2 soon

[@bccabernet]

Thank you so much for this video! I just bought a 4TB and will be cloning my 2TB C drive (yes, I am still using regular HDDs) and was wondering how to clone it. It will be the first time cloning a drive, so I am happy you showed the whole process for us. If all goes well, I have an 8TB external HDD of movies that I need to clone onto a 12TB external. I don't have any techie friends, so google and youtube are my 'friends'. Cheers!

[@bccabernet]

@@AjaxSkye - I have considered that. I just have too much stuff to fit onto a small ssd (

[@pabloquinonez8679]

Watching this about 1 year later and holy shit such a life savior, thank you!

[@marcushill1124]

AOMEI is lying about the free version. I cannot clone a disk, it simply shows the pricing table and I have to pay.

[@fyrye]

Also important to note, if you are going to use the cloned installation to run at the same time as the source system in a separate system or as a Virtual Machine, you will need to regenerate the network SID using SysPrep. Otherwise you may experience connectivity issues and other issues related to security.

[@evilj]

Yup!! Sysprep is especially recommended if you plan to use the cloned drive in another computer. If just migrating to a different drive and not reusing the same OS installation, then should be fine.

[@deisjj7285]

bro what jesus christ this is too much I just want to move windows 11 to a new ssd.

[@jasonlandry8685]

@@deisjj7285 If this is too much for you, you're probably better off just reinstalling your OS instead of cloning it.

[@deisjj7285]

@@jasonlandry8685 what data will I loose if I reinstall it?

[@MrDewallday]

Can you may a video on how to do it? Thank you kind sir

[@randommisshaps7]

nearly 6 months later and i find myself using this tutorial again, still just as helpful, even if i did buy the software itself to get the job done. luckily i saw that someone else had mentioned that you can get it half price when you go to uninstall it :)

[@jitterrypokery1526]

There are free codes online

[@dennymoore3923]

Lucky I just tried it and it dont work for free so I said he'll with it ill keep looking

[@jitterrypokery1526]

@@dennymoore3923 find the online codes

[@briand5379]

AOEMI didn't work for me, they wouldn't allow me to clone an OS, probably because they have a Migrate OS function and kept trying to upsell the pro edition. I tried to do the free trial, thinking it would allow me to actually test out the software, nope it did the same as the free version.

[@OSkarSS20]

same

[@stephencovrig8373]

Try Macrium Reflect Free, I'm testing it out right now

[@MichaelMoore99]

It'll work for MBR disks, but you have to pay for GPT disks. So it still works... sort of.

[@kurtlekhan]

All cloning options have a lock on it on the free version and the pro trial for me -.- Update: Macrium is still free for direct cloning

[@johnb9394]

Macrium failed for me. hmmm

[@nikcaha6484]

I cloned this from an old HDD to a new SSD and it took like 30 minutes and it works lol. Maybe it was the fact that windows was almost freshly installed, I've been using it for like 2 weeks. Tip for the people who say it doesn't work for them: maybe you are selecting the "system clone" option and not just the "disk clone" option.

[@iwanhaniyoto]

Remember the time when I'm using Norton Ghost to clone old version Windows.

[@AcheForWake]

Ghost 8.3

[@ajhieb]

I'll see your "Remembering Norton Ghost" and raise you a "Remembering Ghost before Norton bought it" :)

[@AcheForWake]

@@ajhieb nice work - which versions were pre-Norton ?

[@ajhieb]

@@AcheForWake It's been a looooong time, but iirc I think Symantec acquired it sometime around version 3. I know it was sometime in the late 90s. I was using the pre-Norton version for cloning computers for a computer software training company. We switched to another product eventually. I want to say "Image Blaster" or something similar. It had better multicast support.

[@AcheForWake]

@@ajhieb simpler times! I’ve just taken a look at the Wiki page and the first mention of Notion (from a the product name point of view) was Ghost 5.0 (1999). Just learned something new, I did not realise Ghost is an acronym [general hardware-oriented system transfer].

[@QUADBOYification]

Excellent video, did all that. Works like a charm, thanks. Bought me a Samsung QVO 870 1TB SSD at a sale ($90). First run to clone failed because i selected “SSD Alignment” (option can also be selected to optimize the performance if the destination is an SSD) because they advised it highly. Took up to 80% (4 hours) when it came up with a Failed Error (Not enough space). I did it again without it and still used sector by sector transfer and all my partitions on the 1TB Drive were perfectly cloned, including the three Windows partitions. Swapped the Drives and at first boot all great. Good speed improvements and a lot more snappy. Spending up to $40 for one time use is a bummer, but you get a lot of backup options. Thanks again showing us this feature, it made a change for the better for me.

[@XxSANTOSAPxX]

Saved me a big headache 😂 everything was up and running after 20 minutes thanks to only having 2 ssds

[@luriflux4035]

This is a nice introduction to cloning drives for backups or just switching drives in your current pc. However, there are plenty of steps that are fairly important that are not covered here. I'll go over the most basic ones that I can think of atm: 1. If you are moving to a different pc after the clone, make sure you have csm etc. the same as on the originating pc. 2. Do a chkdsk and preferably an sfc after cloning the drive, externally or live. Most cloning software will que a chkdsk on the clone if it detects a Windows installation, so don't panic if you get a "Fixing your drive" etc on the first boot of the clone. 3. Make sure that Windows is activated after cloning, sometimes it gets a bit fussy with new hardware, just run the troubleshooter under the activation tab. This works more than 50% of the time. If it doesn't odds are good you might just have to get a new Windows key. 4. Even though this is a 'perfect' clone, there are going to be plenty of software that are going to want it's license re-activated. Make sure you have prepared everything you need for that. 5. Rarely the clone simply won't boot. This is rare, but it does happen. This can be fixed by remaking the bootsector manually. I won't go over how to do that here, but hirens bootcd PE is your friend. 6. NEVER wipe your original drive until you are sure everything is in order on the clone. 7. No cloning software, not even the enterprise versions, guarantees that the original drive will boot after this, especially if you are doing your cloning externally from the OS. The best way to avoid this is to force a bit-by-bit clone. That will take much longer than the other methods(it might be faster to just try and do two normal cloning attempts), but it is a more 'stable' solution, I do not know of a free piece of software that supports this though. (This is extremely rare, for the thousands of clones I've done in my career it might've happened two or three times, but it is a royal pain when it does.) I guess these were mostly not steps per sé, but rather tips and warnings. Would love to see a follow-up video on this, for troubleshooting a non-booting OS clone. It is a great video though, since a lot of people are unaware things like this can be done quite easily and if anything Windows 10 is easier to clone and get running than 7 or 8.

[@luriflux4035]

@Kushagra Sharma I'd recommend taking a look at Clonezilla, been a while since I used it, but it should be capable of rebuilding grub and other bootloaders. I think it still supports bit-by-bit, so thats always an option if it has troubles with your bootloaders. I am assuming you can handle the general wonkiness of it though :)

[@rinusworldzm]

I'll soon be needing to do this. I really appreciate this fam.

[@A-Brax]

For Anyone still referring to this video just download Samsung Magician software and do the Migration / Clone option on the bottom. I dont know if the new SSD needs to be a Samsung but it worked flawlessly and free without any ads.

[@luisalee6850]

this aomei tool is really enough for me because my disks are mbr so it is nice

[@ABZer0x_x]

I use mostly seagate drives(old habit I picked up at a company I worked for) so the seagate disk wizard is free to use. If you're using at least one seagate drive I would highly recommend it, it takes care of all the partitioning issue.

[@Cu_Ty_Pro]

seagate dis wizard can clone windows too?

[@Ravage64]

Looks pretty good. Personally I'm a big fan of todo backup. It can do some pretty crazy stuff besides the usual ssd upgrades and backups (system transfers with automatic mbr->uefi conversion for example)

[@larepive5210]

Imagine JayzTwoCents , I need this video after 2 years you made it. :)

[@0xxhomie981]

Hey just want to say I followed your steps and I successfully clone my window 10 and I plan to make a backup for it because I will try windows 11 recently, and aomei is awesome!

[@circlearoundtheworld]

does this work with windows 11?

[@chrisdunn6322]

"Kids Videos" *Sweat* quickly explains lol

[@Journetta]

nothing wrong with that...

[@user-jc2in3cp3g]

@@Journetta fbi 🚔 🚨

[@Maksimov1337]

AOMEI only clone the complete drive on paid version as they feel the public attention youve brought to them has grown their balls :D

[@maximustheconfident2680]

Thats really a dick move

[@ewertonce]

shame, same thing here. not able to clone my windows drive. When click on Start clone it pops up the Upgrade Now option....

[@Maksimov1337]

@@ewertonce there's a much better freeware app called Macrium Reflect. Try that and good luck!

[@ewertonce]

@@Maksimov1337 thanks man! I will try it right now!

[@KorekFrost]

@@ewertonce Tell if it worked

[@JohnAlbertRigali]

I just finished replacing the 2.5" spinny hard drive in a laptop with a larger-capacity SSD. I tried to clone the hard drive to the SSD with Acronis True Image (recommended by the SSD manufacturer), but it kept failing at the very end of the cloning of the C: partition. Then I tried AOMEI Backupper, and discovered that *its* *disk-clone* *feature* *isn't* *free* *anymore.* Then I tried Macrium Reflect, and it nailed it. It took me a little while to find Macrium Reflect's disk-clone function, but once I found it the process was cake. After replacing the hard drive with the SSD, I used AOMEI Partition Assistant to assign the unused space to the C: partition. The entire process of running Macrium Reflect, doing the drive swap and running AOMEI Partition Assistant took about 4.5 hours.

[@bluelight456]

Just got my first m.2 drive, a crucial 1tb. I originally watched this video in 2020 and downloaded all the software when I watched it because I knew I'd upgrade sometime. After rewatching the video now I felt comfortable doing this. However after installing the cloning software I let it update to the newest version. This now seems to be paywalled in the newer version of the software. BUT after uninstalling ver. 6.7 and reinstalling version 6.3 I successfully cloned my sata ssd to my new nvme on windows 11. So if you're trying to do this now, try to get the older version of the software and it should work.

[@gumby2819]

It got paywalled again 😖

[@unimatrixx001]

@@gumby2819 Yes I too just noticed the cloning feature is now paywalled.

[@Fifo_Matienzo]

Ampr 113w7 3p74x e7c7l Cheat code ;)

[@2141Ryan]

Thx for the vid, but the pos software won't let me clone without paying. Apparently cloning from a GPT is a "pro feature".

[@carlmalia29]

Is your second drive setup as a GPT if not change it to this in the partition assistant and it should work I had this same issue

[@Massacre1080]

@@carlmalia29 Thanks a lot. That fixed my issue

[@Massacre1080]

@@danking9155 For me I just did what Carl mentioned above and worked fine afterwards. Make sure you apply the change on the partition assistant. I failed to notice that and was wondering why it wasn't working

[@Massacre1080]

@@danking9155 If that's true then that sucks. Hopefully someone else can chime in if possible to help out the legend Mark Henry

[@Samaraton]

@@Massacre1080 Source and target drive are both GPT, cannot clone because GPT isn't supported in standard version. Wan'ts me tu purchase pro.

[@CommanderTJ]

Windows Partition built in be like, disk management "cough"

[@eveangreen1871]

*Clears throat*

[@aviroblox6624]

Yeah, I understand the cloning software cause it makes it simple. But you can extend and shrink volumes with Windows Disk Managment

[@ashleylentz2651]

@@aviroblox6624 but that's pretty much all you can do. With aomei partition assistant, you can move partitions from one drive to another. Especially useful if, like a dum dum(yes, I've been that dum dum), you originally installed windows while all of your drives were connected. Why is that an issue? Windows likes to put the boot manager partition on a different drive from the OS partition's drive. And if the two partitions are not on the same drive, cloning suddenly becomes a hideous p.i.t.a.

[@Dreigo42]

*PowerShell glances up from his book...*

[@aviroblox6624]

@@Dreigo42 cmd diskpart glances from the shady corner of the classroom

[@sjoldzic10]

If you aren't afraid of a little command line, you can also download a Linux live USB image and burn it to flash drive, boot from it, and use dd to copy your Windows install to new drive. Just another free option I thought I'd mention. Great video!

[@OGNubbs]

Finally a channel I can trust with this info

[@smp2679]

literally just bought my m.2 last night and this showed up. talked about timing

[@edelaire4268]

WOW! Even with the version difference, this video showed me enough to feel confident enough to do it myself. The drive I was dupping was the root C:\ so Aomie rebotted into PT mode and copied the drive with no extra boot disks kludging about my nerd pit. Once the 300 gigs were cloned (took about 40 mins) from HDD to NVMe ir spammed into boot order and selected my new C drive - so perfect I was not sure it worked. After some system searvhing and my handy Drives manager widget, I knew with confidence that the NVMe was not only new, but bmy boot up went from a snails pace to checkered flag on race day. Thanks Jay!!!!!

[@forrest3384]

Yes I did have to subscribe. Also when he said much faster for NVMe. I wasn't expecting it to be a bit less then 10mins. Man that's quick.

[@Stackali]

it didn't work. it wouldn't allow me to do it for free. it kept popping up an offer for the paid version

[@alexanderaltenhof3328]

same

[@WarriorNN]

Did you choose "Clone drive" or "Clone system / windows"? I think you only can do clone drive for free, which means you have to log in to your microsoft account and activate it again, while clone system does it automatically (as in clones windows "better" kinda).

[@Frostgiantbutsmall]

@@WarriorNN Not working for me either, I think AOMEI changed it right after Jay uploaded. *sigh

[@ben_b_blake]

easeus has got the same functionallity for free

[@ogbear3367]

Guys, for those having problems with paywall before even clone once. maybe its because your new ssd isnt initialized yet. if you cant see it on windows that means its not. go to disk management, initialize your ssd into GPT then assign a drive letter to it. it will format as NTFS after that its ready to be used for cloning. thank me later if this helps.

[@Xbully1]

so its 8/17/23 and it wont let me clone for free, gotta love it

[@Cosm1c_69]

There is only 12 months in the calendar not 17. Why muricans are so weird?!

[@TaraPayne]

@Jayztwocents Should unlist this video, because the clone feature is now behind a paywall, and does not work for NVME drives.

[@weatherphobia]

You know that song, “Breaking the law” or 'I fought the law and the law won' Or that saying 'The only thing worse than a lawbreaker is a lawmaker'

[@niceup1177]

Samsung Data Migration Software is absolute gold for consumers btw.

[@islandcomputers-au]

It only works for Samsung drives but hey, why would you buy anything else right? However, Crucial offer Acronis True Image with their drives.

[@mattscomp]

Kingston also does Acronis with their drives. As does Seagate and WD.

[@zkeeg]

This is literally what I woke up to do today. What perfect time Jay! Thanks so much!

[@rodavi680]

Its been 3yrs and im still rewatching this

[@DexterPlayz]

Using this software as i tyrpe, however it cost 50 bucks now, its no longer free!

[@tanmaygupta6751]

200 dislikes are from Ease Us partition manager.

[@jamesflessas1168]

I was looking at the same thing. Why would anyone down vote someone trying to help them..? I was wondering if competing channels or companies would do that??

[@MrBangijal]

@@jamesflessas1168 its just a joke, just use the software you think are the most convienent

[@LokiDWolf]

LOL!!! I tried EaseUs and that software made things worse. Including created partitions I wasn't aware of. Starting over trying this way now.

[@clickbaitpro]

@@LokiDWolf Intresting. In my case every programme showed some kind of error. Tried Acronis, Macrium Reflect but easeus todo worked flawlessly

[@dominic.h.3363]

@@clickbaitpro Easeus, minitool... every single partitioning software that claimed to be free directed me to their purchase site when I tried to migrate my OS partitions. They don't do it for free. They clone entire storage media for free, specifically copying your system partitions alone is a paid feature.