[SOLVED] After cloning my 1TB hard drive, 2TB ssd now is 1TB

[cazoverbury]

I used macrium reflect to clone my 1TB boot hard drive to my new 2TB ssd for my new pc. I have another drive (both 1TB btw) that Im simply trying to drag the data over to the ssd as well. I clearly messed up the cloning and the available space in the ssd is the same as the original hard drive I cloned. Is there any way I can manage the partitions or make any other changes to free up the space that should be there in my file explorer so I can just copy paste the other drive? Sorry if its confusing, ask me anything if you have any questions about the situation.

 

[rcfant89]

(Assuming windows 10) Right click on start, open "Disk Management". Does the disk have unallocated space to the side? If so, can you right click the primary partition, "extend volume", next, next, finish?

 

[Iggyau]

I used macrium reflect to clone my 1TB boot hard drive to my new 2TB ssd for my new pc. I have another drive (both 1TB btw) that Im simply trying to drag the data over to the ssd as well. I clearly messed up the cloning and the available space in the ssd is the same as the original hard drive I cloned. Is there any way I can manage the partitions or make any other changes to free up the space that should be there in my file explorer so I can just copy paste the other drive? Sorry if its confusing, ask me anything if you have any questions about the situation.

I'm not super familar with reflect but I know the free version of Easeus Partition Master can expand the existing partition to 2TB or you can choose to create a second partition to fill up the remaining space. But I think it maybe possible that reflect can resize partitions and create new ones as well if you want to try that first since it is installed.

 

[cazoverbury]

(Assuming windows 10) Right click on start, open "Disk Management". Does the disk have unallocated space to the side? If so, can you right click the primary partition, "extend volume", next, next, finish?

Actaully, there is a primary partition (roughly 1TB) labeled “F” as shown in file explorer. What’s weird is right next to it is a just barely larger but also almost 1TB partition labeled “Healthy (recovery partition)” should I delete this??

 

[cazoverbury]

I'm not super familar with reflect but I know the free version of Easeus Partition Master can expand the existing partition to 2TB or you can choose to create a second partition to fill up the remaining space. But I think it maybe possible that reflect can resize partitions and create new ones as well if you want to try that first since it is installed.

Hm, I wonder if that would work as in disk manger the remaining space is being taken up by “976.73 GB Healthy (Recovery Partition)” Is there a way I can delete this? It doesn’t say I can shrink it

 

[USAFRet]

Please show us a screencap of your Disk Management window.

What tool did you use for this cloning?

 

[cazoverbury]

Please show us a screencap of your Disk Management window.

What tool did you use for this cloning?

https://share.icloud.com/photos/0VwabLkyeWC1wTMIEMHJMUVuA
I used macrium reflect. As shown there is a massive partition labeled “recovery partition”

- my 2TB ssd is at the bottom, the drive I cloned is disk 1

 

[USAFRet]

If the system still boots up from ONLY the original drive, redo the clone operation.
In Macrium, you can manipulate the size of the main partition during the clone process.

Pay attention to the middle section in this series of steps:
"if you are going..."

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Specific steps for a successful clone operation:
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Verify the actual used space on the current drive is significantly below the size of the new SSD
Download and install Macrium Reflect (or Samsung Data Migration, if a Samsung SSD)
Power off
Disconnect ALL drives except the current C and the new SSD
Power up
Run the Macrium Reflect (or Samsung Data Migration)
Select ALL the partitions on the existing C drive

If you are going from a smaller drive to a larger, by default, the target partition size will be the same as the Source. You probably don't want that
You can manipulate the size of the partitions on the target (larger)drive
Click on "Cloned Partition Properties", and you can specifiy the resulting partition size, to even include the whole thing

Click the 'Clone' button
Wait until it is done
When it finishes, power off
Disconnect ALL drives except for the new SSD
This is to allow the system to try to boot from ONLY the SSD
Swap the SATA cables around so that the new drive is connected to the same SATA port as the old drive
Power up, and verify the BIOS boot order
If good, continue the power up

It should boot from the new drive, just like the old drive.
Maybe reboot a time or two, just to make sure.

If it works, and it should, all is good.

Later, reconnect the old drive and wipe all partitions on it.
This will probably require the commandline diskpart function, and the clean command.

Ask questions if anything is unclear.
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[cazoverbury]

If the system still boots up from ONLY the original drive, redo the clone operation.
In Macrium, you can manipulate the size of the main partition during the clone process.

Pay attention to the middle section in this series of steps:
"if you are going..."

-----------------------------
Specific steps for a successful clone operation:
-----------------------------
Verify the actual used space on the current drive is significantly below the size of the new SSD
Download and install Macrium Reflect (or Samsung Data Migration, if a Samsung SSD)
Power off
Disconnect ALL drives except the current C and the new SSD
Power up
Run the Macrium Reflect (or Samsung Data Migration)
Select ALL the partitions on the existing C drive

If you are going from a smaller drive to a larger, by default, the target partition size will be the same as the Source. You probably don't want that
You can manipulate the size of the partitions on the target (larger)drive
Click on "Cloned Partition Properties", and you can specifiy the resulting partition size, to even include the whole thing

Click the 'Clone' button
Wait until it is done
When it finishes, power off
Disconnect ALL drives except for the new SSD
This is to allow the system to try to boot from ONLY the SSD
Swap the SATA cables around so that the new drive is connected to the same SATA port as the old drive
Power up, and verify the BIOS boot order
If good, continue the power up

It should boot from the new drive, just like the old drive.
Maybe reboot a time or two, just to make sure.

If it works, and it should, all is good.

Later, reconnect the old drive and wipe all partitions on it.
This will probably require the commandline diskpart function, and the clean command.

Ask questions if anything is unclear.
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Since new data was installed on to the new ssd, I thought deleting that partition was a good idea. I deleted it and extended the main partition to maximum size. Seems to have worked...

 

[USAFRet]

Since new data was installed on to the new ssd, I thought deleting that partition was a good idea. I deleted it and extended the main partition to maximum size. Seems to have worked...

Well, if it works, all is good.

 

[Iggyau]

https://share.icloud.com/photos/0VwabLkyeWC1wTMIEMHJMUVuA
I used macrium reflect. As shown there is a massive partition labeled “recovery partition”

- my 2TB ssd is at the bottom, the drive I cloned is disk 1

So Disk 3 is the SSD and Disk 1 is the HDD that was cloned?

For some reason the last recovery partition was increased from 524mb to 976.73gb . Just resize that back to 524mb and move it to the end, then resize the primary partition to take up the rest of the SSD or create a new partition. This can be done for free to Easeus Partition Master. You will need that recovery partition if you ever want to recovery Windows back to factory default.

 

[cazoverbury]

So Disk 3 is the SSD and Disk 1 is the HDD that was cloned?

For some reason the last recovery partition was increased from 524mb to 976.73gb . Just resize that back to 524mb and move it to the end, then resize the primary partition to take up the rest of the SSD or create a new partition. This can be done for free to Easeus Partition Master. You will need that recovery partition if you ever want to recovery Windows back to factory default.

Sounds good, I must’ve extended the wrong partition during the cloning.