[SOLVED] Cloning a failing hard drive to ssd

[akings]

My hard drive is currently failing. I'm trying to replace it with an SSD. This hard drive is my main drive (OS C: ) what happens if I don't clone it to my SSD? Are there any programs that will help me clone my hard drive to my SSD? Can you clone a failing drive? When I turned my laptop on today, it said fixing c drive.

 

[USAFRet]

My hard drive is currently failing. I'm trying to replace it with an SSD. This hard drive is my main drive (OS C: ) what happens if I don't clone it to my SSD? Are there any programs that will help me clone my hard drive to my SSD? Can you clone a failing drive? When I turned my laptop on today, it said fixing c drive.

Cloning a failing drive is hit or miss.
Either it fails...might not read all the way through.
Or it may just be moving corrupted data to a new drive.
Or it actually does work.


Does the OS eventually run?
How much space is consumed on the current C drive?
What SSD size/make/model are you getting?

 

[SkyNetRising]

Can you clone a failing drive? When I turned my laptop on today, it said fixing c drive.

Can you show screenshot from HDtune health?
(upload to imgur.com and post link)

Chkdsk running before loading windows doesn't mean the drive is failing. It just means - possible file system corruption may have occurred.
Quite possible it's not failing. Get the screenshot first.

You can clone with Macrium Reflect.

 

[TerryLaze]

My hard drive is currently failing. I'm trying to replace it with an SSD. This hard drive is my main drive (OS C: ) what happens if I don't clone it to my SSD? Are there any programs that will help me clone my hard drive to my SSD? Can you clone a failing drive? When I turned my laptop on today, it said fixing c drive.

Pretty much every ssd maker website has a tool section that has some version of a cloning tool, samsung has a tool called data migration.

Tool & Software Download | Samsung Semiconductor Global

Download various software related to your product, including Samsung Magician, designed for use with Samsung's memory products, and find related information.

www.samsung.com

 

[akings]

Does the OS eventually run?
How much space is consumed on the current C drive?
What SSD size/make/model are you getting?
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My laptop got past that fixing screen and it's running fine. I have 717 GB free of 913 GB. I'm currently looking at a few SSDs Seagate Firecuda 510 m.2, Samsung 860 Evo, Seagate Barracuda 120 2.5 SATA. I'm trying to find one that's compatible with my laptop.

 

[Bob.B]

Does the OS eventually run?
How much space is consumed on the current C drive?
What SSD size/make/model are you getting?

My laptop got past that fixing screen and it's running fine. I have 717 GB free of 913 GB. I'm currently looking at a few SSDs Seagate Firecuda 510 m.2, Samsung 860 Evo, Seagate Barracuda 120 2.5 SATA. I'm trying to find one that's compatible with my laptop.
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Keep it simple.
Shop for a 2.5 ssd at least 500GB.
Clone hdd to ssd.
Remove hdd install ssd.