Question Cloning m.2 ssd with Macrium and it’s stuck at 100%

[Dmaher13]

Cloning a 250gb sk Hynix ssd to a
2T WD blue SN580 with macrium reflect free I started the 30 day free trial the same night right before I started the cloning and it looked around 15 from when I hit start for it to reach 100% overall then it just has been stuck on 100% for over 10 hours now with no complete screen popping up
and there is no cancel option only a hide
Option to click on

only weird part I noticed is around 80 % done a window that said Local disk E) popped up and said not responding then I got it to open afterwards

https://imgur.com/a/Ir0hTic

View: https://imgur.com/a/Ir0hTic

 

[Ralston18]

Update your post to include full system hardware specs and OS information.

Disk drive(s): make, model information.

Paid or free Macrium Reflect? Source?

Open the Disk Management window and expand the window so all can be seen.

Take a screenshot and post the screenshot here via imgur (www.imgur.com).

More information needed.

 

[Dmaher13]

Update your post to include full system hardware specs and OS information.

Disk drive(s): make, model information.

Paid or free Macrium Reflect? Source?

Open the Disk Management window and expand the window so all can be seen.

Take a screenshot and post the screenshot here via imgur (www.imgur.com).

More information needed.

Update your post to include full system hardware specs and OS information.

Disk drive(s): make, model information.

Paid or free Macrium Reflect? Source?

Open the Disk Management window and expand the window so all can be seen.

Take a screenshot and post the screenshot here via imgur (www.imgur.com).

More information needed.

I updated as much as I can untill I get home to take more pictures and get more information thank you

 

[SkyNetRising]

Cloning a 250gb sk Hynix ssd to a 2T WD blue SN580 with macrium reflect free
and it is stuck at 100% overall for over 10 hours now and there is no cancel option only a hide Option to click on

4/4 partitions cloned successfully.
Everything seems to be finished.

Close the app.
Shutdown, remove old drive and
try to boot with new drive only.

 

[Dmaher13]

4/4 partitions cloned successfully.
Everything seems to be finished.

Close the app.
Shutdown, remove old drive and
try to boot with new drive only.

Thank you I’ll try it wouldn’t let me close the app and never said complete so I wasn’t sure if I would be messing something up

 

[SkyNetRising]

I think it says - License expired (in your screenshot).

 

[Dmaher13]

I think it says - License expired (in your screenshot).

I see what your talking about I have to check when I get home just weird because I started the 30 day free trial just last night right before I started the cloning

 

[Lafong]

So what does that mean? This is the first time I’m doing this

When did you first install Macrium?

Supposedly.....what version did you install and from what source?

Did you pay anything at all?

Macrium has undergone a lot of licensing changes in the recent past. Most notably, they've gone a to subscription model.

Additionally...I think there have been restrictions placed on what used to be free or trial versions. I don't think full functionality is available unless you are paying something, at least after a certain point in time.

It may be that your possibly free or trial version has expired (at 30 days?) and that the only allowable function after that date may be image restoration rather than cloning? Or even total loss of all functions?

It's convoluted now. There are still a lot of questions buzzing around on the unofficial "Macrium forum",

I'm just guessing. All of the changes have made Macrium more complex to use successfully.

 

[Dmaher13]

When did you first install Macrium?

Supposedly.....what version did you install and from what source?

Did you pay anything at all?

Macrium has undergone a lot of licensing changes in the recent past. Most notably, they've gone a to subscription model.

Additionally...I think there have been restrictions placed on what used to be free or trial versions. I don't think full functionality is available unless you are paying something, at least after a certain point in time.

It may be that your possibly free or trial version has expired (at 30 days?) and that the only allowable function after that date may be image restoration rather than cloning? Or even total loss of all functions?

It's convoluted now. There are still a lot of questions buzzing around on the unofficial "Macrium forum",

I'm just guessing. All of the changes have made Macrium more complex to use successfully.

Thank you for the response I downloaded the home x free trial and I first downloaded it last night right before I started the cloning it said it was a 30 day free trial I paid nothing and the hole clone from start to it being at 100% took about 15 mins then once it hit 100% it just stopped the complete screen will not come up only weird part I noticed is around 80 % done a window that said Local disk E) popped up and said not responding then I got it to open afterwards

 

[Lafong]

I use imaging all the time, but its been a long time since I did a Macrium clone.

So, I can't recall what you normally would see after a clone completes.

I note that it says clone successful on at least 3 partitions, but I can't see the entire screen.

Does the entire screen say "clone successful" separately for EACH AND EVERY partition on the source drive?

Are you still stuck at that screen without having shut down or rebooted?

 

[Dmaher13]

I use imaging all the time, but its been a long time since I did a Macrium clone.

So, I can't recall what you normally would see after a clone completes.

I note that it says clone successful on at least 3 partitions, but I can't see the entire screen.

Does the entire screen say "clone successful" separately for EACH AND EVERY partition on the source drive?

Are you still stuck at that screen without having shut down or rebooted?

I watched a few videos of people running cloning on Macrium it should just have a window pop up say complete. Then you hit ok and the page I’m stuck on goes away and you go back to the main program screen

It says clone successful for all 4 partition separately

I have not tried restart or shutdown yet I cannot get to the main screen for Macrium to close the program with the screen I’m stuck on up. I haven’t tried to force end or anything yet I was nervous it could mess up my new ssd this is first time doing any of this or anything like this lol.

 

[Dmaher13]

I use imaging all the time, but its been a long time since I did a Macrium clone.

So, I can't recall what you normally would see after a clone completes.

I note that it says clone successful on at least 3 partitions, but I can't see the entire screen.

Does the entire screen say "clone successful" separately for EACH AND EVERY partition on the source drive?

Are you still stuck at that screen without having shut down or rebooted?

I watched a few videos of people running cloning on Macrium it should just have a window pop up say complete. Then you hit ok and the page I’m stuck on goes away and you go back to the main program

It says clone successful for all 4 partition separately yes

I have not tried restart or shutdown yet I cannot get to the main screen for Macrium to close the program with the screen I’m stuck on up. I haven’t tried to force end or anything yet I was nervous it could mess up my new ssd this is first time doing any of this or anything like this lol.

 

[Lafong]

I watched a few videos of people running cloning on Macrium it should just have a window pop up say complete. Then you hit ok and the page I’m stuck on goes away and you go back to the main program

Did you get that "window pop up"? Or not?

Did you then hit "OK"? Or not?

I'm guessing you did not even get the pop up.

In Task Manager....do you still see any processes related to Macrium?

I'm guessing you do not have backups of anything that is on the source drive?

Probably a good idea to not as of yet shut down...although you may have to as this obviously can't go on for years, months, or probably even days. You may have to take a chance on shut down though.

You need to wait for other advice, particularly regarding what are the typical last screens seen when cloning completes.

 

[Dmaher13]

I did not get the complete window to pop up and did not hit ok .

And I also do not have back ups of the source drive

 

[Dmaher13]

Cloning a 250gb sk Hynix ssd to a
2T WD blue SN580 with macrium reflect free I started the 30 day free trial the same night right before I started the cloning and it took around 15 mins from when I hit start for it to reach 100% overall then it just has been stuck on 100% for over 10 hours now with no complete screen popping up
and there is no cancel option only a hide
Option to click on

I cannot close the Macrium window

only weird part I noticed is around 80 % done a window that said Local disk (E) popped up and said not responding then I got it to open afterwards

https://imgur.com/a/fMGqAZd

 

[USAFRet]

Show us a screencap of your Disk Management window.

Force close the application.
Start over.
Unless you did something horribly wrong, the Source drive is still fine and untouched.

 

[Dmaher13]

Force close the application.
Start over.
Unless you did something horribly wrong, the Source drive is still fine and untouched.

Ok thank you

 

[Dmaher13]

Show us a screencap of your Disk Management window.

Force close the application.
Start over.
Unless you did something horribly wrong, the Source drive is still fine and untouched.

I’m sorry to bother you just one last question .
Is there an extra step to the cloning process now for the second time like do I have to erase everything off the new ssd before I start the cloning process again?

 

[USAFRet]

I’m sorry to bother you just one last question .
Is there an extra step to the cloning process now for the second time like do I have to erase everything off the new ssd before I start the cloning process again?

I believe in the Macrium software there is the function to delete whatever partitions ar on the Target drive.
But, please show us a screencap of your Disk Management window.


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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
Both drives must be the same partitioning scheme, either MBR or GPT
Download and install Macrium Reflect (or Samsung Magician (which includes Data Migration), if a Samsung target SSD)
If you are cloning from a SATA drive to PCIe/NVMe, you may need to install the relevant driver for this new NVMe/PCIe drive.
Power off
Disconnect ALL drives except the current C and the new SSD
Power up

Verify the system boots with ONLY the current "C drive" connected.
If not, we have to fix that first.

Run the Macrium Reflect (or Samsung Data Migration)
Select ALL the partitions on the existing C drive

[Ignore this section if using the SDM. It does this automatically]
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 specify the resulting partition size, to even include the whole thing
[/end ignore]

Click the 'Clone' button
Wait until it is done
When it finishes, power off
Disconnect ALL drives except for the new SSD. This is not optional.
This is to allow the system to try to boot from ONLY the SSD

(swapping cables is irrelevant with NVMe drives, but DO disconnect the old drive for this next part)
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.
-----------------------------

 

[Bob.B]

Cloning a 250gb sk Hynix ssd to a
2T WD blue SN580 with macrium reflect free I started the 30 day free trial the same night right before I started the cloning and it looked around 15 from when I hit start for it to reach 100% overall then it just has been stuck on 100% for over 10 hours now with no complete screen popping up
and there is no cancel option only a hide
Option to click on

only weird part I noticed is around 80 % done a window that said Local disk E) popped up and said not responding then I got it to open afterwards

https://imgur.com/a/Ir0hTic

View: https://imgur.com/a/Ir0hTic

After it shows complete it's not there is still a lot of stuff going out to the disk.

If you run out of things to try turn off disk caching and rerun the clone see if it makes a diff.

 

[Dmaher13]

I believe in the Macrium software there is the function to delete whatever partitions ar on the Target drive.
But, please show us a screencap of your Disk Management window.


-----------------------------
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
Both drives must be the same partitioning scheme, either MBR or GPT
Download and install Macrium Reflect (or Samsung Magician (which includes Data Migration), if a Samsung target SSD)
If you are cloning from a SATA drive to PCIe/NVMe, you may need to install the relevant driver for this new NVMe/PCIe drive.
Power off
Disconnect ALL drives except the current C and the new SSD
Power up

Verify the system boots with ONLY the current "C drive" connected.
If not, we have to fix that first.

Run the Macrium Reflect (or Samsung Data Migration)
Select ALL the partitions on the existing C drive

[Ignore this section if using the SDM. It does this automatically]
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 specify the resulting partition size, to even include the whole thing
[/end ignore]

Click the 'Clone' button
Wait until it is done
When it finishes, power off
Disconnect ALL drives except for the new SSD. This is not optional.
This is to allow the system to try to boot from ONLY the SSD

(swapping cables is irrelevant with NVMe drives, but DO disconnect the old drive for this next part)
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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Tried to restart my pc and now I am stuck at a screen that says restarting and it’s just loading…

 

[USAFRet]

Tried to restart my pc and now I am stuck at a screen that says restarting and it’s just loading…

This restart is with ONLY the new drive connected?
The Source drive is physically disconnected?

 

[Dmaher13]

Tried to restart my pc and now I am stuck at a screen that says restarting and it’s just loading…

https://imgur.com/a/pJAOmoy

View: https://imgur.com/a/pJAOmoy

This is after I forced end and restarted pc

 

[USAFRet]

This is after I forced end and restarted pc

As mentioned more than once above, the first boot after the clone process MUST be done with only the new drive connected.

That is still booting from the original 250GB drive.

 

[Dmaher13]

https://imgur.com/a/pJAOmoy

View: https://imgur.com/a/pJAOmoy

This is after I forced end and restarted pc

This is also with the source drive still in and the new drive in usb enclosure I just wanted to make sure the of still booted