Question Cloning a hdd, keeping the same letter

[tinpanalley]

Is this doable? I imagine it would be. Can I just clone with Macrium (willing to try some other software) and have the new clone keep the drive letter I previously had so that all shortcuts to that drive still work?
This is just an additional internal storage drive, not the C drive.

 

[USAFRet]

So not the OS drive?

Clone, and just swap the drive letters around as needed

 

[USAFRet]

What is on this drive?
For a secondary drive, cloning is not really required.

But you can if you want.

 

[tinpanalley]

What is on this drive?
For a secondary drive, cloning is not really required.
But you can if you want.

It is MOSTLY storage. But there are a few games and software installed to it.

 

[USAFRet]

It is MOSTLY storage. But there are a few games and software installed to it.

Just to be clear, please show us a screencap of your Disk Management window.

 

[tinpanalley]

Just to be clear, please show us a screencap of your Disk Management window.

There is nothing system related installed on the drive.

 

[USAFRet]

There is nothing system related installed on the drive.

Are you SURE?

Was this drive connected when you installed the OS on the current C drive?

 

[tinpanalley]

Are you SURE?
Was this drive connected when you installed the OS on the current C drive?

No. It was added later.

 

[USAFRet]

No. It was added later.

OK then.

Either cloning, or simple copy/paste.
Either way, just change the drive letters around so that the NEW drive has the same drive letter as the OLD drive.

Question:
Why this data move?

 

[tinpanalley]

Question:
Why this data move?

The drive is getting full quickly and I got a great deal on a far better CBR.

 

[USAFRet]

The drive is getting full quickly and I got a great deal on a far better CBR.

OK.

So just add this new drive, and move some data over.

Or, clone.
Or, copy/paste.