Though I don't see the OS mentioned, it is irrelevant if you use one of those tools with USB "rescue" software.įor example, with Macrium Reflect, to create a single file with images of multiple HHD's and SSD's: Technology photo created by freepic.diller – way to do this is with free third-part imaging software, such as Macrium Reflect or one of the many alternatives. Macrium Reflect Free: Cloning ProgressAs soon as the process is finished, you can safely disconnect the new hard drive and start replacing the hardware! Depending on the speed of the old hard drive, the new hard drive as well as the adapter and amount of data this will take some time to process. In my case there were three operations (three partitions). After that you are ready to start the actual cloning process of the hard drive to the new one. Macrium Reflect Free: Adapt Partition Sizeįinally, after hitting Next you can define the log file location and save your settings. Then I simply drag and drop the last one with 674MB to the new hard drive. So in this case I left 674MB free for the last partition. I always edit the free space and keep enough for the last partitions. Secondly, please edit the Partition Size or Free Space to increase the available partition size according to your needs or upgrade. Macrium Reflect Free: Clone Disk Partitions After dragging the main partition which you want to increase, click on Cloned Partition Properties before you drag & drop the next one. Important: Please select them by dragging and dropping them. Now another window will pop up where you need to select the partitions you want to copy. Macrium Reflect Free: Available Disksįirstly, you need to click on Clone this Disk. The existing one with 120GB and the three partitions, and the completely empty new one with 450GB on the bottom.
In my case there are now two SSDs available. When you installed Macrium Reflect successfully, please connect the new hard drive via your adapter to your laptop and start the application. From my experience, the best one is Macrium Reflect Free, which is free for home use. Depending on the type of hard drive, you will need one of these adapters (if it is a laptop, for a workstation you maybe have a second port to connect both simultaneously):Īnd an application for the cloning process.
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