How to Clone Your System\Windows Drive for Free Using DiskGenius

[@OnlineComputerTips]

Check out this software as well. Clone Your Windows/Systems Drive: bit.ly/3yNIlpe

[@speciti4751]

for those who are thinking of doing this method, follow the steps EXACTLY, do not try to be smart and do something he didnt do like select the other bios option or literally anything, be smart and do not touch anything that does not need to be touch, do exactly 1:1 exactly the same thing he does otherwise you will have to go through 3 hours of troubleshooting and brain loss like me :)

[@stevegibsons9083]

I copied everything he did... wouldn't boot from my SSD no matter what I did. Just hooked up the HDD back and voila, works great with 3 minute load time. Unsure I want to invest 2 more hours for another shot at this clone from my super slow HDD.

[@waltervsm]

@@stevegibsons9083 check if the C: is now at the SSD, once I did on mine, it automatically changed the "C:" root to the SSD, and the HDD became a secondary ( D: )

[@jeanbob1481]

@@stevegibsons9083 there's something wrong with diskgenius and I can't tell what it is. They tell me everything is fine (both the partition tool of disk genius and on windows) but I cannot boot on the new HDD no matter what I do and if I try to fix it it tells me there is nothing on the disk.

[@namaste_kaka]

Just thank you my friend because of you my 3 days of frustration with macrium software ended and I could clone my os

[@Mr.SharkTooth-zc8rm]

Thank you! 👍 The BIG channels many times forget how they started out. SUBSCRIBED.

[@mikeh4800]

Works perfectly. Thank you for spending the time to make this helpful video!!

[@Windder]

Thanks a lot! Tech noobie here but this guide was very easy and fast. Thank you. OS Migration also transferred every file on the disk. Hope it's the same for everyone.

[@adrielflorencio5814]

i'm a brazilian so it was very annoying search, for a software that solves my problem and because of you i did, thanks to the video

[@emotionalintelligence776]

Whats annoying, you are indeed looking for something for free are you not, aha no to retract we all been there we just dont go telling everyone else, Lol.

[@HobokenSquatCobbler]

Excellent, simple, no-nonsense instructional vid! Thank you.

[@bugslayer-sama]

Great video! Straight to the point and effective!

[@meganlawrence5370]

Thank you so much for this video! I have been troubleshooting and wrangling finicky programs and tech for several hours now and this was a godsend. I can finally sleep with no worries!

[@reeceharrop1181]

Worked a treat thanks for the Tutorial.

[@Grifter]

Worked perfectly thanks m8.

[@Positiveenergyrecord]

This worked great!! Thanks for the great video.

[@lettuce6214]

super clear and concise, thank you!

[@Ninjanders]

thank you for making this quick and easy!

[@Abdullah_Alessa]

Thank you very much, you save my time and money, that was helpful nd totally free 👍👍👍

[@expyxzz]

Thank u sooo much i downloaded windows on my slower ssd so u saved me !

[@paronzkaftgaming5940]

Lmao thanks bud 💯 definitely took longer was moving 2tb 😂

[@sniffles8655]

How long did that take?

[@jeniltejada]

Direct and easy to follow

[@alanrain8408]

I had problems with the disk clone option. The cloned disk wouldn't boot, giving me a 0xc000000e error code and blue screen. None of the F1 / F8 options worked. I used the original disc to boot and tried to repair the cloned disc, but this didn't work and I had to give up. Eventually, I re-cloned the source disc using the automated boot option. Maybe that's the key to success? I don't know. It's working okay now, despite a warning message about a file that wasn't copied. My advice would be to stick to the method described here.

[@jeanbob1481]

interesting I had the exact same problem as you but did not manage to fix it yet. Will try next week

[@freedomhillbilly348]

You failed to show the removal of the original hard drive (my guess is that you really did not). Does the new drive need to physically be placed in the exact location as the old drive was removed form? Or can the physical drives be moved around in the physical computer (to accommodate different sized devices etc.) If I remember correctly there was a time when SCSI drives had to be configured physically in a special order if things were to work correctly.

[@OnlineComputerTips]

The video was done on a virtual machine and yes the drive was removed. The new drive does not need to be placed in the same location. Back in the old days of IDE drives you needed to have master and slave jumper settings but not with newer drives. SCSI drives might be the exception but if you are using a SATA or SSD drive then you can connect it to any SATA port as long as you removed the other drive so it doesn't try to boot from it. If you are using a NVMe drive then there is a special slot for that.

[@markangeloyumul1007]

Can i follow this 1:1 even though i wont take out the old disk? (Use it as extra space)

[@OnlineComputerTips]

As long as you change the boot order of your PC to boot from thew new disk first, otherwise it will keep booting to the original one.

[@leodsouza5272]

Just wanted to know if we use OS Migration , does only OS files or will it include other programs that was installed on the old drive?

[@jacosta5580]

I think it will just do the OS. I use the clone function and it brings everything. Including browser tabs 😮

[@RetroTedd]

so if i fit an SSD into a PC that currently uses a HDD to boot the OS can i use this to shift it to the SSD for better performance?

[@OnlineComputerTips]

Yes, you should see improved performance, especially in boot up time.

[@Capybaracomputers]

Hi if anyone can help, would this program be used to blast multiple hard drives with the same image at once. I have 10 hotswapple bay drives and I wanna use 1 image to apply to all drives at once so I can do other things during this process Im currently using macrium reflect but the issue is that can only do 1by1 and not automatically or at the very least select multiple drives and do one after another you have to manually be present to do so every operation If anyone can help with a good software that can automate or select multiple drives to image at once or at least after one is done do another process Thank you

[@T-Bone54]

1:22 why on earth would you do that, losing 16GB memory lol?! Always leave NTFS the same in the destination drive as it was in the target drive.

[@carifilm2468]

Terimakasih, berhasil. Semua file yang ada di drive C ikut tersalin semua, bukan hanya Windows nya saja.

[@gtm5650]

Can I create a backup system image similar to Macrium Reflect?

[@BluD]

so this will automatically increase the size. so if im going from 512gb to 4tb it just scales it up.

[@OnlineComputerTips]

It should as long as you drag the slider to include the extra drive space as shown at 1:17. If not, this program can help you out and it even does cloning as well. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rojXkoGYrZuhgJI

[@11STREETLODGE]

Thanks

[@j8ck8ll]

Doing this on my Dell laptop. Boot drive successfully cloned to new nvme drive. Swapped drives, doesn't boot! Think it has to do with the drive letter as after the migration it automatically gave the new drive E! How do i solve this?

[@MegaMacDiesel]

Change letter in disk genius

[@eraldogoncalves3554]

nice!

[@jens9904]

Hi, question, when selecting os migration (system migration) - does it transfer everything on the c drive, including the operating system of course but also programs, file, and partitions? Also I notices you moved the destination drive partition slider all the way to the right, correct? To accommodate all the partitions on the source drive? thank you for this video and your reply!

[@OnlineComputerTips]

Yes it copies everything on the drive along with the partitions. If the destination drive is larger than the source, you can have it use all of the space on the new drive, otherwise you will be left with unallocated space that you can then use for a new partition or extend your drive later.

[@jens9904]

​@@OnlineComputerTips thanks! One other question, I bought a new Samsung 980 Pro SSD 1T as the new target drive - do I need to format /initialize it first? And, should I also check for any firmware updates before cloning to it?

[@OnlineComputerTips]

@@jens9904 You will need to initialize it first but you shouldn't need to create a volume or format it.

[@jens9904]

@@OnlineComputerTips just getting back to this, I forgot to initialize it first, I just did the system migration with the new ssd connected via USB since there's only one M.2 slot - and it isn't recognized as bootable. Do you think it's because it wasn't initialized first? There weren't any errors and the size looks correct.

[@jens9904]

​@@OnlineComputerTipshi thanks in advance for answering my follow up question

[@calebgarcia9864]

i dont have boot from new hard drive

[@darkwingduke1631]

Okay just so I am completely clear here, this will make a clone of my drive and will NOT erase my old drive in the process?

[@OnlineComputerTips]

Yes as long as you do it correctly. You should always do a backup before using anything like this though.

[@timothyhorne3313]

sooo lets say i tried to do this before watching this video i didnt know the target disk had to be empty it had EVERYTHING on it. now my 1tb ssd doesnt show up with all my stuff. it just shows 2 duplicate 120gb hard drives. is there anyway to fix this

[@slowpie]

i am dealing with this to

[@davidesguerra7837]

Sir do you use this with actual physical devices? Not a virtual machine? Thanks

[@OnlineComputerTips]

I did the video with a VM but you can use it on a physical machine.

[@zaestarz14]

when i tried this its says failed to create snapshot for SYSTEM and Windows RE Tools should i continue or what i dont wanna mess anything up someone help me

[@OnlineComputerTips]

Can you start over? It shouldn't mess anything up on the source drive if it doesn't complete successfully. There are many other tools you can use to try and clone your drive. kzbin.info/aero/PLwdwMLbf_qdYtCnCQyoavA2WBZnD5aYM4

[@Pacificbell]

I have a laptop with like 200 gbs and i have a 1 terabyte hdd from a mac and im gonna swap the hdds

[@mager76]

i dont get the hot migration option and im trying to go from a hdd to ssd, i have the ssd formatted and its blank. when i follow prompts i only get WinPE option. and it wont give me the copying bar and asks to restart system right away/ Any tips you could give me to help?

[@OnlineComputerTips]

I have never experienced that issue so it's hard to say. There are many other free cloning tools you can try. kzbin.info/aero/PLwdwMLbf_qdYtCnCQyoavA2WBZnD5aYM4

[@speciti4751]

probably not initialized if you didnt do that already

[@FortiPy]

Thanks. I successfully cloned my OS from 1TB HDD to 128GB SSD. The problem is that the boot sequence was not changed after the cloning. It will still boot on HDD.. To use the clone drive. You can physically remove or set a password on the original drive and skip the authentication on boot.

[@kookiesk4873]

u can just change boot option on bios

[@hazmieharith1638]

does this software also support shrinking? like from 500 gb drives to 256 gb drives.

[@Al3p0w3r]

yes

[@blbec7205]

So when everything is done and OS is installed on SSD, what is the best way to unnistall OS, which is on the old HDD ?

[@OnlineComputerTips]

If you plan on using the old drive for storage etc., you can simply format it and you will then have a blank drive that you can use for whatever you like.

[@NTF-zb9wi]

@@OnlineComputerTips What's the best format to use for "dinosaur" laptops - which I'm limited to due to fire-related destitution?...

[@OnlineComputerTips]

@@NTF-zb9wi I assume you mean an older laptop but the same method from the video should work assuming you have a way for both drives to be seen by the software.

[@diostaylow]

is there any way i can CLONE my HHD with 3 partitions on it to NVME M.2? or is it just for the OS? thanks

[@OnlineComputerTips]

If the other partitions are on the same physical disk that the OS is on, then it should clone them as well since it clones the system and recovery partitions during the process.

[@diostaylow]

@@OnlineComputerTips so it’s not just the OS drive right?

[@OnlineComputerTips]

@@diostaylow You can have other partitions or logical drives on the same physical hard drive. So if you clone that physical drive, it will clone those other logical drives as well. I think this tool will also clone just a partition if you want to do that. But if you do the clone OS option, I think it does the entire drive.

[@diostaylow]

@@OnlineComputerTipshi again, so i cloned the whole old drive with the OS and 2 partitions, but the partitions are not included during the cloning? Just the OS was cloned. Any way to fix the issue? I selected the OS Migration option and did all the steps you did on this video, is there anything that i’m missing? Thanks

[@OnlineComputerTips]

@@diostaylow Are the other 2 partitions Windows partitions such as the EFI or recovery partitions or ones that you created yourself on the same drive?

[@JCSFPress]

What drive do you download install the program on ? It says to " take care" please do not install this application to the partition where you want to recover files otherwise files will be destroyed and cant be recovered forever. I have 1 only drive now - ill be installing my 1t drive before I do this-

[@OnlineComputerTips]

If you are cloning your Windows drive to the new 1TB drive, you would install it on Windows on the original drive. I think that recovery message is if you are using the program to recover deleted files.

[@JCSFPress]

@@OnlineComputerTips okay I clone my 256 HD = to my 2 TB HD - its only seeing 256 worth of space on the new 2TB HD -

[@OnlineComputerTips]

@@JCSFPress It most likely made the new partition based on the size of your original 256GB drive. You should be able to extend it in Windows Disk Management but if not then try NIUBI partition manager. These videos will give you an idea of how it works. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rojXkoGYrZuhgJI kzbin.info/www/bejne/bpKsfpmDeaiCnaM

[@JCSFPress]

@@OnlineComputerTips Can I send you a screenshot showing you what is looks like ?

[@OnlineComputerTips]

@@JCSFPress Sure, send it to help at onlinecomputertips.com. Obviously change the formatting of the email to use @.

[@hamzasat]

can someone please tell how to undo this and just back to what it was before? i mean I want my m2 that I cloned the windows to go back to be empty again? pleaaaaaaaaase

[@OnlineComputerTips]

Your original drive should not have changed. If you want to format your second drive that you used for the clone. Just right click on it and choose format to wipe it.

[@petejones961]

Hi can this programe make 2 or more HDD into 1 HDD?

[@OnlineComputerTips]

I don't think so.

[@NTF-zb9wi]

I'm no IT expert (by a long shot); but, if was cloning to a drive that was larger than both the source drives combined, I'd try cloning the one with the OS; &, just copying the files over from the other drive. That way, I'd have the originals of each drive, in case something went wrong at some point. Do further research on your own, though!!!

[@aflahbacker3961]

After migration we remove disk 1 and just open computer with disk 2

[@OnlineComputerTips]

Yes but you may have to go into your BIOS\UEFI and change the boot order if it doesn't recognize it as the main drive but it should if you remove the original.

[@masterk5066]

I have this 960gb ssd Adata sx8200 that REFUSES to do a clean install of windows 11 smh. So I got a junk hdd I threw in gonna download every windows update clone it & try this hopefully it works I’m getting pissed off id hate to buy another ssd over something so stupid 😡😡. I feel like it’s some kinda driver issue I done watched 10-20 videos at this point this is my new strategy. BTW I tried clean installs on 2 different laptops still didn’t work……this my last strategy before this drive just becomes a storage drive!

[@OnlineComputerTips]

There are many other disk cloning tools you can try as well. kzbin.info/aero/PLwdwMLbf_qdYtCnCQyoavA2WBZnD5aYM4

[@masterk5066]

@@OnlineComputerTipsIT WORKED! I figured this would work better if i downloaded every windows 11 update first & it did I just did it today. Disk genius also detected 1 severe bad sector & 1 poor bad sector I wonder if that’s the reason. Clearly the drive is good since windows installed in this back door ass method lol. But yeah if I try to do a clean install again with a usb drive I’m scared it probably will brick again

[@RoboticalHalloween]

So I tried following this and now windows doesn't boot, what do I do? My original drive still boots, but my cloned one does not. Edit: Nevermind I figured it out.

[@purpleplanet128]

What did you have to fix?

[@RoboticalHalloween]

@@purpleplanet128 It had to do with the drive letter not being set to C

[@purpleplanet128]

@RoboticalHalloween I ended up having no issues (other than the wait lol), but thank you

[@GatsuKS]

@@RoboticalHalloween It doesn't let me change my old C drive letter which is on the HDD. It says the parameter is incorrect. And there is no C option for the SSD.

[@RoboticalHalloween]

@@GatsuKS You have to change it through diskgenius, windows won't let you do it directly.

[@g2D1]

dead links

[@OnlineComputerTips]

Which links?

[@g2D1]

​@@OnlineComputerTips The one for the tool, but the issue was with my computer 🙂 I downloaded the tool, and ran it, but failed right at the end. I may need to boot into WinPe and try again.

[@OnlineComputerTips]

@@g2D1 There are many other cloning tools you can try if this one doesnt work for you. kzbin.info/aero/PLwdwMLbf_qdYtCnCQyoavA2WBZnD5aYM4

[@taylingovender6797]

Like if Macrium is ass